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Colin A. Drayton

Colin A. Drayton

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Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Milwaukee, WI
Family Law, Child Custody, Property, Divorce
11270 W. Park Place, Suite 220, Milwaukee, WI 53224

    About Colin A. Drayton

    Practice Areas
    • Family Law
    • Child Custody
    • Property
    • Divorce
    Education
    • University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin
      Juris Doctor
      • Honors: cum laude
      • Honors: Awards for highest performance: Constitutional Law Seminar; Labor Law
      • Honors: Elder Law and Estate Planning Society
    • Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin
      Bachelor of Arts
      • Major: History with honors
      • Honors: summa cum laude
    Representative Cases
    • Quartana v. Quartana, Appeal No. 20-AP-1168 (Court of Appeals 2021)
    • Siech v. Schwab (Wisconsin Supreme Court, published opinion June 22, 2021)
    • Bernhard v. Bernhard, Appeal No. 20-AP-194 (Court of Appeals, December 3, 2020)
    • Siech v. Schwab, 2020 WI App. 40, Appeal No. 19-AP-1200 (Court of Appeals, May 5, 2020)
    • Kearns v. Kearns, 2017 WI 83 (Wisconsin Supreme Court Petition for Review)
    • Kearns v. Kearns, Appeal No. 16-AP-1407 (Court of Appeals, March 22, 2017)
    Classes and Seminars
    • Contributor to case studies, “Divorce Wisconsin Style: Wisconsin Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers,” Judges Panel, February 2020, February 2019, March/April 2021.
    • Co-Presenter, Between Shirking and Earning Capacity: An Analysis of Caselaw, Wisconsin Judicial College, January 2018

    Qualifications

    Other Affiliations
    • State Bar of Wisconsin Family Law Section (Member)
    • Leander J. Foley Society of Family Lawyers, Member
    • Association of Family Conciliation Courts, Member (Wisconsin Chapter, Member)
    • Waukesha Bar Association (Member)
    • Milwaukee Bar Association (past member)

    Articles

    Published Works
    • Chapter: Carlton D. Stansbury and Colin A. Drayton, Wisconsin: Prenuptial Law published in Drafting Prenuptial Agreements, Skoloff, Singer, Jr. and Brown (Wolters Kluwer 1994; supp 2018).
    • Article: “Not Empty Promises: Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Divorce Agreement Integrity,” 38 Wisconsin Journal of Family Law 73 (October 2021)
    • Article: “Stimulate Your Value with Stimulus Language,” 38 Wisconsin Journal of Family Law 62 (July 2021).
    • Article: Colin A. Drayton, Junion and the Enforceability of Prenuptial Agreements. 38 Wisconsin Journal of Family Law 6 (January 2021)
    • Article: Colin A. Drayton, Crime Doesn’t Pay: The Impact of Criminal Acts During Divorce, 36 Wisconsin Journal of Family Law 89 (November 2019)
    • Article: Carlton D. Stansbury & Colin A. Drayton, Increasing the Likelihood of Enforcing a Prenup, 33 American Journal of Family Law 221 (Spring 2019)
    • Presentation co-author: “Divide All Stock Options If-As-When? Not So Fast”, prepared for the American Association of Matrimonial Law-Wisconsin Chapter October 24, 2020 meeting.
    • Caselaw Update: Junion v. Junion, Appeal. No. 19-AF-844 (Court of Appeals, June 16, 2020)
    • An Overview of “Parental Separation of Overnight Care of Young Children”, prepared for the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Wisconsin Chapter, 2017 Annual Education Event, Milwaukee, March 2017.

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    Colin A. Drayton
    Phone:
    (262) 257-9110
    Website:
    https://www.burbach-stansbury.com
    Address:
    11270 W. Park Place, Suite 220, Milwaukee, WI 53224
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