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111 East Wisconsin Ave.
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Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: 414-223-1050
Toll Free: 1-800-242-1050
Fax: 414-223-4355

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Willard P. Techmeier 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
phone (414) 223-1050
(800) 242-1050 (Toll-Free)
fax (414) 223-4355
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Will Techmeier is the senior partner of The Techmeier Law Firm S.C.  His practice areas include mass torts, class actions, pharmaceutical products and complex personal injury litigation.  He is the winner of one of Wisconsin's largest cash recoveries in a single injury case, $25.2 million, and has been recognized for handling cases with competence, grace and care.  He has won a number of million dollar + settlements and verdicts in complex tort cases as well as having  negotiated the resolution of  significant mass tort and class action cases.

AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, Mr. Techmeier is certified as a civil trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Wisconsin, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. A member of the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers, he was its president in 1990 and is past chair of the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin.  Named as one of Milwaukee's top personal injury lawyers by Milwaukee Magazine, he was also recently selected as a 2006 Wisconsin Super Lawyer.  A graduate of St. Norbert College and Marquette University Law School, he is a frequent speaker on topics related to his areas of practice, most recently having spoken on the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005.

Year Joined Organization:
1986
Areas of Practice:
Class Action/Mass Torts
Personal Injury Plaintiff
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certification/Specialties:
Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy


Bar Admissions:
Wisconsin, 1970
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1970
U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1980
U.S. Supreme Court, 1986
Education:
Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1970
Doctor of Jurisprudence


St Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin, 1967
Bachelor of Arts


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Trial Tactics & Techniques That Really Work/Demonstrative Evidence/Courtroom Demonstrations, State Bar of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 1999


Resensitizing the Desensitized 90's Juror, Law Education Institute, Inc., Vail, Colorado, January 1996


Fine Tuning Jury Selection, Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers, Past Presidents' Seminar, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, December 1993


Effective Settlement Tools in the Catastrophic Injury Case, Law Education Institute, Inc., Vail, Colorado, January 1993


Structured Settlements: Are They All They're Cracked Up To Be?, Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, December 1992


Determining the Value of a Case/Hot Tips II: Settlement & Trial Techniques That Work!, State Bar of Wisconsin, Milwaukee/Madison, Wisconsin, November 1992


Damages: Innovations in Evaluation, Settlement and Trial, Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers, Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, July 1991


Birth Injuries, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Rising Stars Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1990


Signs, Symptoms and Causation of Brain Injury in Infants, Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, December 1989


Frequent Speaker, Professional Groups in his Areas of Practice


Honors and Awards:
Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers - Martindale-Hubbell


AV Rating Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, National Board of Trial Advocacy


Named as one of "Milwaukee's Best Lawyers", Milwaukee Magazine


Outstanding Public Education Project, 18th Annual Public Interest Awards, 1993 Center for Public Representation


Fellow, Roscoe Pound Foundation


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1989 - 1990
President


Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1988 - Present
Chair, Trial by Jury Committee


Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers
Director


Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1986 - 1988
Co-Editor, The Verdict


American Association for Justice, 1991 - 1994
Member, Board of Governors


American Association for Justice, 1991 - Present
Member


American Bar Association
Member


Wisconsin State Bar
Member


Wisconsin State Bar, Litigation Section
Past Chairman


Milwaukee Bar Association
Member


Milwaukee Bar Association, 1991 - 1993
Judicial Selection Committee


Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers
Past President


Past Employment Positions:
Techmeier, Sheedy & Associates, Partner, 1980 - 1986


Patrick T. Sheedy & Associates, Associate, 1976 - 1980


The Techmeier Law Firm, S.C., provides legal advice and representation for people filing personal injury claims in communities throughout Wisconsin, including Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, Kenosha, Elkhorn, Lake Geneva, Mequon, West Bend, Brookfield, Green Bay, Fox River Valley, DePere, Appleton, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Waupun, Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Madison, Janesville, Beloit, Kewaunee, Sturgeon Bay, Neenah, Menasha, Shawano, Waupaca, La Crosse, and Wausau, Wisconsin.


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