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Lisle W. Blackbourn
| Location: Godfrey, Leibsle, Blackbourn & Howarth, SC 354 Seymour Court Elkhorn WI 53121 |
Contact Information: Phone: (262) 723-3220 Fax: (262) 723-7538 |
Type of Case :
Civil Trial Law
Profile :
Lisle W. Blackbourn, President and Managing Partner, chairs the litigation division and practices in the following areas of law: Business Litigation; Land Use Litigation; Personal Injury
Admitted: 1982, Wisconsin; U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts if Wisconsin. Lisle has also been admitted to practice in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Eastern Division) and the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Law School: Marquette University Law School (1982), member of the Marquette Law Review.
College: University of Wisconsin – Madison (1978)
Member: The Marquette University Law Review (1980-82), the State Bar of Wisconsin (Member: Bridge-The-Gap Committee, 1986-1989; Sports and Entertainment Law Committee, 1990-1993), the American Association for Justice, the Wisconsin Association for Justice, and the Walworth County Bar Association (President 1995-1996), Geneva Lakes Family YMCA (Member, Board of Directors), Lakeland Medical Center (Member, Board of Directors, 1993-2000), Elkhorn Area High School Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 2000-2006).
Biography:
Lisle has developed a comprehensive civil trial practice, concentrating in complex business, corporate, and land use litigation, along with extensive experience in plaintiffs’ personal injury matters. Lisle has achieved successful results for many clients, large and small, commercial and individual, and has appeared in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Lisle’s recent experiences include representing a corporation in unfair trade practices and trade secret litigation against a marketplace competitor; representing individual shareholders regarding breach of a stock redemption agreement; representing a municipality with regard to land use, zoning, and constitutional law damage claims; representing landowners in the enforcement of restrictive covenants; representing corporations and individuals in professional services malpractice claims; and representing individuals and families victimized by personal injury resulting from negligent conduct.
Lisle has received an “AV”® rating from the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review ratings service. Under this worldwide lawyer rating program, individual attorneys are reviewed in confidence by their peers. Grades are given for professional ability and ethical standards. Lisle has been awarded the AV® rating by his fellow lawyers. This is the highest rating available, reflecting Lisle’s “preeminent” legal ability rating and his “very high” ethical standard rating. Lisle has maintained an AV® rating for over 10 years.