Growing up attending a Milwaukee
Public School, I always envisioned becoming a lawyer.
I wanted to speak for people who needed assistance
and work toward a better community. My parents always
encouraged me to make something of myself. I delivered
Milwaukee Journal newspapers to pay for half my tuition
at Pius XI High School, where I graduated in 1982.
I then attended Marquette University with the help
of scholarships and student loans, earning a Bachelors
Degree in History and Political Science in 1986. Again
through scholarships and student loans I attended Marquette
University Law School and earned my law degree in 1989.
Since 1989 I have been practicing
law at the same law firm, concentrating in personal
injury and bankruptcy but also handling some divorce,
real estate, probate, wills and traffic citations.
I am a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin and the
Milwaukee Bar Association.
My grandparents were immigrants from
Germany. My grandfather worked almost 40 years in Milwaukee's
breweries, retiring from Schiltz in 1966. I hail from
modest roots and remain true to those roots while doing
the very best I can for clients. My clients have returned
to me over the last 18 years over and over again and
call me Rick. I have been married since 2002 and have
two daughters.
I offer free consultations over the phone or in person. I feel a sense of reward in making people's lives better. 
