John A. Kramer - Wausau, WI

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1988
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan, 1985
    B.A.
    Minor: History
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Senior Partner

Past Positions

• Grzeca & Stanton, S.C., Associate Attorney, 1988 - 1993
• American Family Mutual Insurance Co., Senior Claim Attorney, 1993 - 2000
• Zalewski, Klinner & Kramer, LLP, Senior Partner, 2001 - 2014
• Klinner Kramer Shull LLP, Senior Partner, 2015 - 2023

Representative Cases

• Welin v. Am. Fam. Mut. Ins. Co., 2006 WI 81, 292 Wis. 2d 73, 717 N.W.2d 690.
• Fandrey v. Am. Fam. Mut. Ins. Co., 2004 WI 62, 272 Wis. 2d 46, 680 N.W.2d 345.
• Mullen v. Walczak, 2003 WI 75, 262 Wis. 2d 708, 664 N.W.2d 76.
• Griebler v. Doughboy Recreational, Inc., 160 Wis. 2d 547, 466 N.W.2d 897 (1991).
• Mathison v. Kulhanek, 2021 WI App 20, 958 N.W.2d 164.
• Sunday v. McMillan-Warner Mut. Ins. Co., 2021 WI App 50, 963 N.W.2d 586.
• Uneeda Rest, LLC v. Hexum, 2020 WI App 55, 948 N.W.2d 499.
• Security Health Plan of Wis., Inc. v. Am. Std. Ins. Co. of Wis., 2018 WI App 68, 384 Wis. 2d 545, 920 N.W.2d 340.
• Drexler v. McMillan Warner Mut. Ins. Co., 2017 WI App 21, 374 Wis. 2d 436, 896 N.W.2d 390.
• Pierce v. Mid. Century Ins. Co., 2016 WI App 171, 372 Wis. 2d 171, 887 N.W.2d 115.
• Pettis v. Price, 2015 WI App 68, 364 Wis. 2d 759, 869 N.W.2d 170.
• Town of Lafayette v. Balsiger, 2011 WI App 75, 799 N.W.2d 928.
• Mueller v. McMillan-Warner Mut. Ins. Co., 2005 WI App 210, 287 Wis. 2d 154, 704 N.W.2d 613.
• Mullen v. Walczak, 2002 WI App 254, 257 Wis. 2d 928, 653 N.W.2d 529.
• Gilbert v. Am. Fam. Mut. Ins. Co., 199 Wis. 2d 125, 545 N.W.2d 521 (Ct. App. 1995).
• Gunderson v. Drew, 189 Wis. 2d 491, 527 N.W.2d 399 (Ct. App. 1994).
• Griebler v. Doughboy Recreational, Inc., 152 Wis. 2d 622, 449 N.W.2d 61 (Ct. App. 1989).
• Owen v. Wangerin, 985 F. 2d 312, 1993 (7th Cir. 1993).
• Hammerlund v. Auto Club Grp., 2017 WL 3142113 (W.D. Wis. July 24, 2017).

Published Works

Articles

• Not Just Another "Dog Bite" Case: The Impact of Public Policy Concerns on the Defense of Dog Bite Cases, Wisconsin Civil Trial Journal, Fall, 2004
  

Bar Admissions

• Wisconsin, 1988
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1988
• U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1988
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1991

Other Affiliations

• State Bar of Wisconsin, 1988 - Present
• Defense Research Institute, 1995 - Present
• Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, 2012 - Present
• Wisconsin Defense Counsel, 1988 - Present
• Marathon County Bar Association, 1993 - Present