General and Trial Practice including: Personal Injuries, Professional Malpractice, Product Liability, Worker's Compensation, Family Law, Business Law, Banking Law, Real Estate, Probate, Estate Planning, Wills and Estates, Administrative and Municipal Law, Arbitration and Mediation.

Members of the firm:

Richard E. Sommer born La Crosse, Wisconsin, July 11, 1932; admitted to bar 1960, Wisconsin; also admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin. Preparatory education, Northwestern University (B.A., 1957); legal education, University of Wisconsin (LL.B., 1960). Fraternity: Phi Delta Phi. Member: Oneida-Vilas-Forest County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin (Board of Governors, 1972-76; Executive Committee, 1974-76; President, 1979-80); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Insurance Trial Counsel of Wisconsin, Inc.

Richard M. Olk, born Antigo, Wisconsin, November 21, 1937; admitted to bar, 1962, Wisconsin; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. Preparatory education, Northwestern University (B.S., 1959); legal education, University of Wisconsin (LL.B., 1962). District Attorney, Langlade County, Wisconsin, 1963-66. Member: Langlade County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin.

William A. Schroeder, born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, December 22, 1937; admitted to bar 1967, Wisconsin; also admitted to practice before U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin. Preparatory education, United States Naval Academy (B.S., 1960); legal education, University of Michigan (J.D., 1966). Member: Oneida-Vilas-Forest County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin. (Lt., U.S. Navy, 1956-64).

Paul J. Payant, born Antigo, Wisconsin, December 16. 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Wisconsin. Preparatory and legal education, Marquette University (B.S., 1980; J.D., 1984). Judicial Court Commissioner. Member: Langlade County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin.

John B. Rhode, born Appleton, Wisconsin, May 8, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Wisconsin; also admitted to practice before U.S District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. Preparatory education, University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1992); legal education, Marquette University (J.D., 1995). Member: Langlade County Bar Association; State Bar of Wisconsin.

Greg J. Babcock, born South Bend, Indiana, June 26, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Wisconsin. Preparatory education, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay (B.A., 2003); Legal education, Marquette University (J.D., 2006). Member: Langlade County Bar Association; State Bar of Wisconsin.

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