Bar/Professional Activity:

• Defense Research Institute: Member of Insurance Law Committee and CGL Subcommittee; Wisconsin Defense Counsel; State Bar of Wisconsin; Milwaukee Bar Association: Member of Bench-Bar Civil Division and Professionalism Committees; American Bar Association: Member, Tort Law and Insurance, Business Litigation and Labor and Employment.
• American Bar Association; State Bar of Wisconsin; Milwaukee Bar Association (Member, Courts Committee; Member, Professionalism Committee); Defense Research Institute; Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Serves on the Board of Directors for the Cambodian Countryside Foundation, a privately run, non-profit Corporation aimed at helping improve the schools and overall education of the children in rural Cambodia

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Lectured on various litigation topics including "Current Issues Surrounding CGL Coverage," "Trying the Third-Party Litigation Case: A Coverage Lawyer's Perspective," "Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Wisconsin," and avoiding professional liability pitfalls for attorneys and health care professionals.
• Recently authored a feature article in the Wisconsin Defense Counsel Journal entitled "Wisconsin Holds a Defaulting Insurer Strictly Liable for the Unproven Negligence of its Non-Defaulting Insured" (Fall 2009) and co-authored an article for the Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin on the effects of an insurer's failure to defend under Wisconsin law.

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Paar, et al. v. St. Lawrence Liquidating Company, et al., Racine County Circuit Court (Asbestos insurance coverage action; case pending), 200
• Kuehling v. Village of Unity, et al., Clark County Circuit Court (Toxic tort and environmental Insurance coverage action; case settled prior to trial), 2000
• Kildow, et al v. Mercy Health System Inc., et al, Rock County Circuit Court (Medical negligence case; obtained defense verdict), 2000
• Baumler v. Jack H. Deckard M.D., et al., Milwaukee County Circuit Court (Medical negligence case alleging assault and battery; defense verdict), 2001
• Claflin v. Champion International, et al., Door County Circuit Court (Toxic tort claim; summary judgment obtained for client), 2001
• Taddeo v. Biehn Construction, Inc., et al., Walworth County Circuit Court (Insurance coverage action involving construction defects; settled prior to trial), 2002
• Klemme v. Badger Mining Corp., et al., Sheboygan County Circuit Court (Toxic tort claim; obtained voluntary dismissal of client prior to trial), 2002
• Wisconsin Electric Power Company v. Admiral Insurance Company, et al., Milwaukee County Circuit Court (Environmental insurance coverage action; case settled shortly prior to trial), 2003
• Tessling, et al. v. Great Bear Lodge of Wisconsin Dells LLC, et al., Sauk County Circuit Court(Insurance coverage action involving toxic tort claims; summary judgment obtained for client), 2003
• Rogers, et al. v. Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund, et al., Washington County Circuit Court (Insurance coverage for health care liability claims; obtained summary judgment for insurer; affirmed on appeal), 2004
• International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., et al., Waukesha County Circuit Court (Insurance coverage action regarding toxic tort claims; case settled without client contributing to settlement), 2004
• Plastics Engineering Company v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, United States District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin (Asbestos insurance coverage case; resolved by Wisconsin Supreme Court), 2004
• Cleaver Brooks v. AIU, et al., Milwaukee County Circuit Court (Asbestos insurance coverage case; case settled prior to trial), 2004
• Archdiocese of Milwaukee v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London, et al. Milwaukee County Circuit Court (parallel action filed in Orange County Superior Court, California) (Insurance coverage action involving clergy sexual abuse claims; case pending), 2004
• Rockwell Automation v. Nationwide & Kemper, Milwaukee County Circuit Court (Asbestos insurance coverage case; settled prior to trial), 2004
• Marshall Erdman & Associates, Inc. v. TIG Insurance Company, Dane County Circuit Court (2004) (Insurance coverage action involving construction defect claims; case settled prior to trial) (parallel action filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio), 2004
• TIG Insurance Company v. Great Bear Lodge of Wisconsin Dells, LLC, et al., Dane County Circuit Court (Insurance coverage action involving toxic tort claims; obtained summary judgment), 2004
• Kaminski v. American Standard, Inc., et al., Milwaukee County Circuit Court (Asbestos insurance coverage action; obtained summary judgment for client), 2005
• Wolf & Company - Milwaukee, S.C., et al. v. Continental Casualty Company, United States District Court of the Eastern District of Wisconsin (bad faith claim; case settled prior to trial), 2005
• Continental Western Insurance Co v. R-Tech Dental Equipment Service LLC, Chippewa County Circuit Court (Negligence case against equipment company; settled prior to trial), 2006
• Morrow v. Specialty Underwriters LLC, et al., United States District Court Middle District of Florida (Tortious interference with contract claim; obtained voluntary dismissal of case prior to trial), 2006
• The Sherwin-Williams Company v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London, et al., Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (Insurance coverage action regarding lead paint; case pending), 2006
• Bituminous Fire & Marine Insurance Company, et al. v. D.P. Wigley Company, et al., Racine County Circuit Court (Asbestos insurance coverage action; obtained partial summary judgment for insurer; settled prior to trial), 2006
• United States Fire Insurance Company v. Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co., Inc., et al., Marathon County Circuit Court (Insurance coverage action regarding defective products; settled prior to trial), 2006
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. BWAY Corp., et al, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, removed to federal court (Insurance coverage action regarding lead paint; settled prior to trial) (parallel action filed in the Superior Court for Gwinnett County, Georgia), 2007
• Wisconsin Electric Power Company v. The Northern Assurance Company of America, United States District Court Western District of Wisconsin (Environmental insurance coverage action; case settled shortly prior to trial), 2007
• Kling, et al. v. EMC Mortgage Corporation, et al., United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (Mortgage fraud; case pending), 2008
• Connors, et al. v. Dr. David Ziegler, et al., Racine County Circuit Court (Insurance coverage for health care liability claims; case resolved prior to trial), 2008
• Kirkorian, et al. v. St Lawrence Liquidating Company, et al., Racine County Circuit Court (Asbestos insurance coverage action; case pending), 2008
• Zimmerman v. Greg Logemann, et al., United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (Mortgage fraud; case pending), 2009
• Rojo, et al. v. EMC Mortgage Corporation, et al., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (Mortgage fraud; case pending), 2009
• Ansul, Inc. v. Employers Ins. Of Wausau, et al., Marinette County Circuit Court (Environmental insurance coverage action; case pending), 2009
• Phone Management Company v. Jeffrey J. Chayer, et al., Waupaca County Circuit Court (Contract dispute; case pending), 2009

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• State Public Defender Internship, 1995; Moot Court Board Member; Member, ELDER LAW JOURNAL 1998-99; Articles Editor, ELDER LAW JOURNAL 1999-2000.

Educational Background:

• B.S. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, (cum laude), 1995
• J.D. Marquette University Law School, 2000