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    Kelly, Walter F

    Kelly, Walter F

    5.0
    (1 review)

    Walt is a good guy and a great attorney. He takes his work very seriously. He has extensive…read moreknowledge of employment law. He represented my friend in a case against the nursing board. It took about one year, but he won the case for her. No one else even wanted to touch the case because of the complexity. He was very thorough. He communicated with her every step of the way. Would highly recommend him for any complicated work place issue.

    From the owner: A Class Act in a Tough Field…read more Walt Kelly is a Wisconsinite by choice who moved from Boston to Milwaukee to practice law and raise a family. Walt is a graduate of Boston College Law School where he served on the Editorial Board of the Boston College Law Review and authored three published articles, won the National Moot Court Championship, and graduated with honors. Following law school Walt clerked for United States District Court Judge Raymond J. Pettine. Walt's initial practice in Wisconsin was an antitrust and commercial litigation practice followed by public service in the administration of Governor Patrick J. Lucey. Walt then practiced traditional labor law representing the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 48 (Milwaukee County), and the Wisconsin Federation of Teachers. Since 1980 Walt has practiced employment and civil rights and liberties law. His practice, while statewide, is focused on the greater Milwaukee area and encompasses all judicial and administrative forums, state, federal, and privately agreed - - including mediation and arbitration.

    Hawks Quindel, SC

    Hawks Quindel, SC

    3.1
    (8 reviews)

    My experience With Hawks Quindel in particular Martha Burke was very satisfying experience she…read morehelped me in a wrongful termination case. She was upfront with the case and what I would be able expect for a settlement. through her diligence she was able to reach a fair and satisfying settlement, a compassionate and professional attorney I would recommend her as someone to contact in any workers employment issue or workers compensation matter

    Initially I met with Attorney Fairweather about an employment case. He was amazing from the get-go;…read moreasking every detail of my case and explaining all of my options moving forward. Some of the options he presented were better than others, but at least he was honest and up front about the pros and cons to each option. Unfortunately Attorney Fairweather passed away a few months later. I requested to meet with a new attorney at Hawks Quindel. The firm made me pay an additional consultation fee to meet with the second attorney, which I thought was odd. After less than an hour in the office, the second attorney told me that I didn't have a case. Not only was I out one, but two consultation fees, and left exactly where I started. Today, I read an article where an attorney at Hawks Quindel is representing a volunteer who is suing a non-profit organization (a volunteer rescue squad) because he felt that he should be paid for his volunteer service. While I wholeheartedly agree that Paramedics deserve good pay, that volunteer KNEW what he was signing up for when he applied to be a volunteer. After looking into said volunteer, I see that he has felony convictions for Medicare fraud, in which he was ordered to pay over a MILLION dollars in unearned fraudulent claims. So he turns to suing a volunteer run ambulance service to pay back his debts? I don't think so. Hawks Quindel should be ashamed of themselves for representing a professional con artist. Needless to say, I would NOT recommend this firm.

    Laffey, Leitner & Goode

    Laffey, Leitner & Goode

    1.0
    (2 reviews)

