Melrose Lawyers

Craig T. Papka is a Shareholder in von Briesen & Roper, s.c.'s Labor and Employment Law Section. Craig counsels clients about a wide variety of matters with a view to preventing costly litigation. Craig can help employers reduce legal exposure when terminating employees; assist employers in investigating complaints of workplace harassment, violence, and other misconduct; advise employers on ADA and FMLA issues; implement harassment prevention and other training programs; revise employee handbooks and procedure manuals to reduce risk; and implement whatever other steps may be needed to reduce or eliminate the risk of litigation. Often, a quick telephone call to...

Stephanie Gwyn, Managing Attorney of Law Offices of Stephanie M. Gwyn, has extensive experience in employment-based immigration, including non-immigrant visas, PERM labor certification, and immigrant petitions. Her practice also covers immigration Form I-9 compliance as well as family-based immigration and citizenship. Stephanie works with a wide variety of clients, including multinational corporations, telecommunications companies, manufacturing companies, architecture firms, religious organizations, law firms, and trading firms.

Specialties include:
Citizenship
Green Cards
Adjustment of Status
Employment Based Visas, H-1B, L-1, etc.
U VISA
VAWA
Waivers of Inadmissibility
Deportation Defense
Asylum
Deferred Action (DACA) etc.

Attorney Mary Parmeter is an associate attorney and member of the Business Practice Group at Axley. Ms. Parmeter focuses her practice on general corporate law, corporate finance and securities, business organization and formation, mergers and acquisitions, development, and real estate transactions.

Prior to joining Axley, Mary earned her MBA in Corporate Finance and Investment Banking from the Wisconsin School of Business, and gained banking and investment experience by working at Goldman Sachs and the State of Wisconsin Investment Board.

Chris J. Mares, J.D. is an attorney and counselor at law with his law office in the Fox River Valley, Wisconsin area since 1984. He received his Bachelor of Science, Business Administration degree from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Chris’ concentration for his law practice is Estate Planning and the counseling of clients in the areas of estate, tax, charitable and business planning. He is a co-author of the Your Life Your Legacy -The Fundamentals of Effective Estate...