Legal Services & Lawyers

I have successfully defended the rights of the accused in the full range of criminal and traffic offenses since 1992. I am sensitive to the fact that while I have a busy caseload, this may be your only experience with the criminal justice system. Whether your are accused of a minor traffic violation or a serious felony, you can expect that your matter will be handled with a high level of professionalism, integrity and sensitivity. Remember, itâs your case.



Proper communication between attorney and client is the hallmark of effective representation. Clients can expect copies of documents filed on their behalf and should maintain a file for their records. Phone calls are returned within 24 hours. In the event a call is not returned, clients are encouraged to make a follow up call. I am a courtroom attorney and often out of the office but excellent staff and current technology make quick response possible.

Waukesha, Jefferson, Dodge, Milwaukee, Dane, Walworth and Washington Counties.

Criminal Law
All Misdemeanors and Felonies

Property Crimes
* Theft
* Fraud
* Uttering
* Worthless Checks
* Identity Theft

Violent Crimes
* Battery
* Sexual Assault
* Domestic Disorderly Conduct
* Domestic Violence
* Weapons Offenses
* Armed Robbery

Drug Offenses
* Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance
* Criminal Possession with intent to Deliver
* Criminal Delivery of a Controlled Substance
* Criminal Delivery of a Controlled Substance in or near School Grounds
* Criminally Possession or Use of Drug Paraphernalia
* Criminal Sale of a Prescription for a Controlled Substance
* Unlawful Possession of Marijuana
* Criminal Possession of Marijuana
* Criminal Delivery of Marijuana
* Criminal Diversion of Prescription Medications and Prescriptions
* Conspiracy



Drunk Driving
* Repeat Offenses
* Unlawful Arrests
* Suppression Hearings
* Refusal Hearings
* Administrative Suspensions
* Drunk Driving Causing Injury
* Drunk Driving Causing Serious Injury
* Homicide By Intoxicated Use
* Felony Drunk Driving
* Blood & Breath Challenges
* Blood Alcohol Curve Defenses


Traffic
* Speeding Tickets
* Operating after Suspension/Revocation
* Habitual Traffic Offenders
* Reopenings
* Occupational Licenses

Milwaukee Wisconsin plaintiff's personal injury lawyer with fifteen years of experience representing injury victims.

Attorney/Owner, Enochs Law Firm.

Enochs Law Firm is a firm devoted to client attention, detail and results. Enochs Law Firm is not an ordinary general practice law firm in that a conscious effort is made to focus on a select few areas of the law so that the utmost competence is developed. Specifically, Enochs Law Firm focuses on labor & employment law, family law, criminal law, estate planning, landlord/tenant law, small claims and general civil litigation matters.

Corporate/business attorney with over 15 years business experience both as a business manager and in-house attorney before moving to private practice. My primary focus is on technology, intellectual property, renewable energy and entertainment law.

Mike Maxwell founded his law firm, Maxwell Attorneys LLC on the belief that he could provide higher quality legal and business advice to his clients without charging them a tall building law firm price. Mike is an accomplished litigator and successful small businessman. Mike has extensive experience in bankruptcy and civil litigation. As a bankruptcy attorney and Chapter 7 Trustee, Mike has been involved in literally thousands of consumer bankruptcy cases. As a civil litigator, he has served as trial counsel in over 500 civil lawsuits over 150 of which he personally litigated before Wisconsin courts.

Mike serves as a Chapter 7 Trustee in the Eastern District of Wisconsin having been appointed by the United States Department of Justice, Office of United States Trustee for Region 11. As Trustee, Mike presides over hundreds of Chapter 7 cases each year. Mike counsels individuals and businesses faced with bankruptcy on their financial options and how to protect their rights under the United States Bankruptcy Code. Mike has successfully completed several advanced litigation training programs in Bankruptcy and Consumer Rights Litigation. Mike is a proud member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees. Mike uses his knowledge of the bankruptcy code and local court procedures to help clients understand the new Bankruptcy Reform law to reorganize their personal and professional finances.

Mike is a committed subrogation professional active in the National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) where he has served on the national board of directors. Mike was the founding chair of the Wisconsin Chapter of NASP having helped provide the basic building blocks for growth of the chapter which resulted in the Chapter being recognized nationally for its work for the Association. Mike has lectured on subrogation topics before in-house insurance company training programs as well as at industry related trade associations. Mike spoke on Worker Compensation Subrogation at the NASP national conference in Reno, Nevada in 2003, Bankruptcy Reform at the NASP national conference in Austin, Texas in 2005, and Foreclosure at the NASP national conference in Orlando, Florida in 2006. Mike has achieved the highest designation for excellence and experience in the subrogation industry as a Certified Subrogation Recovery Professional.

