Best Lawyers in Wisconsin, United States for Insurance Law
Mike Wirth is a Shareholder in the Litigation and Risk Management Practice Group at von Briesen & Roper, s.c. Mike is a seasoned trial attorney with more than 30 jury trials across Wisconsin. He focuses his practice on professional liability, insurance coverage litigation and appellate representation. Mike has extensive experience handling professional liability claims against attorneys, law firms, accountants, accounting firms and medical professionals. His insurance coverage practice in...
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...
Ericka Hammett is a Shareholder at von Briesen & Roper, s.c. in the Insurance Coverage and Risk Management Section. She concentrates her practice on insurance coverage matters, including advising insurers on first-party property, third-party commercial general lability (CGL), professional liability and bad faith claims. She also defends insurer-clients and their insureds at the trial and appellate court level against claims for property damage, personal injury and professional liability.
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...
Bill Ehrke is a shareholder with Crivello Carlson, S.C. Bill’s civil litigation practice focuses on the defense of corporations, insurers, municipalities, creditors, lenders, and repossession agents, with emphasis on personal injury defense, first party property insurance investigations and bad faith defense, the defense of lenders and repossession agents in Wisconsin Consumer Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claims, third party casualty insurance defense, municipal civil righ...
Alyssa Chojnacki Beckham is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Alyssa, who practices law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Alyssa is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
David McCormack is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law and Insurance Law. David, who practices law in Milwaukee, 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.
Hailey Anick is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law and Insurance Law. Hailey, who practices law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Hailey is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Attorney David P. Hollander is a senior associate in Stafford Rosenbaum’s Madison office. He is a skilled trial and appellate litigator, having represented clients in a wide variety of complex disputes across a dozen states. David has appeared in court over 200 times, including several trials and an appellate argument. He also has experience conducting internal investigations and responding to investigations by state and federal agencies. David’s commercial practice focuses on bus...
Raven Jelinske is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law, Insurance Law and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Raven, who practices law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Raven is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Samuel Morris is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Samuel, who practices law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Samuel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Brian P. Cawley is an associate at Burns Bair LLP. He works on a wide range of matters against insurance companies. Mr. Cawley earned his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2020 with cum laude honors and a concentration in business law. He served as a Managing Editor of the Wisconsin Law Review and was involved in the Wisconsin Moot Court Board as a competitor and coach. He also won the Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing for his journal article, which was published ...
Erik Gustafson is a Shareholder in the Litigation and Risk Management Practice Group at von Briesen & Roper, s.c. He focuses his practice on first-party property coverage, insurance coverage and analysis, and bad faith counseling and claims. He has significant appellate experience on behalf of insurance companies. Prior to private practice, Erik was a Law Clerk for the Hon. Michael Gableman of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and for the Hon. Patrick Haughney of the Waukesha County Circuit Cou...
Caleb R. Gerbitz is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law. Caleb R., who practices law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Caleb R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Juan Jose Fonseca Angel is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law. Juan Jose, who practices law in Madison, Wisconsin, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Juan Jose is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
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