Michael W. Gill, Attorney

Mike Gill joined the firm in 1982 and became a partner on January 1, 1986. Currently, his practice is limited to civil trial work in the State and Federal Courts of Wisconsin and Minnesota. During the 24 years that he has practiced, Mike has tried a variety of civil matters in the State and Federal Courts of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and on occasion has handled trials in other jurisdictions.

Mike has a broad based civil litigation practice which includes the representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury cases, products liability cases, professional liability cases, insurance coverage litigation, and business litigation. In his more than 20 years of trial practice, Mike has successfully litigated cases in the State and Federal Courts of both Wisconsin and Minnesota and has handled well in excess of 100 trials in the State and Federal Courts, most of which were jury trials.

Mike prides himself in being a strong trial advocate for all of his clients and finds trial work to be the most enjoyable and satisfying part of his practice.

In addition to his trial practice, Mike has been asked to serve as an arbitrator and mediator in a wide variety of civil cases.

Representative Experience

• A law enforcement officer was involved in a high speed collision while responding to a fire call in a rural area. The officer was sued by the driver of the other vehicle, who contended that the officer was inappropriately responding to the fire call as an emergency. The officer sustained serious injuries of his own in the accident, including a neck fracture which limited his employment capabilities after the accident. After a jury trial of almost two weeks, the jury determined that the officer's negligence in causing the accident was minimal, and he was allowed to recover damages for his injuries.
  
• The parents of their deceased teenage son were sued as a result of an auto accident that took his life. The other driver, who was uninsured, claimed that the accident was caused by the negligence of the deceased teen.   The 17-year-old boy who was killed in the accident was never available to testify about how the accident occurred, and there were no other witnesses to the accident, except for the other driver who sued. The issue in dispute was which driver crossed the center line before the collision. After a four day trial, the jury determined that the deceased teenage boy was not the primary cause of the accident and the party that sued his family was denied a recovery. The parties were entitled to recover uninsured motorist benefits because their deceased son was not primarily at fault for the accident.

• Weber v. Tuck 2000

• Strait v. Crary 1992

• Novelly Oil Company v. Mathy Construction Company 1988

• Hime v. Muir 1985

• Abraham v. General Casualy Company of Wisconsin