Kiel Lawyers

Nathan is a labor and employment attorney representing labor unions, individuals and benefit funds before courts, administrative agencies, and in labor arbitrations. He has handled matters under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Title VII), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA), Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), some areas of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and Wisconsin labor and employment statutes.

Melissa is a registered patent attorney whose practice includes all aspects of intellectual property law, with an emphasis on intellectual property litigation and dispute resolution. In her more than 16 years in practice she has become adept at developing cost-effective business solutions to legal disputes. Melissa collaborates with her clients to enforce their patent and trademark rights and defend against charges of infringement. Melissa also works with her clients to create value by using cost effective strategies to build intellectual property portfolios.

Criminal defense attorney Mario J. Fiumefreddo is a lifelong Milwaukee resident. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his Juris Doctorate from Marquette Law School. Mr. Fiumefreddo’s time at MU Law carried a strong emphasis in both criminal law and trial advocacy. He took most of the available courses in those respective areas, competed in two national mock trial competitions as a member of the law school’s mock trial team, and he spent the summer before his final year interning with a local criminal defense firm. During his last year of law school, he interned...

Attorney Matt Last earned his Bachelor of Arts degree as a Criminal Justice major from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2007, where he graduated Suma Cum Laude. He earned his Juris Doctor from Valparaiso University Law School in 2010. While in Law School, he participated as an intern at the Lake County Prosecutor’s Office and Lake County Public Defender’s Office in Indiana. During the summer before his third year of Law School, Mr. Last served as an intern for the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office in the Trial Division.

Following graduation, Mr. Last moved back to Wisconsin and interned once again...

Attorney Mike Kyrios brings a deeply personal and historically-informed approach to family law, drawing from both his academic background and firsthand experiences with divorce in his own family. Having earned his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he worked at the Family Court Clinic providing legal services to low-income clients, Kyrios has developed particular knowledge in divorce and child custody/support cases. His commitment to helping clients navigate difficult transitions is exemplified by his success in securing favorable maintenance awards in contentious cases. Attorney Kyrios' experience as both a child of divorce and now a parent himself...

Criminal defense attorney Brett W. Bureau obtained his undergraduate degree in accounting from Marquette University in 2021. Attorney Bureau would then earn his MBA from Marquette the following year. With a lifelong desire to focus on criminal law, he continued his education at Marquette University Law School, graduating in 2023. While in law school, he interned for the State Public Defender’s Office and for Wisconsin Appellate Judge Shelley Grogan. Attorney Bureau is a certified negotiator, mediator, and arbitrator. He attained his certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution and helped run Marquette Law School’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic. Attorney...

Chuck Palmer is the Managing Partner of Michael, Best & Friedrich's Waukesha, Wisconsin office. His primary practice areas are Labor and Employment Law, OSHA defense, fire, explosion and safety related litigation, and construction law. He is co-chair of the firms construction practice group. He is the author of Wisconsin Workers Compensation Law, a Handbook for Employers. He is on the Board of Directors for the following organizations: Wisconsin Underground Contractors Assn., Wisconsin Council of Safety, Make A Wish Foundation. An example of one of his published opinions can be found at: http://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.html?content=html&seqNo=33223

Attorney Ellen Rhodeman graduated from Washburn University School of Law in 2013. Within the same year she also was admitted into the State Bar of Illinois. She was also admitted into the State Bar of Wisconsin in 2017. For her undergraduate, she attended Carroll University, where she graduated in 2010.

Attorney Hansen has a compassion for his clients while also being an aggressive advocate, fighting to get his clients the ultimate compensation they deserve. Attorney Hansen has taken numerous cases to trial, resulting in outstanding jury verdicts and large recoveries for his clients. He has numerus large settlements and verdicts. His practice areas include all varieties of automobile, trucking and motorcycle accidents; premise liabilities; and other general negligence matters. He is a member of the Wisconsin Bar Association; Illinois Bar Association; Milwaukee Bar Association; Wisconsin Association for Justice; and is licensed to practice law in Wisconsin and...

Thomas A. Ogorchock is an aggressive advocate for injured people and their families in personal injury and wrongful death cases throughout Wisconsin. Known as a skilled litigator and negotiator, he has successfully tried numerous cases to verdict

Born and raised in South Dakota, Geoff earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from South Dakota State University before moving to Milwaukee to obtain his Juris Doctorate Degree from Marquette University Law School. Since graduating from law school, Geoff has dedicated his entire legal career to helping clients who were wrongfully injured as a result of someone else’s negligence. In advocating for his clients, Geoff draws from the work ethic instilled upon him while growing up in rural South Dakota, his competitiveness and doggedness from his time as a college linebacker, and his legal acumen and skills developed from over...

I have practiced intellectual property law since 1982. I represent clients in intellectual property litigation, and in United States and international prosecution matters. My litigation experience involves patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition and trade secrets. Technical expertise includes audio and video circuitry, computer hardware and software, database systems, electronic commerce, electronic discharge machining (EDM), multimedia and digital communications, online auction technology, semiconductor devices, telecommunications, and the general mechanical arts. I have managed corporate transactions involving the transfer of intellectual property and licensing rights, infringement and validity opinions. Construction and management of intellectual property licensing programs, and counseling are also areas of...

I am an immigration attorney in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I am dedicated to providing competent legal services to immigrant clients regardless of income level. In my brief career I have worked closely with hundreds of clients on discrete issues including family reunification, deportation defense, naturalization, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, asylum, and advocacy for immigrant victims of domestic violence and other crimes.

Accomplished attorney offering expertise spanning private law firm experience to General Counsel leadership of a $700 million subsidiary of a $3 billion publicly traded company. A registered patent attorney with a diverse business law background, including experience in business and corporate law, intellectual property, and complex transactional experience. A thoughtful, practical, and personable lawyer with an understanding of the needs and goals of organizations and individuals, applying a philosophy of partnering with clients to achieve clients’ goals in a highly collaborative and ethical manner

I am a University of Wisconsin Law School graduate who specializes in immigration law. Over the past few years, I have worked with employers, families, students, exchange visitors, physicians, investors, and others on their immigration issues. I work on both family-based immigration and employment-based immigration. I love what I do, and am honored to work and serve as an immigration attorney.

Bankruptcy lawyer and courtroom advocate with over 40 years of experience in national and international bankruptcy cases and out-of-court restructurings in more than 20 states (and Puerto Rico) ranging from corporate and farm debtors, creditors' committees, trustees, individual creditors and interestholders, bondholders, and other parties in interest. Bankruptcy litigation and trial experience spans fraudulent conveyance, preference and all manner of contested matters in chapter 11 cases. Former President of the American Bankruptcy Institute, co-vice chair of ABI's National Ethics Task Force and co-chair of Section 363 Committee of the ABI's Chapter 11 Reform Commission. Also certified and experienced as mediator,...

As a partner at Henry & Higgins, L.L.C., in Madison, Wisconsin, Attorney Michael Higgins firmly believes that every client deserves his personal attention and responsive communication to help resolve their legal matter. He is dedicated to helping people who are going through difficult situations find the right legal solution by offering a wide range of service levels from do-it-yourself divorce, where he advises you and you do the forms and the legwork, to full service divorce, where a retainer fee is collected and Mr. Higgins does all the work. He is also an experienced mediator for family law cases.