Mike is also an accomplished business professional. Mike serves on the board of directors for Landmark Credit Union, the largest credit union in Wisconsin with over $1.2 billion in assets. Mike was recently recognized as one of a select few credit union professionals that have achieved the prestigious designation of Certified Credit Union Director by completing a rigorous Executive Management and Training School at the prestigious London Business School in London, England. Mike also holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Marquette University and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Virginia Tech University.

Prior to founding his law firm, Mike founded and operated a successful public relations, political consulting and grassroots lobbying company called The Maxwell Group, Inc. Mike has a broad range of business experiences from his years of managing a consulting business that included clients ranging from: A T & T, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, BIPAC, American Highway Users Alliance, Northwest Airlines, Family and Freedom Foundation, the Health Benefits Coalition, and various state and national political campaigns. Mike advises these clients on grassroots lobbying efforts, fundraising campaigns, strategic and tactical planning of public relations campaigns.

Mike is licensed to practice by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin as well as the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin. Mike's primary practice areas include: bankruptcy, consumer law, civil litigation, and business organizations.

Mike has been a frequent guest commentator for the television show Focus on Diversity which airs locally in Milwaukee. Mike has written a local blog for the community web-site, www.brookfieldnow.com.

Mike is also a veteran of the United States Military, serving four years in the U.S. Army and Virginia Army National Guard as an indirect fire light infantry soldier. Mike lives with Brookfield with his wife and three children.

SCOTT N. BURNS graduated from the University of Wisconsin, and from Marquette University Law School. He is a member of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and American Bar Associations. He is admitted to practice in the Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, both Eastern and Western Districts.

Scott's practice is devoted to all aspects of real estate and business transactional law. Scott was recognized as a "top attorney" in Milwaukee Magazine Best Lawyers issues (February, 1995, October, 1999, and September, 2003) in the real estate law specialty. He has appeared on both radio and television as a real estate law expert. Scott has also lectured on real estate and construction law at Marquette University Law School. Scott often acts as a court-appointed and private mediator in litigation matters in his area of expertise, particularly involving real estate, contract/business disputes, construction defects and transactional disputes.

Main Office:
320 East Buffalo St.
Suite 700
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: 414-271-3400

Waukesha Office:
20720 Watertown Rd.
Suite 202
Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-782-5200

Kathleen B. Stilling is a partner in the Milwaukee area law firm of BUTING & WILLIAMS, S.C., practicing statewide primarily in the field of criminal defense, both trials and appeals. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Bar, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and is a charter member and past-president of the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. She is admitted to practice in federal and state courts in Wisconsin as well as the United States 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. She is a frequent speaker at CLE seminars for lawyers throughout Wisconsin, as well as national seminars sponsored by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

I practice in the areas of union side labor, employment discrimination, unemployment compensation and wage and hour. My practice includes litigation before state and federal courts and administrative bodies, arbitration and mediation.

Attorney Craig Vance founded Wisconsin Lemon Aid, LLC in Novmeber of 2008 to continue the fight for the rights of consumers. He practices in many areas of consumer law, including lemon law, warranty litigation, and fraud, in addition to handling other civil litigation matters. Craig handles consumer cases throughout the State of Wisconsin and will be practicing from the Wisconsin Lemon Aid, LLC offices in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. He can be reached by e-mail at cvance@wisconsinlemonaid.com. Attorney Vance has successfully handled hundreds of lemon law and waranty litigation cases and is looking forward to continuing his assistance of consumers in enforcing their rights.

Attorney Vance is a 2001 graduate of Marquette University Law School and a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Washington, Waukesha and Milwaukee County Bar Associations. Craig resides in Germantown, Wisconsin with his wife and two children and is active in the community coaching youth sports and volunteering and his church and his childrens' school.

I have practiced for 18 years as attorney and have been involved in progressive and worker-related issues all my life.

Michael G. Levine received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He went on to receive his juris doctor from the University of Miami School of Law in Coral Gables, Florida, receiving a Dean's Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding Academic Performance in Substantive Criminal Law and graduating cum laude.

