Building relationships, building business Complex cases pose an enjoyable challenge Your land is our land For Mueller, law is family affair with a twist At sewerage district, no news is good news Listening and learning help bring results Construction law only a natural choice Statute of repose has seen several renovations Childhood challenges led to [...]
Scott Thomsen’s practice in construction law focuses on litigation, and he has learned that capturing and keeping a jury’s attention is an indispensable skill. “The complexities involved in construction law often don’t necessarily translate into an interesting story for a jury,” Thomsen said. “Oftentimes it’s not a cut and dry issue, such as ‘A car’ [...]
As a young girl in the 1970s, Teresa Mueller relished the opportunity to accompany her dad, attorney Roger Mueller, to court in Dodgeville and other courthouses in southwestern Wisconsin. So it came as little surprise to family members when she announced an intention to follow in her father’s footsteps. After all, her grandfather and brother [...]
No one gives a city’s sewerage system much thought — unless it’s not working. Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District attorney Katherine Lazarski works hard to ensure there’s never reason to think of her employer. “We do a lot of construction projects. Annually, our budget for capital construction is around $150 million, and my job to make [...]
Attorney Alan G. B. Kim Jr. has a curious mind — for which he’s extremely grateful. Curiosity is what makes him a results-focused advocate for his clients. It’s a simple credo: He tries to listen more than he speaks. “The part of my job I enjoy the best is getting to know my client, and [...]
Construction is in John Kassner’s DNA. Kassner’s father was a developer, builder and a president of the Wisconsin Builders Association. Each of his three brothers owns a construction company in Green Bay. His sister used to buy and rehab older houses for resale. And he used to be a builder. “I’ve developed subdivisions, condominiums, time [...]
In March of this year, a piece of cornice fell from the Milwaukee County Courthouse, which was built in 1931. No one was injured. If someone had been hurt, though, it seems clear that any fault for the injury would lie with how the county has maintained the structure, not how it was built nearly [...]
Mark Hinkston lived in an orphanage for almost four years before his parents adopted him. He credits that upbringing for his legal success today. “My background has assisted me invaluably in my law practice as I am able to deal with the adversity and uncertainties inherent in practicing law, especially in the construction context,” Hinkston, [...]
David Hanus says he is a philosopher at heart, and that’s why he became a lawyer. “In one sense, I see the law and practice of law as practical or applied philosophy,” Hanus said. “That’s really one of the things that attracted me to it.” Hanus has been practicing construction law, in one form or [...]
Scott Halloin’s parents, both real estate developers, taught him an important lesson: Always start with the architect and engineer. Now a shareholder attorney at Halloin & Murdock SC in Milwaukee, he applies that to many of his construction law cases. The firm does a lot of multiparty construction law cases. For instance, it has represented [...]
Saul Glazer didn’t always want to follow in his father’s footsteps. After all, Sidney M. Glazer was a member of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, which sets the bar pretty high. But after earning a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in library science, Saul headed to law school, becoming the only one [...]
In some ways, Kevin Delorey has always been a builder. As a young man, he worked as a carpenter. Today, he builds relationships. Delorey twice set out to earn an electrical engineering degree. He got married, moved to northern Wisconsin and started a family before completing the requirements. He worked as a carpenter until a [...]
Groups call for state law changes to control eminent domain for development
