Profile
Thomas Hruz is a shareholder at the Milwaukee firm of Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols S.C. He concentrates his practice on appeals, complex civil and business litigation including breach of contract, employment and business torts, and on complex insurance coverage litigation. Mr. Hruz is on the board of the State Bar of Wisconsin Appellate Practice Section, a member of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association, a member of the Thomas E. Fairchild American Inn of Court, and is a past President of the St. Thomas More Lawyers Society of Wisconsin. He is also a regional coordinator of the State Bar of Wisconsin High School Mock Trial Tournament.
About Thomas Hruz
Admitted: 2002, Wisconsin
Professional Webpage: www.mtfn.com/attorneys/attorney.php?ID=20
Bar/Professional Activity:
- American Bar Association; State Bar of Wisconsin; Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association; Board Member, State Bar of Wisconsin Appellate Practice Section, Board Member (2009 to present), Secretary (July 2010 to present); Seventh Circuit Bar Association, Member; Thomas E. Fairchild American Inn of Court, former Member; St. Thomas More Lawyers Society of Wisconsin, current Member and past President; Marquette law School Alumni Association, Board Member (2011 to present); Federalist Society, Milwaukee Lawyers, Chapter; DRI (Defense Research Institute).
- Law Clerk to the Honorable David T. Prosser, Jr., Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, 2002-2003; Law Clerk to the Honorable John L. Coffey, Judge for the Seventh Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals, 2003-04
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Regional Coordinator, State Bar of Wisconsin High School Mock Trial Tournament (2009 to present); Milwaukee Bar Association, Sarah Scott Middle School Tutoring Program (2004-2005); Board Member, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) Greater Milwaukee (2005 to present).
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- "The Unwisdom of the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act's Bun of Employment Discrimination on the Basis of Conviction Records," 85 Marq. L. R. 779 (2002)
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Note and Comment Editor, MARQUETTE LAW REVIEW 2001-2002; 2002 Golden Quill Award for Best Student Writing on the MARQUETTE LAW REVIEW; CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Constitutional Law I, Constitutional Law II, Federal Income Tax of Individuals; Dean's List.
Educational Background:
- B.A. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, (summa cum laude), 1995
- M.A. University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1997
- J.D. Marquette University Law School, (magna cum laude), 2002