While living in Florida, Mr. Levine worked in the Public Defendersâ Offices of both Dade and Broward Counties. During his time as a public defender Mr. Levine managed a case load of over one hundred files at any given time. He has tried numerous bench and jury trials including both misdemeanors and felonies. Mr. Levine has since returned to Wisconsin in 2005, where he became an Associate at the Law Offices of Robert A. Levine. In addition to his primary focus of criminal defense, Mr. Levine handles civil matters as well.

Mr. Levine is a member of both the Wisconsin and Florida Bars. Mr. Levine is also a member of the Milwaukee County,Eastern District of Wisconsin, Dade County, and American Bar Associations. He is also active in Wisconsin Chapter of NAIOP. Mr. Levine is dedicated to the community and to the city of Milwaukee. Mr. Levine volunteers his time at the Milwaukee Justice Center and at the Marquette Free Legal Clinic.

Since 1995, I have used my experience as the chief executive officer of a trade association and an elected official to assist corporations and public entities avoid litigation and prevail in complex disputes. I assist my clients by managing their risk and terminating commercial disputes through negotiation, mediation, arbitration or, if necessary, litigation. I'm also an experienced trial lawyer, having led or second-chaired more than 15 trials, with a 90% success rate. In addition, I defend professionals accused of negligence.

I've helped large corporations and other public entities such as cities and school districts achieve their business and organizational goals:

On behalf of subsidiary of a 6,000 employee industry leader in power plant technology and power generation, successfully sued a deep-hole drilling subcontractor when it failed to properly manufacture large-scale heat exchanger components. Obtained 2007 summary judgment in Washington County Circuit Court.

Defended numerous employment claims brought against Racine Unified School District, which annually educates approximately 21,000 students with 1,400 teachers and more than 100 administrators. Prevailed at both federal and state investigation and administrative hearing stages on discrimination, retaliation, and disparate impact complaints, effectively preventing litigation of all claims brought from 2005-2009.

Defended a leading global engineering and design firm against claims of negligence arising from the design and construction of a water intake and transmission main for a Wisconsin municipality. Prevailed on 2007 summary judgment against co-defendant construction company, preventing trial on $2 million-plus claim in Winnebago County Circuit Court.

Defended a global restaurant chain (280+ locations worldwide) in Milwaukee County Circuit Court litigation arising from food-borne illness outbreak that made headlines in Milwaukee. Settled the majority of the eight-figure case before trial, leaving only the restaurant chain's cross-claims to be tried.

Defended regional HVAC equipment supplier against claims of negligence and breach of contract in Waukesha County Circuit Court. Obtained reversal of default judgment and pretrial judgment dismissing the majority of plaintiff's claims. In 2008, settled the action for less than its cost of defense.

Defended Bergensons Property Services, Inc., a California-based leading national provider of superior maintenance, cleaning, and janitorial service to the retail, commercial, institutional, and hospital industries. Despite not meeting contract requirements, a subcontractor sought payment from Bergensons. Settled the contentious dispute in 2007.

Defended 2005 commercial eviction of car repair chain boasting approximately 60 locations nationwide. After bringing a motion to dismiss before the Kenosha County Circuit Court, settled the suit within two weeks, and negotiated the client's continued presence in Wisconsin.

In 2009, successfully defended of one of Wisconsin's leading worker's compensation attorneys against claims of professional negligence. Settled the $2+million suit prior to Dane County Circuit Court trial.

Second-chaired the Western District of Wisconsin federal court trial of a constitutional challenge to the State of Wisconsin's system of Medicaid administration. The 7th Circuit's appellate decision cleared the way for the client to attract new clients from throughout the United States, significantly increasing its revenue.

In 2009, second-chaired the successful Milwaukee County Circuit Court trial defense of a renowned trauma surgeon accused of negligence after a laparotomy sponge was left inside a patient following surgery.

In the Eastern District of Wisconsin, defended a regional warehousing and transportation logistics company against allegations that it induced a breach of fiduciary duty and interference with multiple contracts. During 2008 and 2009, conducted dozens of depositions of third-parties in this approximately $2 million case, establishing the basis for a summary judgment motion and related motion to recover six-figure costs and fees.

I'm a member of the Litigation and Real Estate Sections of the State Bar of Wisconsin. I also participate as a member of the Commercial Litigation and Professional Liability Committees of the Defense Resource Institute. I practice with Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP, a 475-lawyer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Hinshaw's 23 offices in 15 states from Florida to Oregon offer comprehensive legal services, including intellectual property, business transactions, transportation, environmental, employment, fidelity and surety, white-collar crime, and products liability.

