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Milwaukee Office:
First Financial Centre
700 North Water Street
Suite 800
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
53202-4206
(414) 271-7271
Fax (414) 271-7272
Firm Structure
Medical Malpractice
Worker's Compensation
General Liability
Representative Clients
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Scope of Practice
 Otjen,
Van Ert & Weir, S.C has been providing quality legal services for
over 125 years. The Otjen firm specializes in defense litigation, representing
insurance companies, insureds and self-insured companies on complex legal
matters throughout the State of Wisconsin and the nation, with practice
groups devoted to general and products liability, medical malpractice and
worker’s compensation defense.
FIRM STRUCTURE
The firm is a service corporation and the
shareholders/members of the firm are Todd M. Weir, Lori Gendelman, Joseph
Berger, and Daniel L. Zitzer. The associate attorneys are Jason J.
Franckowiak, Laurie J. McLeRoy, Karl VanDeHey, Joseph Gibart, Michael L.
Johnson and Carrie May Poniewaz. Wayne R. Van Ert is a senior attorney.
We have a number of paralegals, including a registered nurse
who is available to consult on complex medical matters, as well as
medical investigation and review of medical records. We also have an
experienced legal staff providing support for the attorneys and
paralegals.
Our practice is organized into three general divisions:
medical malpractice defense, worker's compensation defense, and general
liability defense (auto, premises and products liability). Particular
attorneys work in one of those divisions or sometimes two, allowing each
to hone their skills and increase their level of expertise in those
areas.
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Otjen, Van Ert & Weir has been involved in the defense
of health care providers in Wisconsin for decades. Currently, two
shareholders, Todd Weir and Lori Gendelman devote substantial portions of
their practice to the defense of health care providers, representing
physicians, hospitals and the Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund in the
defense of medical negligence claims. These shareholders each have been
involved in the defense of medical negligence cases for approximately 25
years. They have experience in virtually all types of medical negligence
claims that can be brought against health care providers in Wisconsin.
WORKER'S COMPENSATION
The Otjen firm has defended insurance companies and
employers in worker's compensation matters since the inception of the
Worker's Compensation Act. There are currently five attorneys who
practice almost exclusively in worker's compensation. The two
shareholders, Joe Berger and Dan Zitzer bring a combined 40 years of
experience in worker's compensation defense practice. Our worker's
compensation attorneys have extensive experience in handling matters at
all levels of the worker's compensation system from the administrative
hearing level to appeals before the Wisconsin Supreme Court. They have
given seminars for the state bar and other legal education courses, as
well as private seminars directly with clients. Our clients range from
heavy industry to health care to technology companies.
GENERAL LIABILITY
Otjen, Van Ert & Weir's general liability defense
practice encompasses the areas of auto liability (including uninsured and
underinsured motorist claims), premises liability, products liability,
trucking claims, construction accidents and construction defects, fire
loss, environmental liability and toxic torts as well as the defense of
non-medical professional claims (architect and engineer, insurance and
real estate agents and attorneys). Additionally, we provide insurance
coverage expertise in analyzing and litigating coverage issues for our
insurance clients at both the trial court and appellate level. We also
accept referrals for subrogation and other recovery claims. These cases
are handled on a hourly or contingency basis.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
All Nations Insurance Co.; American Country Insurance;
American Home Products; Auto Club Ins. Association of Wisconsin; A.O.
Smith Corporation; Bituminous Insurance Co.; Brunswick Corporation; C
& D Technologies; California State Automobile Association; Car Rental
Claims; Chubb Group of Insurance Cos.; Cincinnati Insurance Co.; Crawford
& Co.; DaimlerChrysler Corp.; Driver's Direct Insurance Co.;
Employer's Mutual Casualty Co.; Gates McDonald; Harleysville Insurance
Group; Harnischfeger Corp.; Highlands Insurance Co.; International Truck
and Engine; Johnson Controls; Kemper Group; Kohl's Food Stores;
Metropolitan Property & Liability Insurance Co.; Nelson Industries;
OHIC Ins. Co.; One Beacon Insurance; Pekin Insurance Co.; Physicians
Insurance Company of Wisconsin; Quad/Graphics Inc.; RSKCo.; Safeco
Insurance Co.; Secura Insurance; Self Insured Services Co.; Sentry
Insurance; Shelby Insurance Co.; Society Insurance; Thomas Industries;
United Heartland; West Bend Mutual Insurance Company; Wisconsin County
Mutual Insurance Company; Wisconsin Health Care Liability Plan; Wisconsin
Patients Compensation Fund; Zurich Ins. Co.
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