Mara Claire Spring | Muskego General Practice Lawyer

Mara C. Spring, owner of Spring Law, S.C., graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1998 after obtaining her bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University. After graduating, she immediately ran for public office and became the elected District Attorney for Taylor County, Wisconsin. She was the only attorney in the office for two terms (four years), and prosecuted everything from speeding tickets to homicide. During that time she handled over 60 jury trials, including a murder prosecution later featured on the hit T.V. series SNAPPED! Since leaving the District Attorney’s office in 2003, she has been in private practice. For over ten years she worked as an associate with Godfrey, Leibsle, Blackbourn & Howarth, S.C., in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, where she was a part of the business/corporate department. Her role there involved drafting operating agreements, buy/sell agreements, and other documents for small businesses, and handling litigation for the business/corporate department, including contract disputes, collection matters, lien enforcement, and partnership disputes. With the other members of the department, she taught seminars regarding the life cycle of a business, including startup, intellectual property, employment issues, and retirement planning. She also assisted the real estate department with litigation, including property line disputes, misrepresentation claims regarding property condition, foreclosure prosecution and defense, and landlord/tenant matters. Mara has represented numerous construction contractors and taught seminars in construction law and business practices at the Lakeland Builders’ Association in Elkhorn, WI. After leaving the Godfrey Firm, Mara was a partner with Wassel, Harvey & Schuk, LLP until that firm dissolved in 2017.  Mara received her Masters’ Degree in Dispute Resolution from Marquette University in 2017. She is a member of the Wisconsin Association of Mediators and the Association for Conflict Resolution. Mara is also a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, and the Walworth, Waukesha, and Milwaukee County Bar Associations. She is licensed to practice before the federal courts in the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin and the Northern District of Illinois. Mara’s practice concentrates on family law,  mediation, business transactions, business litigation, real estate litigation, creditor’s rights, and construction law. She lives in Muskego, Wisconsin with her husband and three children.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Owner	Spring Law, S.C.	Muskego, WI	5/27/2017 to present
Partner	Wassel, Harvey & Schuk, LLP	Delavan, WI and Muskego, WI	2/1/2014- 5/26/2017
Associate	Godfrey, Leibsle, Blackbourn & Howarth, S.C.		2003 - 2014
Associate	Kasdorf Lewis & Swietlik		2003 - 2003
Taylor County District Attorney	State of Wisconsin		1999 - 2003
Associate	Terwilliger Wakeen Piehler & Conway		1998 - 1998

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Wisconsin Law School	J.D.	Law School	1998
Marquette University	MA	Dispute Resolution	2017

State / Court	Date
Wisconsin	1998

• Waukesha County Bar Association | 2014 - Present
  Association for Conflict Resolution | 2014 - Present
  National Association of Professional Women | 2014 - Present
  Muskego Chamber of Commerce | 2014 - Present
  Walworth County Bar Association | 2003 - Present

• AV Rated | Martindale-Hubbell | 2015

• Home Improvement Trade Practices Act Update | Residential Building | 2015
  Residential Construction Qualifier Course | Business practices for construction contractors | 2009
  

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• Snapped! episode featuring Attorney Spring
• Attorney Spring fights for victim rights
• Attorney Spring (nee Johnston) wins DA election