I have concentrated my practice in civil trial law for over 35 years.  I am a Board Certified civil trial lawyer, a certification issued to me by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.  I carry an "AV" peer review rating from Martindale Hubbell, a national organization which publishes ratings of lawyers by other lawyers.  I have been selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America , a national trial lawyer honorary society whose membership is limited to less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers.  I have been annually selected as a Wisconsin Super Lawyer since 2010.  The Wisconsin Super Lawyers designation represents the top 5 percent of  lawyers in the state.   I concentrate my trial practice in plaintiffs personal injury, land use litigation and business dispute litigation.