Matthew M. Fernholz

Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Waukesha, WI

Commercial Law

1601 E. Racine Ave., Suite 200, Waukesha, WI 53186

About Matthew M. Fernholz

Practice Areas

Education

Representative Cases

Old Metallurgical Assocs., Inc v. New MAI, Inc., 2018AP619, unpublished slip op, (Wis. Ct. App. Mar. 20, 2019) (per curiam)
Rieder v. Meeker, No. 02-17-00176-CV, 2018 WL 5074703 , (Tex. Ct. App.—Fort Worth, Oct. 18, 2018)
Tefelske v. Metallurgical Assoc., Inc., No. 2018AP395, unpublished slip op, . (Wis. Ct. App. Oct. 10, 2018)
Wosinski v. Advance Cast Stone Co., , 2017 WI App 51, 377 Wis. 2d 596, 901 N.W.2d 797
Kirby v. Estate of Jaeschke, 2015AP2104, unpublished slip op., (Wis. Ct. App. June 28, 2016) (per curiam)
Waukesha Floral & Greenhouses, Inc. v. Possi, No. 15-CV-1365, 2016 WL 928680 (E.D. Wis. Mar. 8, 2016)
RMS of Wisconsin, Inc. v. S-K JV, No. 13-CV-1071, 2015 WL 9592520 (E.D. Wis. Dec. 31, 2015)
State ex rel. Two Unnamed Petitioners v. Peterson, 2015 WI 85, 363 Wis. 2d 1, 866 N.W.2d 165
Midland Nat. Life Ins. Co.v. Ingersoll, No. 13-C-1081, 2014 WL 7240268 (E.D. Wis. Dec. 18, 2014

Bar Admissions

Other Affiliations

President of the Federalist Society - Milwaukee Lawyers Chapter (2020 – present)
Appointed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to the Office of Lawyer Regulation District 6 Committee, 2017 to present
Appointed by Governor Scott Walker to the Architects Section of the Wisconsin Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors, 2014 to 2016
Marquette University Law School Woolsack Society, Recent Graduate Planning Committee, and Reunion Committee

Past Positions

Published Works

Michael Brennan Deserves Swift Confirmation Vote to 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, Jan. 26, 2018
Scott Walker’s Conservative Judges Are a Model for the Nation, National Review Online, Sept. 26, 2017 (co-authored with C.J. Szafir)
A Worthy Successor to Scalia, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 22, 2017, at 15A (co-authored with C.J. Szafir)A Worthy Successor to Scalia, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 22, 2017, at 15A (co-authored with C.J. Szafir)
Collateral Damage: A Guide to Criminal Appellate, Postconviction, and Habeas Corpus Litigation in Wisconsin, 98 Marq. L. Rev. 1351 (2015)
Court’s Reasoning in Obamacare Case Should Concern Everyone, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 19, 2015, at 2J (co-authored with C.J. Szafir)
Vote “Yes” to Make Supreme Court Chief More Accountable, The Cap Times (online edition), Mar. 28, 2015 (co-authored with C.J. Szafir)
Saving Justice: Watergate, the Saturday Night Massacre, and Other Adventures of a Solicitor General, 86 Wisconsin Lawyer No. 6, at 39 (July/August 2013) (book review)
American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, 84 Wisconsin Lawyer No. 6, at 33 (June 2011) (book review)
Comparative Procedure on a Sunday Afternoon: Instant Replay in the NFL as a Process of Appellate Review, 43 Ind. L. Rev. 45 (2009) (co-authored with Professor Chad Oldfather)
Dealing with the Dragon: Pitfalls to Watch for When Doing Business in China, Alert! Magazine, Dec. 2008, at 46

Matthew M. Fernholz

The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.