Best Lawyers Near You in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
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Alexandra (Ali) Appenzeller is a Shareholder in the Real Estate Section at von Briesen & Roper, s.c. Ali assists her clients in a wide variety of commercial and residential real estate issues. She helps clients in all facets of the real estate industry, including purchasing, selling, leasing, and development. Additionally, she guides her clients on the business side of matters, evaluating the selection and structure of entities, drafting the relevant governing documents, and advising them...
Jessica is a shareholder and member of the firm’s Banking, Receivership, and Creditors’ Rights Practice Group, where she concentrates on bankruptcy, receiverships, and insolvency matters. Jesscia represents receivers, creditors, financial institutions, and businesses in state and federal court, including Chapter 128 receiverships. She also assists lenders and borrowers with workouts, forbearance agreements, and commercial loan transactions. Jessica serves as Chair of the Milwaukee...
Avery Mayne is a member of the Trusts and Estates Section at von Briesen & Roper, s.c. She works with clients on funding for long-term care, special needs trust planning, and adult guardianships and protective action litigation. A focal point of her practice is elder law and special needs law. She is certified as an Elder Law Attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation. She helps families and individuals with asset protection planning and appeals, determining eligibility for long...
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...
Claire McDonough is a member of the Trusts and Estates Section at von Briesen & Roper, s.c. She enjoys working with individuals, families and business owners to help them plan for the future. Claire focuses on all matters relating to estate planning, succession planning and trust and estate administration. Specifically, her practice includes drafting trusts, wills, marital property agreements and powers of attorney. Claire also advises clients on prenuptial agreements. During law school s...
Michael Sherer is a Shareholder in the Labor and Employment Section at von Briesen & Roper, s.c. He focuses his practice on employment litigation, employment law counseling and contract administration for a wide range of clients across multiple industries including health care, long term care and public school districts. Michael has significant experience in employment litigation and specifically with handling wage and hour claims, employment discrimination, FMLA claims, and restrictive c...
Ryan Duffy is a member of the Real Estate Group at von Briesen & Roper, s.c. He focuses his practice on litigation, collections, foreclosures and community association law. Prior to joining von Briesen, Ryan gained significant experience in litigation by focusing on creditors’ rights, consumer litigation and subrogation claims. During law school Ryan was a member of the Environmental Law Society and the Sports Law Society.
John “Jack” McNally is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Trust, Estates and Succession Planning Practice Groups. He focuses his practice on estate planning and probate and trust litigation, as well as a broad range of civil litigation matters. Jack represents individuals, families, and businesses in disputes involving estates, fiduciary duties, and other complex civil issues. Jack’s background in public service provides him with practical litigation experience and ...
T. Samuel Azinger is a Shareholder in the Trusts and Estates Section at von Briesen & Roper, s.c. Sam focuses his practice on estate planning, estate and trust administration, retirement benefits planning, charitable giving, and special needs planning. He counsels high-net-worth families, closely-held business owners and professionals at every stage of wealth, designing and drafting wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, asset-holding structures, marital property agreements and powers o...