Executive and Governmental Experience
For three years, I served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Apartment Association of South Central Wisconsin, the second-largest such association in the state of Wisconsin. During my tenure, the Association grew to include three additional counties. Under my leadership, the Association successfully defeated multiple municipal, county, and state legislative efforts that would have harmed its members' businesses. For instance, one proposed ordinance would have mandated participation by all rental property owners in the federal government's Section 8 housing subsidy program.

I have extensive experience as an appointed and elected official in the State of Wisconsin. For example, Governor Tommy Thompson in 2000 appointed me to the Lead Paint Technical Advisory Committee, which was instrumental in crafting a lead paint law for Wisconsin. In 2006, I was appointed to the City of Muskego's Board of Review, where I served as vice-chairman. In 2007, I was elected to the City Council of Muskego, Wisconsin, and was three times elected to serve as the Council's representative on the Plan Commission, and appointed to chair the Public Works Committee in 2008. In April, 2009, I was re-elected to my second two-year term on the City Council of Muskego, Wisconsin, and was also elected President of the Council.

Attorney Thomas Perlberg is a former Assistant District Attorney of Kenosha, WI and now practices personal injury law at Hupy & Abraham S.C.

I am a shareholder in the Milwaukee/Madison law firm of Hawks Quindel, S.C. My primary areas of practice include Worker's Compensation and Social Security Disability. I was admitted to practice before the Wisconsin Courts and the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin in 1994.

I received an undergraduate degree in Management and Business, magna cum laude, from Barat College in Lake Forest, Illinois in 1989 and a law degree from Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1994. Prior to practicing law, I was a Certified Respiratory Therapy Technician and a Registered Respiratory Therapist engaged in clinic practice and education. I am listed in the Best Lawyers in America's Consumer Guide. I lecture frequently on Worker's Compensation Law and have chaired the State Bar of Wisconsin's annual Worker's Compensation Update seminar for the last three years.

I am member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Association of Worker's Compensation Attorneys, the Milwaukee Bar Association, the Wisconsin Employment Lawyers Association, the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives. I am the current Secretary and past President of the Wisconsin Hispanic Lawyers Association and is on the Board of Directors of Voces de la Frontera, Action.

I am volunteer attorney for the Voces de la Frontera, Inc., legal clinic. Voces is a nonprofit, immigrant and worker
s rights agency on Milwaukee's south-side. He is a past-board member of the Spanish Centers of Kenosha, Racine and Walworth County, Inc. A nonprofit agency dedicated to the advocacy of the Spanish-speaking Community in South East Wisconsin.

Doug Blegen is a corporate, tax, and estate planning lawyer who also has experience as a litigator. His practice focuses on the needs of closely-held businesses and professional practices, and of their principals. This includes determining and creating the appropriate structure; negotiating and drafting partnership and shareholder agreements, employment agreements, and transactional documents; and providing counsel regarding business acquisitions and divestitures, as well as tax and estate planning.

My practice concentrates in the representation of unions and employees in all areas of employment and labor law.

The Law Offices of David J. Carlson, S.C. offer full service probate law assistance, expert will and trust assistance, real estate law assistance, power of attorney and guardian issue assistance, and personal injury law assistance, for clients in the Waukesha, Milwaukee and Wisconsin region.

Attorney Michael J. Finn has been practicing law in Waukesha County for more than 30 years, and is experienced in all aspects of family law, divorce law, child custody, business and contractual law, and criminal defense. He has reliably assisted hundreds of clients in the Hartland, Waukesha, Delafield, Oconomowoc, Pewaukee and Milwaukee area.

Accomplished corporate generalist attorney with substantial in-house experience now in private practice.
Extensive experience providing legal advice to all levels of management. Legal experience includes franchise acquisitions, mediation of disputes between franchisees and the franchisor, review of franchise license agreements and franchise disclosure documents, wage and hour disputes, discrimination complaints, commercial lease review, vendor contract and sales contract review.

If you are buying or selling a franchise, I can help with the process. I can also support your on-going business given my extensive corporate legal experience.

Kashoua Yang earned her bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, from Lakeland College and her J.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

During law school, she served as Co-President of the Law School Family Association, was a Writer and Articles Editor for the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society, and participated in the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association's Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition. Ms. Yang served as a judicial intern for the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District II and worked as an extern at the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission.

