James D. Sweet

Kevin Ramakrishna is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Kevin, who practices law in Madison, Wisconsin, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kevin is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Blayne Christy is a member of the Litigation and Risk Management Practice Group at von Briesen & Roper, s.c. She focuses her practice on representing insurance carriers and their insureds in complex legal disputes, including in areas related to construction defects, contract disputes and professional liability claims. Prior to private practice, Blayne was a claims attorney managing outside counsel for a large insurance company. During law school, Blayne was a Member and Managing Articles ...

Attorney Glorily A. López exclusively practices U.S. immigration and nationality law, assisting individuals, families, corporate clients, students, and members of the LGBTQ community. Her experience includes extensive work with individual, family, employment, and business-based petitions, as well as consular processing, naturalization, citizenship, and removal defense. Attorney López has earned a solid reputation as one of the top immigration attorneys in Wisconsin and nationall...

Mike Crooks is a Shareholder in the firm’s Litigation and Risk Management Practice Group. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation, legal malpractice and other professional negligence claims, accounting malpractice, insurance defense and coverage issues, bad faith litigation, product liability work, premises liability, breach of contract, personal injury defense and third-party recovery. Mike is also an experienced mediator and is frequently called upon to resolve disputes. Mike...

Eric J. Ryberg is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Eric J., who practices law in Madison, Wisconsin, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Eric J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Julie Piper-Kitchin manages all aspects of trial preparation and defense strategy for clients in both state and federal court with an emphasis on civil litigation, product liability, insurance defense, insurance coverage, personal injury and professional liability. Julie has extensive experience briefing dispositive legal issues and has handled both jury and bench trials. Prior to moving back to Wisconsin, Julie spent the majority of her career handling litigation matters in courts around the...

David Palay is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law and Commercial Litigation. David, who practices law in Madison, Wisconsin, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which David is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Monica A. Mark is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation. Monica A., who practices law in Madison, Wisconsin, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Monica A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

John C. Mitby serves as counsel for numerous businesses, engineering firms, insurance companies, financial institutions, and health care and elder care facilities. Mr. Mitby’s commercial practice includes resolving a variety of matters relating to contracts, real estate, employment, financing, and business and insurance litigation. Since Jan. 1, 2015 Mr. Mitby is a senior partner Hurley, Burish & Stanton, S.C. From 2009 to 2014 Mr. Mitby was Axley Brynelson, LLP's managing partner.;...

Christopher Hanewicz is a partner in the Patent Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation practices. He has been involved in complex intellectual property litigations concerning both biotechnology and mechanical patents. He has extensive patent litigation trial experience, as well as experience in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. While Christopher’s practice includes experience across all of the major patent litigation dockets (e.g., N.D. Cal., C.D. Cal., E.D. Te...