Year Joined Firm
1968
Litigation Percentage
75% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Representative Cases
Rural Mutual Ins. Co. v. Glenn Spencer d/b/a, Case No. 76-296
Huntoon v. Capozza, 57 Wis. 2d 447 (1973)
Rusecki v. State, 56 Wis. 2d 299 (1972)
Denny v. State, 47 Wis. 2d 541 (1970)
Parham v. State, 53 Wis. 2d 458 (1972)
Chapman Co. v. Service Broadcasting Corp., 52 Wis. 2d 32 (1971)
Engdahl v. City of Kenosha, et al, 317 F. Supp. 1133 (1970)
Forbes v. Melvin R. Laird, Sec. of Defense and Robert F. Froehlke, Sec. of the Army, 340 F. Supp. 193 (1971)
Leipzig v. Pallamolla, 418 F. Supp. 1073 (1976)
Zablocki v. Redhail, 54 L. Ed. 2d 618 ((Amicus Brief - United States Supreme Court) 1978)
State v. Thompson, 134 Wis. 2d 330 (1986)
State v. Sammons, 141 Wis. 2d 833 (1987)
State v. Anderson and Hedges, 138 Wis. 2d 451 (1987)
Sandy v. Sandy, 106 Wis. 2d 230 (1982)
Sandy v. Sandy, 109 Wis. 2d 564 (1982)
In Interest of V.G., 111 Wis. 2d 647 (1982)
State v. Kramsvogel, 124 Wis. 2d 101 (1985)
Tinetti v. Wittke, 479 F. Supp. 486 (1979); affirmed 620 F. 2d 160 (7th Cir. 1980)
Berken v. Nudo, Court of Appeals Case No. 90-1651
State v. Anderson, 160 Wis. 2d 307 (1991)
State v. James, 285 Wis, 2d 783 (2005)
In re Marriage of Lang v. Lang, 161 Wis. 2d 210 (1991)
United States v. John Mettler, 938 F. 2d 764, C.A. 7 (WIS.), 90-2136, 7-29-91
United States v. Douglas Hintzman, 937 F. 2d 1196, C.A. 7 (WIS.), 90-3339, 7-19-91
In the Interest of A.E., 163 Wis. 2d 270 (1991)
State v. Anderson, 165 Wis. 2d 441 (1991)
State v. Moss, 166 Wis. 2d 733 (1992)
State v. Moley, 171 Wis. 2d 207 (1992)
Calchera v. Procarione, 805 F. Supp, p. 716 (1992)
State v. Moss, 172 Wis. 2d 110 (1992)
State v. Brown, 174 Wis. 2d 550 (1993)
State v. Holliman, 180 Wis. 2d 348 (1993)
State v. West, 183 Wis. 2nd 46 (1994)
Borger v. Bisciglia, 888 F. Supp. 97 (1994)
Olson v. Kaprellian, 202 Wis. 2d 377 (1996)
Krebs v. Schwartz, 212 Wis. 2nd 127 (1997)
State v. Jones, 217 Wis. 2d 27 (1998)
State v. LaMontae D.M., 233 Wis. 2d 503 (1988)
State ex rel. Woods v Morgan, 224 Wis. 2d 534 (1999)
City of Kenosha v. Leese, 228 Wis. 2d 806 (1999)
State v. Pamela Peters, 263 Wis. 2d 475 (2003)
Rogers v. Rogers, 300 Wis. 2d 32 (2007)
Representative Clients
Bruno Concrete Construction Co.
Mid-Way Health Management Corporation
Midwest Transformer Services, Incorporated
St. Matthews Episcopal Church
References
First National Bank of Kenosha
Merrill Lynch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Professional Associations and Memberships
Kenosha County Bar Association, Secretary, 1969 - 1971
Kenosha County Bar Association, President, 1985 - 1986
State Bar of Wisconsin
Kenosha County Board of Supervisors, Chair, 2006 - 2008
Kenosha County Wisconsin, Special Prosecutor, 1971
Kenosha County Wisconsin, Special Prosecutor, 1977
Kenosha County Wisconsin, Special Prosecutor, 1979
Kenosha County Wisconsin, Special Prosecutor, 1980
Wisconsin Compensation Panel, Attorney Chairperson, 1981 - 1986
Kenosha County Board of Supervisors, Member, 1986 - Present
Kenosha Co., Chairman, Board of Supervisors, 2006 - 2008
Kenosha Airport Commission, Chairman, 1996
Kenosha County Board of Supervisors, Vice-Chair, 2004 - 2006
Wisconsin Lawyer Regulation System , Member, Board of Administrative Oversight
Kenosha County Bar, Former President
United Way Kenosha, Former President
Kenosha Symphony, Former President
CYC Youth Center, Former President
ACLU - Wisconsin, Former President
Past Employment Positions
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge F. Ryan Duffy, Law Clerk, 1967 - 1968