Prior to joining Hawks Quindel, S.C., Ms. Yang was a family and criminal lawyer representing clients in divorce, custody/placement disputes, paternity actions, and post-judgment actions, including contempt and modifications. Moreover, she worked as Guardian ad Litem in both family and guardianship cases and represented individuals in misdemeanor criminal cases. Ms. Yang speaks fluent Hmong and has worked with Hmong clients in Dane, Milwaukee, and Sheboygan counties.

I represent individuals in consumer and employment matters. I strive to represent people with strong legal claims and damages or substantial violations of important legal rights, to take cases I am willing to prosecute to a verdict and to maximize my client's recovery. I prefer quality of cases over quantity so that I can focus on each client's matter to obtain the best results possible for the given claim and circumstances.

Attorney Evan Nicholas Claditis focuses on smart, compassionate lawyering. Attorney Claditis' commitment to his clients includes trying court cases to jury verdict with a proven track record of favorable results in hotly contested motor vehicle and slip and fall cases.

Attorney Timothy Schelwat is an experienced personal injury lawyer for Hupy & Abraham S.C. during his time with them he has received over $50 million for clients. Timothy is an avid motorcyclist and lectures on the motorcycle safety and insurance throughout the Midwest.

Jerome Buting is a shareholder in the Milwaukee area law firm of BUTING & WILLIAMS, S.C., where he practices throughout the state exclusively in the field of criminal law, handling both trials and appeals. He received his B.A. in Forensic Studies from Indiana University-Bloomington in 1978 and his J.D. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1981. Mr. Buting is admitted to practice in Wisconsin state and federal courts as well as the United States 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He is a current member and past chair of the Criminal Law Section Board of Directors. He is a member of the Wisconsin Criminal Justice Commission, which is presently reviewing potential areas of reform in the Wisconsin criminal justice process. He is a past-president of WACDL, and a life member of NACDL and formerly served on its board of directors. Mr. Buting has organized CLE seminars for the State Bar Criminal Law Section and NACDL, and is a frequent contributor to State Public Defender seminars.

Mr. Buting is frequently sought after for his expertise on DNA and other forensic evidence, cross-examination of experts, innocence and wrongful convictions challenges, and how to handle a high profile case.

CHRISTOPHER KOLB is a 1981 graduate from Yale University Law School. Prior to attending Yale, he earned two postgraduate degrees from UCLA, which he attended on an NDEA fellowship, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin, where he graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors.

His practice includes litigation on behalf of plaintiffs in securities disputes, representation of lawyers, doctors and other professionals facing possible disciplinary action by licensing authorities, and business litigation involving contract, intellectual property, and employment matters. He has also represented the owners of a large area shopping center regarding their leasing and litigation needs, and has extensive experience as a mediator.

He is a member of the Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin Bar Associations and has also appeared before the Federal Courts of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (which includes Wisconsin and Illinois), Ninth Circuit (including California), and Federal Circuit (in Washington, D.C. ).

Mr. Kolb has lectured at Marquette University Law School on the subject of alternative dispute resolution, and he is a two-time recipient of the State Bar of Wisconsin Authorship Award, once for an article on structured settlements and once for a two-part article on arbitration of securities disputes.

Main Office:
320 East Buffalo St.
Suite 700
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: 414-271-3400

Waukesha Office:
20720 Watertown Rd.
Suite 202
Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-782-5200

Wisconsin personal injury lawyer Frank Pasternak is managing partner of Pasternak & Zirgibel S.C., award-winning plaintiffs personal injury attorneys in Wisconsin. In 2008 and 2007, he was honored by "Super Lawyers" (top 5% of all Wisconsin attorneys) in Milwaukee Magazine. In 2006, he was recognized as a Wisconsin "Super Lawyer Rising Star" (top 2.5% of all Wisconsin lawyers under 40) in Milwaukee Magazine and in 2005, he was voted by CNI Newspapers as "Best Attorney." Pasternak & Zirgibel focuses exclusively on plaintiffs' personal injury and wrongful death litigation, including car accident, asbestos, malpractice and mesothelioma cases. Frank Pasternak has litigated lawsuits nationwide, including a trial against Walmart that resulted in a post-trial recovery of $11,400,000.00.

I represent labor unions and individual employees involved in employment disputes.