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Phil Reid is a Shareholder in the Litigation and Risk Management Practice Group. His practice focuses solely on litigation, with a particular emphasis on asbestos and toxic tort matters, insurance coverage and the defense of commercial and personal injury claims. Phil represents both product manufacturers and insurance companies. He has tried personal injury, professional liability, insurance coverage, engineering, premises liability, employment and police liability cases. He has successfully...

Joseph E. Tierney, III has more than forty years of experience focused primarily on tax and corporate law for businesses, owner families and individuals. He has particular experience in the design and administration of plans for very large estates, including some whose accumulated assets have totaled in the eight- and nine-figures. He has also been lead counsel in the purchase and sale of numerous businesses and has extensive experience in entity selection and structuring. Because tax consequ...

Richard Orton is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Richard, who practices law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Richard is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and leg...

Agatha K. Raynor is a shareholder with Crivello, Nichols & Hall. She concentrates her practice in employment law and regularly advises clients on compliance, best practices and risk management in all areas of employment law, including: accommodation of disabilities; addressing harassment complaints; reductions in force; separation agreements; and implementing effective employment policies and practices. Agatha also defends private and public employers in employment-related litigation befo...

William Invie Shroyer is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law and Real Estate Law. William Invie, who practices law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been recognized since 2010. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which William Invie is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Dean P. Laing has been with O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C., a 50-plus attorney law firm headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for over 42 years since graduating cum laude from Marquette University Law School in 1983. He was on the firm’s Board of Directors from 1990 to 2023, and was the firm’s President from 2015 to 2020. Mr. Laing is board certified in Civil Trial Advocacy and Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and i...

Chris Duesing is a shareholder with the firm and the managing partner of its Lake Geneva office. His practice features civil litigation matters in all types of personal injury cases including motor vehicle accidents, boating accidents, contractor negligence, injuries from animals, slip and fall accidents and other third-party liability claims. Chris has conducted multiple jury trials throughout the State of Wisconsin and has argued before the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Chris has been named as a...

John K. Tokarz is a business lawyer whose practice focuses on complex transactions. As a Certified Public Accountant who previously worked as an auditor for a Big Four accounting firm, John understands his clients’ businesses. From startups to publicly traded companies, he provides a full range of transactional and strategic support to clients with matters involving mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, divestures, securities offerings and other significant corporate transactions. I...

Lydia Chartre earned her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Carthage College and her Juris Doctor from Marquette University Law School. She practices with Kaman & Cusimano LLC in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she focuses on Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Real Estate, and Real Estate Law. Lydia regularly advises condominium and community association boards on a wide range of legal matters, including declaration and bylaw amendments, assessment collec...

Although he was born, raised, and offices in southeastern Wisconsin, Tim Trecek has earned a national reputation as a successful plaintiff’s trial lawyer. Mr. Trecek’s successes have been so noteworthy that they have been chronicled in papers throughout the United States. Mr. Trecek’s notable cases have been reported in the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, the Fort Worth Star Telegram, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle and dozens of other publicatio...