Alexander C. Lemke


Associate

acl@mtfn.com

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

Alexander C. Lemke is an attorney in Meissner Tierney’s litigation practice group. He focuses on assisting clients in complex commercial, intellectual property, regulatory, insurance, and employment litigation.

Before joining Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols s.c., Alex handled complex intellectual property matters at a nationally ranked law firm. He also served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Wisconsin Supreme Court under former Justice Daniel Kelly. While attending law school at the Tulsa College of Law, he received highest honors, graduating in the top 10% of his law class, and worked as the managing editor for the Tulsa Law Review.

Honors


  • Wisconsin Defence Counsel Insurance Law Committee Award (2024)
  • Wisconsin Super Lawyers® Rising Star (2023 – Present)
  • CALI Awards: Administrative Law, Selling and Leasing of Goods, and Secured Transactions

Professional Organizations


  • State Bar of Wisconsin
  • Milwaukee Bar Association
  • Milwaukee Young Lawyers Association, Board Member
  • Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association
  • Independent Business Association of Wisconsin

Speeches & Publications


  • Speaker, PFAS and Insurance Coverage: Considerations and Updates on Recent Coverage Rulings, We’ve Got You Covered: Insurance Coverage in Wisconsin 2024, State Bar of Wisconsin and Wisconsin Defense Counsel (October 2024)
  • Speaker, Originalism: What Does it Mean Today and Likely to Mean in the Future?, The Federalist Society, Milwaukee Lawyers Chapter (September 2024)
  • Speaker, PFAS Reporting Requirements: The Basics of Who, What, and How 2024, State Bar of Wisconsin (July 2024)
  • Co-Author, Wisconsin’s Attorney Desk Reference, Vol. 2, Chapter 25, Copyright Law, State Bar of Wisconsin Pinnacle (June 2024) (with Mark R. Hamilton Jr.)
  • Speaker, PFAS and Insurance Coverage: Updates on Recent PFAS-Related Insurance Coverage Rulings, Milwaukee Bar Association (March 2024)
  • Co-Author, An Unnatural Reading: The Revisionist History of Abortion in Hodes v. Schmidt, University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy: Vol. 32: Iss. 1, Article 3 (2021) (with Skylar Reese Croy)
  • Co-Author, Getting a Second Wind: Reviving Natural Rights Clauses as a Means to Challenge Unjustified Occupational Licensing Regulations, 41 Pace L. Rev. 56 (2021) (with Alexander Macdonald)

The University of Tulsa College of Law, J.D., 2018, with highest honors

The University of Dallas, B.S., 2014

  • Wisconsin
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
  • United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • Trustee of the Mequon-Thiensville Library

Articles & Videos