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Phone: 608.283.6753
Email: pfiedler@axley.com
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Phone: 608.283.6719
Email: sosen@axley.com
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Patrick Fiedler is a trial lawyer and partner at Axley. He focuses his practice on complex civil
litigation including professional liability, tort defense, insurance defense
and products liability. In addition, he provides mediation and arbitration in
all types of cases including professional malpractice claims, civil rights
issues, condemnation (eminent domain), reinsurance issues, family disputes and
personal injury. He also offers representation in select complex criminal
matters.
Mr. Fiedler’s approach to his law practice reflects his
diverse, 32-year career in the law. In addition to 18 years as a Dane County
Circuit Court judge, Mr. Fiedler has been U.S. Attorney for the Western
District of Wisconsin, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, a
Waukesha County prosecutor and a private practitioner. He has tried over 60
jury cases and many trials to the court, and presided over hundreds of trials
as a judge.
Because he has managed complex, high-stakes cases from every
seat in the courtroom, Mr. Fiedler has the unique ability to assess the strengths
and weaknesses on both sides, to focus quickly on the central issues in each
dispute and to connect with juries. His extensive courtroom experience also allows
him to assemble the strongest possible team of expert witnesses to assist in
each client’s defense.
Mr.
Fiedler’s dedication to serving justice has been recognized with numerous
honors. In 2012, lawyers both within and outside the state elected him
president of the State Bar of Wisconsin for a term that will run from 2013 to
2014. In 2008, the Wisconsin Victim/Witness Professional Association selected
Mr. Fiedler to receive its Victim Advocacy Award, and in 2007 the American
Board of Trial Advocates honored him as ‘Judge of the Year’ for his thorough preparation, breadth
of knowledge of the law, decisive rulings and courtesy to litigants, jurors and
members of the bar.
A frequent presenter on a
variety of legal topics, Mr. Fiedler has served on the faculty of the Wisconsin
Judicial College and has taught at the UW Law School. He has also published
numerous articles in professional legal journals.
A native of Mineral Point,
Mr. Fiedler graduated from UW-Milwaukee with a degree in business and from
Marquette University Law School. He and his wife, Sandy, have three children
and four grandchildren.
Selected Presentations and Publications
- Presentation: "What You Can Do With a Law Degree." UW Pre-Law Society (4/2013)
- Presentation: "What Is a State Bar Leader?" State Bar of Wisconsin Leadership Development Summit (3/2013)
- Keynote speaker at the Dane County Bar Association's Pro Bono Breakfast for Annual Law Day 2013
- Presentation: "The New Daubert Standard for Experts in State Courts." Waukesha County Bar Association (5/2012)
- Presentation: "The New Daubert Standard for Experts in State Courts." Legal Association for Women (4/2012)
- Presentation: "The New Daubert Standard for Experts in State Courts." LaCrosse County Bar Association and Iowa County Bar Association (2/2012)
- Presentation: "The New Daubert Standard for Experts in State Courts." Dodge County Bar Association and Jefferson County Bar Association (1/2012)
- Presentation: "The New Daubert Standard for Experts in State Courts." Sauk County Bar Association (1/2012)
- Presentation: "The New Daubert Standard for Experts in State Courts." Green County Bar Association (12/2011)
- Presentation: "eRisk: Electronic Discovery for Medical Professionals." MMIC (11/2011)
- Presentation: "The New Daubert Standard for Experts in State Courts." Dane County Bar Association (10/2011)
- Presentation: "Evidence – Family Law." Dane County Family Law Attorneys Group (5/2011)
- Presentation: "Legally Speaking; ‘Smartphone’ Jurors." WisconsinEye (2/2011)
- Presentation: "What Judges Expect of Attorneys in the Pro Se Context." Wisconsin Department of Justice CLE Seminar (12/2010)
- Presentation: 18th Annual Institute of Trial
Practice. State Bar of Wisconsin CLE Seminar. Presiding judge for a mock
civil trial presentation (11/2007)
- Presentation: "Evidence." Wisconsin Judicial College (2005 - 2009)
- Presentation: "Demonstration of a Civil Trial." Lawyering Skills Program, University of Wisconsin Law School (4/2005)
- Presentation: "Fairly and Effectively Dealing with Pro Se Litigants." Wisconsin Department of Justice CLE Seminar (5/2002)
- Presentation: "Evidentiary Traps for the Unwary."
State Bar of Wisconsin and Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers CLE Seminar (6/2001)
- Presentation: "Advanced Family Law Issues in Wisconsin." State Bar of Wisconsin CLE Seminar (10/2000)
- Presentation: "Courts and the Media." State Bar of Wisconsin, Media - Law Relations Committee (2000 - 2003)
- Presentation: "Judicial Sentencing Skills." Wisconsin Judicial College (1999 - 2005)
- Presentation: "Selected Evidentiary Issues - Nuts and Bolts." Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE Seminar (10/1998)
- Presentation: "Rambo Litigation - Does It Work and How Do You Stop It?" Dane County Bar Association CLE Seminar (12/1997)
- Publication: "Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)" Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association (WUCA) Spring 2013 Newsletter (4/2013)
Admissions, Associations and Achievements
- Admitted to practice in the State Courts of
Wisconsin, Eastern District of Wisconsin, Western District of Wisconsin
and United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Member, Dane County Bar Association
- Member, State Bar of Wisconsin
- President-Elect: 2012-2013
- President: 2013-2014
- Immediate Past President: 2014-2015
- Member, Wisconsin Association of Mediators
- Member, Waukesha County Bar Association
- Wisconsin Judicial College
- Associate Dean 2003 - 2009
- Faculty 1999 – 2009
- Instructor, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1998 – 2001
- Received the Victim Advocacy Award from the Wisconsin Victim/Witness Professional Association in 2008
- Received the Trial Judge of the Year Award from the American Board of Trial Advocates – Wisconsin Chapter in 2007
Education
J.D., Marquette Law School, 1980
B.B.A., University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 1977
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Practice Areas
Litigation, Mediation and Arbitration, Family and Divorce
, Appellate Practice, Business Mediation & Arbitration, Civil Rights & Constitutional Issues, Construction Arbitration & Mediation, Construction Disputes, Employment Law, Employment Litigation, Federal Court Litigation, Insurance Defense, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury Litigation, Premises Liability, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Real Estate Disputes/Adverse Possession Claims, Representation of Public Sector Employers, Wrongful Death
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