Bruce M. Davey

Bruce Davey is highly respected for his knowledge and expertise in handling labor and employment cases. He has also earned a reputation for successfully managing civil and criminal trial matters. He is famously known as a rapid litigation specialist.

Bruce earned his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1968, and was a member of the Wisconsin Chapter of The Order of the Coif. He served as a member of the Wisconsin Law Review.

Bruce has earned an “AV” Rating by Martindale Hubbell and is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. He has been named in Best Lawyers in America continuously from 1987 to the present and listed as a Top Lawyer in the Madison Magazine many times. From 2005 to 2011, Law & Politics and Milwaukee Magazine listed Bruce Davey as a Super Lawyer.

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Areas of Practice

• Employment Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Discrimination
• ERISA Employee Benefit Disputes
• Contract disputes

Representative Cases

• Chao v. Local 538 of the United Food & Commer. Workers Int’l Union, 307 F. Supp. 2d 1027 (W.D. Wis. 2004)
• Jones v. Adams County, 297 F. Supp. 2d 1132 (W.D. Wis. 2003)
• Radue v. Kimberley-Clark Corp., 219 F.3d 612 (7th Cir. 2000)
• Sunny Indus. V. Rockwell Int’l Corp., 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 15639 (7th Cir. 1999) (unpublished opinion)
• Morrow v. Wal-Mart Stores, 152 F.3d 559 (7th Cir. 1998)
• Florin v. Nationsbank of Ga., 60 F.3d 1245 (7th Cir. 1995)
• Fedro v. Reno, 21 F.3d 1391 (7th Cir. 1994)
• Hamrick v. Franklin, 931 F.2d 1209 (7th Cir. 1991)
• Bank of Waunakee v. Rochester Cheese Sales, Inc., 906 F.2d 1185 (7th Cir. 1990)
• Callaway v. Hafeman, 832 F.2d 414 (7th Cir. 1987)
• Dash v. NLRB, 793 F.2d 1062 (9th Cir. 1986)
• Tainter v. State of Wisconsin Dept. of Health and Family Services, 2003 WL 23200348 (W.D. Wis. 2003)
• Meier v. Champ’s Sport Bar & Grill, Inc., 2001 WI 20, 241 Wis. 2d 605
• German v. Wisconsin DOT, 2000 WI 62, 235 Wis. 2d 576
• State ex rel. Friedrich v. Circuit Court, 192 Wis. 2d 1 (1995)
• Local 257 of Hotel & Restaurant Employees & Bartenders Int’l Union v. Wilson St. East Dinner Playhouse, Inc., 126 Wis. 2d 284 (1985)
• Reinke v. Personnel Board, No. 217, 53 Wis. 2d 123 (1971)
• La Crosse Cty. Inst. Employees v. WERC, 52 Wis. 2d 295 (1971)
• State v. Zien, 2008 WI App 153, 314 Wis. 2d 340
• German v. Wisconsin DOT, 223 Wis. 2d 525 (Ct. App. 1998)
• West Bend Mut. Ins. Co. v. Berger, 192 Wis. 2d 743 (Ct. App. 1995)
• Oetzman v. Ahrens, 145 Wis. 2d 560 (Ct. App. 1988)
• Graney v. Board of Regents, 92 Wis. 2d 745 (Ct. App. 1979)

Representative Clients

• United We Stand/Ross Perot
• Wisconsin State Employees Union, Council 24, AFSCME
• United Food & Commerical Workers, Local 538
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 965
• IATSE 251

Bar Admissions

• Wisconsin, 1968
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Wisconsin (Member)
• Labor Law Section, State Bar of Wisconsin (Director)
• Dane County Bar Association (Member)

Honors and Awards

• “AV” Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
• Named in Best Lawyers in America
• Recognized as a Top Lawyer in Madison; Madison Magazine
• Super Lawyer 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010; Law & Politics and Milwaukee Magazine
• All New England 1st Team (Hockey)

Education

• University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1968, J.D., Honors: Order of the Coif
• Law Review: Wisconsin Law Review, Member, 1967 – 1968
• Colby College, Waterville, Maine, 1965, B.A.

Past Employment Positions

• Honorable Harry A. Blackmun, Law Clerk