Law Firm Overview

About Attorney Erspamer

Attorney David M. Erspamer is a highly recognized and regarded personal injury attorney who has devoted more than two decades in legal practice to the protection and preservation of the rights of those who have been injured or killed because of someone else's carelessness and negligence at work or in an automobile accident. He listens intently when his clients explain the situations that caused their injury; he cares deeply in helping to right the wrongs his clients have suffered; and he wins his clients cases.

Attorney Erspamer is a Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist, the highest accreditation made of litigation attorneys. He has many published decisions in the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, and the Wisconsin Worker's Compensation Division.

David was born in Ironwood, Michigan and reared in good ethics and sound family values. He pursued his undergraduate degree from St. John's University, graduating with the highest of honors, magna cum laude. He continued his education and obtained his law degree from the University of Minnesota graduating with cum laude honors.

He is a member of the National Board of Trial Advocacy, St. Croix Valley Bar Association, Polk-Burnett Bar Association, Hennepin County Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association, American Bar Association, State Bar of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and a past member of the Gamma Eta Gamma Fraternity.

Areas of Practice

• Consumer Protection
• Class Actions -- Plaintiff
• Nursing Home
• Social Security -- Disability
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Products Liability Law
• Medical Malpractice
• Workers' Compensation Law

Representative Clients

• Apple River Hospital
• First American Bank of Amery/Colfax
• Lake Wapogasset-Bear Trap Lake Sanitary District
• The Family Medical Clinic

Representative Cases

• Richards v. Richards, 181 Wis.2d 1007, 513 N.W. 118 (1994)
• Tift v. Forage King Industries, Inc., 108 Wis. 2d 72, 322 N.W. 2d 14, 32 ALR 4th 196 (1982)
• Clay v. Horton Manufacturing Company, Inc., 172 Wis. 2d 349, 493 N.W. 2d 279 (1992)
• Larson v. Zilz, 151 Wis. 2d 637, 445 N.W. 2d 699 (1989)
• Sachsenmair v. Mittlestad, 145 Wis. 2d 781, 429 N.W. 2d 532 (1988)
• Westfall v. Kottke, 110 Wis. 2d 86, 328 N. W. 2d 481 (1983)
• In Re the Marriage of Beverly and David Dennis, 117 Wis. 2d 249, 344 N.W. 2d 128 (1984)
• Wistrom v. Poffenberger, 165 Wis. 2d 392, 478 N.W. 2d 67
• Nordeen v. Hammerlund, 182 Wis. 2d 164, 389 N.W. 2d 828
• In Re Marriage of Dennis, 117 Wis. 2d 249, 344 N.W. 2d 128
• Tift v. Forage King Industries, Inc., 102 Wis. 2d 327, 306 N.W. 2d 289

References

• Hon. Harry F. Gundersen
• Owen R. Williams, Esq.
• Joe Thrasher, Esq.

West Practice Categories

Consumer Protection, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Nursing Home, Social Security -- Disability, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Medical Malpractice, Workers' Compensation Law