    STAY AWAY!!!! Choose this firm & Joseph Goode, if you want the following:…read more 1) To get billed by him to "look into billing disputes/errors". 2) To be billed just to get a quote from them for services! 3) To be billed, in my opinion, outrageous fees for doing very little. I have hired plenty of attorneys in my life and I feel Joseph Goode is the WORST attorney I have ever used! He really should change his name to Joseph BAD. My father and his partner, hired his firm for a simple litigation...I was the main point of contact dealing with him and his firm's lawyers. I think a good lawyer would give us a quote ahead of time (for a full litigation and trial) by looking at the potential claim amount versus the legal costs. Sadly, he didn't do that. I realized as we went forward that they had no real strategy! In fact, he never asked even once about collecting on any potential judgment. Every litigator should ask their clients that even if you get a judgment, collecting on it may be an issue and it should be something they talk to you about to see if you want to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees to get a judgment you may never even collect. This was never done! We asked him for a quote to research, file and serve a lawsuit and the difference between what we were billed and what we felt we were quoted for the cost, was almost double. I felt a 5 digit figure just to file a lawsuit was crazy and in fact, we were charged almost double that. When we complained to him, he charged almost $1k just to look into the billing matter! We then told him to control costs because his billings were getting out of hand. As a result, we asked for quotes on all future work and you know what he started doing...he billed us another $1,500 dollars just to give us a written quote for $300,000 for a full trial! How insane is that? And, who charges for quotes? On top of that, he demanded that to continue working for us after we disputed his billings, he would require us to change from billing us monthly to demanding a $25k retainer which he would bill against! We were billed hundreds of dollars just to email us that the defendants got served. I feel this firm is just out to take as much money from you as possible. Errors I believe were made by this law firm: 1) Wrong lawsuit filing deadline. There was conflicting information giving by him and his firm on the filing time for the lawsuit. In the lawsuit they stated "20 days" but opposing counsel pointed out it is "45 days". And for the communication we had due to their "error"... he billed us. 2) No Due Diligence. We were suing people who didn't trust. We met at an opposing counsel's office to go through all questionable invoices and bank statements. When we set aside the documents to get copied, we agreed to get a third party to come and copy the records. Instead Joe Goode authorized the same party we are suing to make copies of the questionable records! Does that make any sense?? So foolish and when I called him out on it, he told me I was wrong. That is his behavior...to blame you for his mistakes! 3) Scrivener's Error? He did a prior agreement for us and in one of the most important sections of the contract, he put the wrong parties name! When I called him out on that...he explained that away as a Scrivener's Error! 4) Not including a Breach of Specific Contract Claim in the lawsuit, which is one of our strongest claims. Also, one of our strongest claims against the opposing party, we told him to include in the lawsuit but he never did! And his partner, Mark Leitner is who wrote to me to settle the financial matter, refused to admit any wrongdoing and refused to discuss the "errors" I pointed out. Trust me, you will want to avoid these clowns and this whole law firm altogether. Virtually every other attorney I interviewed when finding a new law firm, never even heard of this firm or the lawyers. If you can tell, I was trying to be civil but I feel he has a real offensive and truly abrasive personality. If you can be mean and fight with your own client who is paying you, how bad do you think his judgment is? Do yourself a favor and STAY AWAY!

    You will be charged an insane amount for virtually nothing, while they discuss their fun weekend…read moreplans with the opposing party attorney. You will get ZERO actual legal advice no matter how many times you ask. They ask YOU what to do, all the while charging 3-4xs more than any other attorney. You will be out thousands and thousands of dollars while they smile and tell you to concede everything to the opposition. Contact me if you want my full experience. I had attornies M.W. and J. H. at this firm.

    Gutglass Erickson Bonville & Larson

    Gutglass Erickson Bonville & Larson

    3.0
    (2 reviews)

    My business and I have been a client of Attorney Paul Erickson for more than 20 years. During all…read moreof that time I have benefited by nothing less than the most expert and forward-thinking, very helpful legal advice. Paul's ability to navigate around areas of trouble, think outside the box, and, most importantly, provide sound planning to avoid rough waters, have been invaluable. In his rare absence, others in his firm have stepped in and performed admirably. His reasonable fees have never given cause to question. I highly recommend Paul and his firm!

    Avoid this place at all cost. Attorney Larson was not on my side from day one. Hindsight is 20/20…read morethis guy was working for the hospital and the insurance company, not me.There was so much wrong with everything it baffles me how the Office of Lawyer Regulation doesn't disbar this guy. Past the statute of limitations and this guy agrees to extend them without my consent! Forged documents! Deleted document! Purposely omitted documents! He doesn't even mention that the hospital was in contempt for not producing the documents that requested in the subpoena. Poor investigation skills. This guy failed to notice the hospital created an account under my name just prior to everything. There was so much wrong with how this dolt handled my case that I cannot even hardly begin to get into it here. I will say this; SAD, DISAPPOINTED, SCAM, WEAK,AVOID, AVOID, AVOID, AVOID, AVOID, AVOID, AVOID, AVOID AVOID AT ALL COST. I will file a complaint with the OLR over this embarrassment to the legal community.

    Gingras, Thomsen & Wachs - personal_injury - Updated July 2026

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