Representative Experience Archive
We represented a closely held family business that has been in existence for more than sixty years, throughout the upper Midwest.
We established a custodial trust that required court approval, for a minor beneficiary of a significant personal injury settlement, that ensured market based investment returns with a corporate fiduciary not constrained by statutory limitations (which would have significantly limited the value of the settlement proceeds that will aid the beneficiary for decades to come).
Amundsen Davis provides local government and lobbying counsel to a national brewer headquartered in Milwaukee serving as a liaison with municipal staff and officials.
Brian Randall and Katie Hampel led the project approval team for a major expansion of the specialty brewery location owned and operated by a national brewer.
We successfully moved to dismiss an objection from a decedent’s daughter at a contested hearing following discovery.
After a corporate trustee identified an unauthorized gift made by a beneficiary, we were able to identify the recipient, the terms of the transfer, and obtain a favorable settlement for the Trust to avoid future clams of breach of fiduciary duty.
We successfully settled a case where property damage was caused by an insured swerving out of the way of a second unidentified driver. Insurer denied the claim after discussions with municipality. We were retained to file suit and successfully obtained 50% recovery even in light of the emergency doctrine and comparative negligence in Wisconsin.
We successfully moved for dismissal in a federal trademark complaint, after the defendant brought third-party claims against the president of a corporation both in his individual and corporate capacity with one claim alleging intentional fraud.
Larry represents an agribusiness lender which is a cooperative organization of approximately 18,000 stockholders and part of the Farm Credit System. The client provides financial solutions to farmers and ranchers in Michigan and 10 counties in northeastern Wisconsin and agribusiness nationwide.
Larry represented an agribusiness lender in a $27 million waste disposal revenue bonds project to its borrower to construct and equip solid waste facilities at a large dairy farm in Kansas that closed July 12, 2023. The client provided a letter of credit in favor of the bond trustee, and Larry advised the client on the letter of credit and reimbursement agreement, and provided a letter of opinion of bank’s counsel.