Carrie May Poniewaz
Ms. Poniewaz is an associate at Otjen, Van Ert & Weir, S.C., and one of five lawyers in the firm’s worker’s compensation group. A new addition to the Firm in 2008, Ms. Poniewaz brings advanced proficiency in legal research, writing, and policy analysis from her leadership positions on scholarly journals and from her former career as a journalist covering national and local politics. She has put these versatile skills to use handling a wide variety of worker’s compensation issues and she continues to expand her experience and knowledge by devoting her practice exclusively to the defense of insurance companies and employers in worker’s compensation matters statewide.
- Position
- Associate
- Areas of Practice
- Workers Compensation
- Education
- J.D. - Florida State University College of Law - 2008, Executive Editor - Florida State Law Review, Executive Editor - Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law, B.A. - University of Wisconsin Madison - 1999 (Major: Journalism - News & Editorial), Law Clerk/Intern to the Honorable Judge James Wolf - Florida First District Court of Appeal[s] - 2007
- Professional Affiliations
- State Bar of Wisconsin - Member of the Communications Committee, Milwaukee Bar Association, Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Association of Workers Compensation Attorneys
- Admissions
- Wisconsin - 2008
- Publications
In addition to authoring numerous articles and documents as a journalist, Ms. Poniewaz recently had the following work, regarding the emerging issue of obesity in Worker’s Compensation cases, published: Time to Start Watching the Weight in Worker’s Compensation Law, WISCONSIN CIVIL TRIAL JOURNAL, Winter 2009, Volume 7, Number 4.
- Phone
- 414-223-2451