Lawyer Overview

Mr. Wendel has over 40 years of experience representing clients in real estate development and financing, including sales and acquisitions. He was ranked as one of the top alternate dispute resolution lawyers in Dane County in a poll of lawyers published by the Madison Magazine in January 2003.

Mr. Wendel currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Loan Committee of Wisconsin Community Bank (a subsidiary of Heartland Financial USA, Inc., headquartered in Dubuque, Iowa).

He is past President of the Senior Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Wisconsin.  He is currently chairman and serves on the Board of the Dane County Bar Senior Lawyers Section and also serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Dane County Bar Association.  He has also served as an arbitrator as a member of the Panel of Neutrals of the American Arbitration Association Board of Arbitrators.  Mr. Wendel has also been appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court Board of Administrative Oversight, which monitors the State of Wisconsin Attorney Regulation System.

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate, Land Use & Construction

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance Law, Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• Wisconsin, 1963
• U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1963

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Supreme Court of Wisconsin (Member, Board of Administrative Oversight, 2005-Present)
• State Bar of Wisconsin (Past Pres. 2005-2006 and Member, BOD, Senior Lawyers Division)
• State Bar of Wisconsin, 1986-1990; 1993-1998; 2006-2007 (Past Member, Board of Governors)
• State Bar of Wisconsin, Law Practice Section (Member, Past Chair, Present Emeritus, Member Board of Directors)
• Dane County Bar Association (Member)
• Dane County Bar Association, Senior Lawyers Section (Member, Board of Directors)
• Madison School Community Recreation (MSCR) (Member, Friends Board of Directors)
• Wisconsin Community Bank (Member, Board of Directors, Loan Committee)

Honors and Awards

• Ranked as One of the Top Alternate Dispute Resolution Lawyers, Dane County, Madison Magazine, 2003

Classes and Seminars

• Past Lecturer, Office Management, General Practice Course, University of Wisconsin Law School
• Presenter, State Bar of Wisconsin Seminars and Conventions

Education

• University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1963
  J.D.
• University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1960
  B.B.A.

Address

33 East Main Street
Suite 500
Madison, WI 53703

Phones

(608) 268-5578

Faxes

(608) 257-2508

Emails

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Websites

http://www.murphydesmond.com