DeWitt LLP explained

Firm Name:	DeWitt LLP
Headquarters:	Madison, Wisconsin
Num Offices:	4
Num Attorneys:	133
Num Employees:	225
Date Founded:	1903
Founder:	William R. Bagley
Key People:	Timothy Stewart (President & managing partner)
Company Type:	C corporation

DeWitt LLP is a U.S. law firm based in Madison, Wisconsin. It is the largest firm in the Greater Madison Area, with an office in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is among the ten largest firms in the State of Wisconsin.^[1]

History

The firm was founded in 1903 by William Bagley (1860-1938),^{[2] [3]} an attorney and the designated master of ceremonies when William D. Hoard was inaugurated as the 16th Governor of Wisconsin in 1888. The firm as it exists today is the result of a 1994 merger between two Madison firms, DeWitt Porter and Ross & Stevens. Ross & Stevens brought expertise in employee benefits and intellectual property law, and DeWitt Porter brought environmental law and lobbying practices. Jack R. DeWitt, a founding partner, died in 2012.^[4] In 2013 DeWitt Ross & Stevens combined with the Minneapolis, Minnesota law firm of Mackall Crounse & Moore. Its office in Minneapolis conducts business as DeWitt Mackall Crounse & Moore.^[5] On January 1, 2019, DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C. and DeWitt Mackall Crounse & Moore S.C. reorganized into one entity to become DeWitt LLP.

Practice

The firm has lawyers in areas including corporate law, employment, environmental law, employee benefits, government relations, health care, litigation, real estate, tax, estate planning, family law, immigration, personal injury, intellectual property law, patents, trademarks and copyright law. The firm’s Government Relations Team has the largest group of lobbyists in the state.^[6] Bradley C. Fulton is the firm’s President and Managing Partner. Attorney Jordan Lamb was involved with the creation and implementation of the Great Lakes Compact in Wisconsin on behalf of Wisconsin agriculture.^[7]

Notable lawyers and alumni

• Donald L. Bach, former Chief of Staff and Legal Counsel to Governor Tommy Thompson. Chair of the Pardon Advisory Board. Deputy Secretary of Department ofRevenue.^[8]
• Louis B. Butler Jr., former justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
• Jack R. DeWitt, former State Bar of Wisconsin President,^[9] World War II recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross while serving with the Army's 14th Armored Division (United States)^[10]
• Daniel W. Hildebrand, former State Bar of Wisconsin President^[11]
• Cari Anne Renlund, former Chief Legal Counsel for the Wisconsin Department of Administration under Governors Jim Doyle and Scott Walker^[12]
• Patience D. Roggensack, 26th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
• Myron Stevens, the son of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice E. Ray Stevens
• Robert D. Sundby, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
• J. B. Van Hollen, 43rd Attorney General of Wisconsin

Awards

• Readers of Corporate Report Wisconsin named DeWitt Ross & Stevens as the Platinum Winner of "Best of Wisconsin Businesses" in the Best Law Firm category in 2010.^{[13] [14]}
• The firm is currently rated an A+ with the Better Business Bureau^[15]

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Offices

• Madison, Wisconsin
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Green Bay, Wisconsin

Notes and References

1. Web site: DeWitt LLP - Madison, WI Office Information - Martindale.com.
2. Web site: Historic Madison, Inc. of Wisconsin. 2012-09-27. 2013-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20130712051608/http://www.historicmadison.org/Madison%27s%20Past/Street%20Names/PartVII.html. dead.
3. http://www.dewittllp.com/about-the-firm/history
4. Web site: Former State Bar President Jack R. DeWitt lived his life with style and grace; set the standard of excellence | State Bar of Wisconsin . Wisbar.org . 2012-02-23 . 2012-09-25.
5. http://www.dewittllp.com/news-education/posts/2019/01/01/madison-oldest-law-firm-announces-reorganization-to-dewitt-llp Madison Law Firm Announces its Reorganization to DeWitt LLP
6. http://wisconsinpotatoes.com/wp-content/uploads/Ron-Kuehn-Dec-2010.pdf
7. Web site: Jordan Lamb | Wisconsin Gov't Relations and Environmental Law Attorney.
8. Web site: Attorney Donald Leo Bach of Madison recognized for lifetime of public service | State Bar of Wisconsin . 2019-07-20 . https://archive.today/20121228073621/https://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Press_Releases&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=105817 . 2012-12-28 . dead.
9. Web site: Home.
10. Web site: Medal of Honor & Military History.
11. Web site: Wisconsin Law Foundation | State Bar of Wisconsin . 2019-07-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120305062609/http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Wisconsin_law_foundation . 2012-03-05 . dead.
12. Web site: Wisconsin, feds sign high-speed rail deal.
13. Web site: Honoring the best of Wisconsin business | CRW • Corporate Report • Wisconsin's Business Magazine . 2012-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111116161741/http://crwmag.com/issue/august-2010/article/honoring-the-best-of-wisconsin-business1 . 2011-11-16 . dead.
14. Web site: Wisconsin Ag Connection - DeWitt Ross & Stevens Named Wisconsin's Best Law Firm.
15. http://www.bbb.org/wisconsin/business-reviews/attorneys-and-lawyers-business-law-corporation-partnership/dewitt-ross-stevens-s-c-in-madison-wi-44017551/ Better Business Bureau.
16. Web site: Virginia Workers Compensation Lawyer Workers Comp Attorney Richmond VA Work Injury Lawyers.