Mark A. Schulz | Janesville Estate Lawyer

Mark Schulz has been representing individuals and businesses for 35 years. Currently he concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning and wealth building, probate, trust administration, real estate, business and commercial transactions. Mark is regularly appointed by the Rock County courts to handle complex and difficult probate matters where parties are unrepresented. Courts make these appointments because of Mark's knowledge and realistic approach to complex legal problems. He uses his experience and expertise to enable his clients to close complex transactions. Because of his familiarity with the applicable tax codes, he is able to use his expertise in estate planning and probate to minimize or eliminate taxes on succession.

Mark has considerable experience in civil litigation. If necessary, Mark can and does represent his clients not only in transactional law, but in related necessary litigation.

Mark was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 9, 1954. He majored in Russian and political science at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa in 1976. Part of his college studies were in Italy. He obtained his law degree (J.D.) from the University of Wisconsin- Madison in 1979.

Mark and his wife Karen live in Milton, Wisconsin. He is active in his local and national church, travels extensively overseas, and serves in a number of community and charitable organizations.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney	Meier, Wickhem, Lyons & Schulz, S.C.	Janesville, WI	August 1988 – Present
Partner/Shareholder	Hunsader & Schulz, S.C.		1983-1998
Associate	Wickhem, Consigny, Andrews & Hemming, S.C.		1980-1983
Claim Attorney	American Family Mutual Insurance Company		1979-1980

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Wisconsin Law School	J.D.	Law School	1979
Cornell College	B.A.	Political Science / Russian	1976
School for International Training	B.A.		1974

State / Court	Date
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin	1980
U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin	1979
Wisconsin	1979

• -Director Real Property Probate and Trust Section, State Bar of Wisconsin, 2008-2014
  -Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, Kingdom Workers, National Board of Directors, 1999-2006
  -Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, Board for World Missions, 2012- present
  -WELS Foundation, Director, 2006- present

• University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
  -Honors: Dean's List
  
  Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa
  -Honors: Cum Laude with Distinction in the Major Fields
  -Major: Russian
  -Major: Political Science

• Classes/Seminars
  
  -Program Chair and presenter, State Bar Convention Real Property Probate and Trust Section, 2009
  -Instructor, Negotiation Skills, State Bar Convention, State Bar of Wisconsin Young Lawyers Division, 1989
  -Instructor, Legal Ethics, State Bar of Wisconsin, 1987

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