Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols S.C.
We take a creative, collaborative approach to each case, which means our lawyers work closely with each other so our clients always receive the fullness of expertise that resides within our office walls.
Given the diversity of our client base, attorneys at the firm do not practice exclusively within narrow areas of the law. Instead, they "specialize" in honing and developing the skills necessary to serve our client base. Nevertheless, each of the attorneys here generally develops expertise in several areas of the law.
The various legal services which the firm provides fall into a few main categories:
BUSINESS
- Business and corporate organization
- Acquisitions, mergers and leveraged buy-outs
- Financing for start-up enterprises, expansion and acquisitions
- Public and private securities offerings
- Product distribution and dealership matters
- Intellectual property (including licensing, trademark and copyright matters)
- Partnership and corporate dissolution
- Contract Negotiation
- Corporate spin-offs and reorganization
- Health Law (including billing rules & regulations and antitrust law)
- Employment contracts and employee relations
- Executive compensation
- Creditors’ rights
- Securities Law (including Investment Advisors and Broker-Dealers)
- Insurance companies and agencies
TAX LAW
- Corporation, limited liability company and partnership tax planning
- Pension, profit sharing and other employee benefit plans
- Tax audits and appeals
- Tax planning for individuals
- Foundations and other tax-exempt organization
ESTATE PLANNING & PERSONAL COUNSELING
- Wills, trusts and estate planning
- Probate and administration of trusts
- Marital property law planning
CIVIL & BUSINESS LITIGATION
- Securities and commercial fraud
- Insurance coverage and bad faith claims
- Pollution and other environmental problems
- Warranty and sales contract disputes
- Unfair trade practices
- Trade secrets and non-compete restrictions
- Employee contract and discrimination matters
- Health Law (including billing, privileges issues, and exclusivity rights)
- Shareholder disputes
- Civil rights and constitutional issues
- Benefit plan and ERISA matters
- Real estate contract, title and boundary disputes
- Open meetings and public record laws
- Creditors’ rights
REAL ESTATE
- Purchase and sale of commercial real estate
- Commercial leases
- Like-kind exchanges
- Real estate financing, commercial foreclosures
- Condominiums
- Real estate development
- Land use planning, zoning and environmental matters
- Real estate brokerage
- Residential real estate sales
- Water law
The Milwaukee Center | 111 East Kilbourn Avenue | Milwaukee, WI 53202 | (414) 273-1300