Jaclyn C. Kallie


Associate

jck@mtfn.com

111 East Kilbourn Avenue, 19th Floor
Milwaukee, WI 53202

Jaclyn C. Kallie is an attorney in Meissner Tierney’s litigation practice group. Jaclyn’s practice focuses on representing a wide variety of businesses in litigation matters in both state and federal court, primarily in the areas of complex insurance coverage issues, bad faith claims and commercial litigation. Beyond this, Jaclyn has also defended business litigants in product liability and toxic tort matters, related to both lead paint and asbestos exposures.

Jaclyn also represents both employers and employees in a variety of labor and employment litigation matters including non-compete and other restrictive covenants, sexual harassment, wage disputes and all variety of discrimination.  Jaclyn is also well versed in personal injury matters, real estate disputes, civil sexual assault and breach of contracts. Jaclyn has the experience and understanding to advise clients on the possible outcomes and costs of litigation, so that clients have a realistic and comprehensive understanding of the process and issues involved in order to make strategic decisions throughout litigation. In addition to her law practice, Jaclyn serves on the board of the State Bar of Wisconsin Labor and Employment Law Section.

Prior to joining the firm, Jaclyn spent over a decade trying cases at other prominent Milwaukee area litigation firms. She graduated from Marquette University Law School in 2012 with a civil litigation certificate and as an inductee to the pro bono honors society. While in law school, Jaclyn competed in the Jenkins Honorary Moot Court Competition, was a quarterfinalist in the National Moot Court Competition and served as the Associate Justice of Education for the Executive Moot Court Board. Since graduating, Jaclyn has remained involve in the Marquette Moot Court program, serving as a volunteer coach for the Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Competition and Spong Moot Court Competition and as a volunteer judge at the Jenkins Honorary Moot Court Competition and National Moot Court Competition.

Honors

  • Wisconsin Super Lawyers® Rising Star (2019 – present)
  • Best Lawyers ® Ones to Watch for Appellate Practice, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Civil Rights Law, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, (2021 – present)
  • Elite Lawyer (2022, 2023)
  • Milwaukee Biz Times Notable Leaders in the Law (2024)
  • Best Lawyers in America “Women in the Law” Recognized as “One to Watch” in the 2021, Spring Business Edition

Professional Organizations


  • State Bar of Wisconsin
  • State Bar of Wisconsin Labor and Employment Law Section, Board Member
  • Association of Women Lawyers
  • Milwaukee Bar Association
  • Milwaukee Young Lawyers Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association
  • Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association, Mentoring Program
  • TEMPO Milwaukee – Emerging Women Leaders

Speeches & Publications


  • Speaker, COVID-19 and the Law, Better Business Bureau (2021)
  • Author, Insurers Beware: The Circumstances Under Which An Excess Policy May Be Obligated to Defend or to Reimburse for Defense Costs, Coverage Journal, Published by Insurance Litigation Committee of the ABA, (2012)
  • Author, Legislative Tracking: Wisconsin Legislative Updates, The Voice, Defense Research Institute Weekly Newsletter (2010-2011)
  • Speaker, Liability and Casualty Insurance Coverage: A Primer for Wisconsin Businesses, part of the State Bar of Wisconsin CLE Seminar on “Representing the Wisconsin Closely-Held Business,” presented on various dates throughout 2010
  • Author, Wisconsin Holds a Defaulting Insurer Strictly Liable for the Unproven Negligence of its Non-Defaulting Insured, Wisconsin Civil Trial Journal for Wisconsin Defense Counsel, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Winter 2009)
  • Speaker, The Insurance Policy Conditions You Need to Know About, part of the Lorman CLE Seminar on Insurance Current Issues Surrounding CGL Coverage, May 4, 2007
  • Co-Author, Insurance Bad Faith Compendium (Wisconsin Law Update), Defense Research Institute (2015)
  • Co-Author, Insurance Bad Faith Compendium (Wisconsin Law Update), Defense Research Institute (2010)
  • Author, Legislative Tracking: Washington Legislative Updates, The Voice, Defense Research Institute Weekly Newsletter (2009)
  • Speaker, Consider the Ethical Consequences: It’s Legal, But is it Right?, part of the National Business Institute CLE Seminar on Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Wisconsin, December 8, 2006
  • Speaker, Considerations Trying the Coverage Case: Motion Practice, Working Without a Stay, Investigation Outside the Merits Case, Proving and Disproving Coverage, part of the Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin’s Winter Conference, December 10, 2004 (co-presented)
  • Speaker, Smart Practice, Not Malpractice, part of CNA Law Firm Risk Management Seminar, June 10, 2003
  • Co-Author, The Effect of an Insurers’ Failure to Defend Under Wisconsin Law, Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin (2002)

Marquette University Law School, J.D., 2012
Marquette University,  B.S., 2005, cum laude


  • Wisconsin
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
  • United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

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