Attorney
Elected as Shareholder
Tim is a member of the Corporate Practice Group and focuses his practice in Real Estate, Construction Law, and Banking and Creditors' Rights. He advises and represents individuals, businesses, and banks on a variety of real estate, corporate, and banking-related issues, including property acquisitions and dispositions; commercial, retail and office leasing; zoning and land use law; and creditors' rights.
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Attorney
JD, CLU, EPLS, AEP
Recognized as a
Five Star Professional
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2014 Wisconsin
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25 -Top 25 Milwaukee List
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50 -Top 50 Wisconsin List
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Mark Your Calendars!
Join Us for the
Fifth Annual MJC 5K
Run for Justice
at Veteran's Park
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Hot Topics for
Small Firms
& Solo Practitioners
October 7, 2015
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On February 17, 2015, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, in
The Bank of New York Mellon v. Carson
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2015 WI 15, decided that, under Section 846.102 of the Wisconsin Statutes, banks and others who file mortgage foreclosure cases may be legally compelled to hold judicial sales of abandoned properties within a reasonable time after the borrower's redemption period expires.
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Electronic Signatures: The Law is Catching Up
Electronic signatures are alluring to time-pressed clients who are closing deals all over the city, the state, the country, and the world. But are electronic signatures enforceable? Can you enforce an agreement when the only "signature" you received was the other party's typed name at the bottom of an email or a text? How about when your only copy of the other party's signature is a pdf?
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How FMLA Leave Should--and Should Not--Affect Your Employees' Performance Evaluations
Under the Family Medical Leave Act, employers are not permitted t
o take an employee's FMLA-protected absences into consideration when making employment decisions such as discipline and termination. However, if performance deficiencies are discovered while an employee is on FMLA leave and would have resulted in
termination or discipline had the employee not been on leave, the employer is permitted to follow through with the same discipline or termination.
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Dean Laing Elected as President and Managing Shareholder
We are pleased to announce the election of Dean Laing as the President and Managing Shareholder of our firm. Dean has led the firm's Litigation Practice Group and has served on the firm's Board of Directors for more than two decades. Dean was recently recognized by members of the bar and judiciary as one of the top trial attorneys in Wisconsin and was profiled in the cover story of
Wisconsin Super Lawyers
2014. He has been with the firm for 32 years, since graduating
cum laude
from Marquette University Law School in 1983.
We are also pleased to announce that Jim DeJong has been named Chairman of the firm. Jim served as our President and Managing Shareholder for the past 28 years. During that time he oversaw substantial growth in the firm's number of lawyers as well as its areas of practice and reputation. Jim will continue his full-time practice in our Business Law Practice Group working with business owners, executive teams, and Board of Directors of businesses at all stages of the business life cycle.
Please join us in congratulating both Dean and Jim and thanking them for their dedication to the continued success of O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C.
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Featured Tax & Wealth Advisor? Alert
THE SECOND SIN--"Mistaking Fairly With Equally"
The second sin committed in succession planning is when the
business
o
wner acts
too much like a parent and mistakes "fairly" with
"equally." The origin of this sin starts on the date the second child is born. As parents, Mom and Dad want to make sure each child knows that they love him or her "the same" as the child's siblings. This need for equality begins to permeate every part of the parent-child relationship.
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Publication Watch
InsideCounsel,
Outside Experts
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By Joseph E. Gumina and Erica N. Reib
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Proud to be a Member of Meritas, a Multi-National
Network of Business Law Firms
O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C. is the Milwaukee, Wisconsin member of Meritas, a global alliance of over 6,500 experienced lawyers in 173 full-service law firms serving 226 markets.
Through Meritas, clients seeking legal services can easily connect with pre-qualified legal expertise worldwide. OCHD&L and all Meritas firms must consistently meet rigorous quality standards and a stringent code of ethics. Meritas firms are also required to participate in ongoing recertification and client satisfaction evaluations.
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