Attorneys
Ronald G. Pezze, Jr.
- Milwaukee Office
Areas of Practice/Concentration
- Litigation including Casualty Insurance Law
- Property Insurance Law
- Products Liability Law
- Copyright Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Insurance Bad Faith
- General Negligence Law
Education
- Marquette University J.D., 1989
- University of Wisconsin-Superior B.S., cum laude, 1986
Professional Achievements
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2007 - 2013
- Listed in The Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee, Top Lawyer
- Martindale-Hubell's 2012 Top Rate Lawyer in Insurance and Appellate Law
- Listed in Wisconsin Super Lawyers, 2008 - 2012
- Chair, Litigation Section Board of Directors, State Bar of Wisconsin,
July 2010
- Managing Editor, Marquette Law Review, 1988-1989
- Intern to Judge Ralph Adam Fine, Court of Appeals, Wisconsin, 1988-1989
- Board Certified - National Board Trial Advocacy
Professional Affiliations
- Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin
- Defense Research Institute
- State Bar of Wisconsin Litigation Section Chair
- Wisconsin Defense Counsel
Publications
- Author, "Wisconsin Takeover Litigation - Good Intentions Constitutionally
Questionable," 72 Marquette Law Review 434, (1989)
Admissions
- All Wisconsin State Courts
- United States Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Appellate Decisions
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Grube v. Daun, 210 Wis.2d 681, 563 N.W.2d 523 (1997) (Successful
liability defense based on interpretation of hazardous waste statue and
determination that application was intended for the general public and not
a specific class; therefore, because the statute was not a “safety
statute,” a violation would not constitute negligence per se.)
Court of Appeals
Kriefall v. Sizzler USA Franchise, Inc., 335 Wis.2d 151, 801 N.W.2d
781 (Ct. App. 2011) (Court of appeals reversed portion of judgment whereby
successfully asserted basis for contractual indemnity before jury; currently
pending before Wisconsin Supreme Court.)
Pagel v. Marcus Corp., 2008 WI App 110, 313 Wis.2d 78, 756 N.W.2d 447
(Granted summary judgment on premises liability defense; held that where
the dangerous condition of a chattel is open and obvious to the reasonable
user, no warning is required under Restatement (2d) of Torts § 388(1),
and summary judgment dismissing a negligence claim premised on failure to
warn is proper.)
Novak v. American Family Mut. Ins. Co., 183 Wis.2d 133, 515 N.W.2d
504 (Ct. App. 1994) (Held that insurer had no duty to defend upon exhaustion
of the policy limit by payment of settlement to third party where language
of policy expressly provided that the insurer would have no duty to defend
after its limit of liability had been offered.)
General Medical Corp. v. Kobs, 179 Wis.2d 422, 507 N.W.2d 381
(Ct. App. 1993) (Successfully appealed the trial court’s grant of
summary judgment in a tortious interference claim.)
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Knapp v. Eagle Property Management Corp., 54 F.3d 1271 (7th Cir. 1995)
(Successfully argues for summary judgment on appeal where court was required
to interpret whether depression and emotional distress damages were contained
within provisions of insurance liability policy.)