Academy Member Inducted 2020
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- Practice Commenced14
- # of MEDS (as of 21/12/24)225
- # of ARBS (as of 21/12/24)70
Current Practice
- APPLETON-OSHKOSH
- CHICAGO-NAPERVILLE
- EAU CLAIRE-MENOMONIE
- GREEN BAY-SHAWANO
- MADISON-JANESVILLE
- MILWAUKEE-RACINE-WAUKESHA
- MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL
- WASAU-STEVENS POINT
Biographical
I am Mark Frankel, owner and lead attorney for Frankel ADR, LLC. I established my solo practice in 2007, after three decades as a judge and attorney.
After I received my law degree from University of Wisconsin Law School in 1973, I established the firm of Frankel, Langhammer & Pines. I was elected as a judge to the Dane County Circuit Court in 1979 — becoming one of the youngest judges in state history. I served as a judge for 20 years, and during that time I gained a reputation for integrating mediation into my courtroom. I adjudicated cases, but I also provided litigants opportunities to resolve their cases in an informal, yet binding manner. I continue to serve as a Wisconsin reserve judge.
When I left the bench as a judge, I worked as general counsel for a utility provider, then became a partner with Godfrey & Kahn S.C. At that firm, I focused on litigation and alternative dispute resolution.
In addition to my work as a judge and attorney, I am a co-author of the Wisconsin Benchbook for judges. For many years, I was on the faculty of the Wisconsin Judicial College, and I have also served on the faculty of The National Judicial College in Reno, NV, where I taught advanced evidence classes.
I stay up to date on developments in the alternative dispute resolution field. I am an American Arbitration Association panel member, and I am a securities industry arbitrator/mediator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
I am currently a reserve judge in Wisconsin and am President of the reserve judges association.
I am able to offer online ADR services through Zoom.
Case Experience
- Agricultural
- Aviation
- Banking & Finance
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Commercial/Business
- Condominiums
- Construction
- Consumer Fraud
- Contract Disputes
- Debt Collections
- Discrimination
- Divorce (High Asset)
- EEOC
- Eminent Domain
- Employment
- Energy Sector (Oil/Gas)
- Engineering
- Environmental
- ERISA
- Family Businesses
- Franchise
- Health Care
- Industrial
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Labor/Unions
- Land Use/Planning
- Landlord/Tenant
- Legal Malpractice
- Lemon Law
- Libel & Slander
- Medical Malpractice
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mortgage Foreclosure
- Non-profit Organizations
- Nursing Homes
- Partnerships
- Pensions
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Product Liability
- Professional Fees
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Public Policy
- Real Estate
- Securities
- Sexual Harassment
- Shareholder Disputes
- Technology
- Title Disputes
- Torts
- Trusts / Estates
- Unfair Competition
- Utilities
- Wage & Hour/FMLA
- Wrongful Death
Education
- B.A., University of Michigan 1970
- J.D., University of Wisconsin 1973, clinical internship with U.S. District Court Judge James Doyle
- Civil Mediation Certification, John Paul Jones Group, May 1999
- Advanced Mediation Training – American Health Lawyers Association, 2002
- Arbitrator Training – American Arbitration Association 2005
- Wisconsin Association of Mediators – Certified Practitioner Mediator 2008-present
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Bar Association – Dispute Resolution Section
- State Bar of Wisconsin - Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
- State Bar of Wisconsin - Mediation Arbitration Committee
- Wisconsin Association of Mediators – Certified Practitioner
- Fellows of the Wisconsin Law Foundation
- James E. Doyle Inns of Court
- Board of Directors, Group Health Cooperative – South Central Wisconsin
Rates Information
$350/HOUR