Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

RICHARD J. RAKITA is a partner in our Milwaukee office where his practice includes real estate, real estate litigation and business law.

Mr. Rakita is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin (B.S., 1967), and Marquette University Law School (J.D., 1970).

He has served on the boards of numerous charitable organizations over the years, including Congregation Beth-Israel, the American Jewish Committee, the Milwaukee Jewish Council for Community Relations, and is currently Chairman of the Board of the Jewish Home and Care Center.

Mr. Rakita has served on various committees of both the State Bar of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Bar Association, and is a past chair of the Milwaukee Bar Judicial Polling Committee.  He is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee and American Bar Associations.

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate
• Real Estate Litigation
• Business Law

Representative Clients

• Faison Associates
• Mid City Center, Incorporated
• Milwaukee Mack Sales, Incorporated
• Total Contractors, Incorporated

Representative Cases

• State, Dept. of Revenue v. Milwaukee Mack Sales, Inc., 280 N.W.2d 274 (Wis. 1979)
• Mohr v. City of Milwaukee, 305 N.W.2d 174 (Wis.App. 1981)
• In re Kamesar's Estate, 259 N.W.2d 733 (Wis. 1977)
• Milwaukee Mack Sales, Inc. v. First Wisconsin Nat. Bank of Milwaukee, 287 N.W.2d 708 (Wis. 1980)
• Matter of Estate of Anderson, 432 N.W.2d 923 (Wis.App. 1988)

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Litigation & Appeals, Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• Wisconsin, 1970
• U.S. Federal Court, 1970

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Jewish Home and Care Center (Chairman of the Board)
• Milwaukee Jewish Council for Community Relations (Board Member)
• Congregation Beth-Israel (Board Member)
• Milwaukee Bar Judicial Polling Committee (Past-Chair)
• Wisconsin Bar Association (Member)
• Milwaukee Bar Association (Member/Committee Member)
• American Bar Association, 1979 - Present (Member)
• State Bar of Wisconsin (Committee Member)
• American Jewish Committee (Board Member)

Education

• Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1970
  J.D.
• University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1967
  B.S.

References

• Philip J. Siegel, Seidman & Seidman
• Frank Wierman, Bank One
• James E. Shapiro, Bankruptcy Judge

Published Works

• A Judicial Balance of Values Between Conflicting Public Uses in Condemnation Proceedings Urban Law Annual, No. 239, 1970

Address

700 North Water Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202

Phones

(414) 276-5800

Faxes

(414) 276-0458

Emails

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Websites

http://www.wbb-law.com