Contact Information

T 414.225.2757
F 414.277.0656
100 East Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 3300
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

Legal Assistant

Joyann Calmes

T    414.271.6560 x15411

Education

  • University of Minnesota Law School
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    Juris Doctor (J.D.)
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    cum laude
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    1990
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    Member and Director of the international moot court team
  • Macalester College
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    Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
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    magna cum laude
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    1987
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    Political Science, Speech Communication and Philosophy
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    Member, Phi Beta Kappa; two time national debate champion

Bar Admissions

  • Wisconsin, 1990

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1996
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1991
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, 1990
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Paul E. Benson

Paul Benson is Chair of the firm's Product and Tort Liability Litigation Focus Group and the previous Chair of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Benson is the leader of the Agribusiness, Food & Beverage practice, a sub-group of the firm’s Advanced Manufacturing Industry Group. Since joining the firm, Mr. Benson has been involved in litigation across the country in the areas of product liability and personal injury litigation, class action, collective action and multi-district litigation, toxic tort litigation, intellectual property litigation, insurance litigation and general commercial litigation.   

Professional Activities

    • Board Member, Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association
    • Board Member, Milwaukee Bar Association
    • Editorial Board Member, Law360 (Products Liability)
    • Member, American Bar Association (multiple  sections)
    • Member, Defense Research Institute (multiple committees)
    • Member, Midwest Food Processors Association
    • Member, Seventh Circuit Bar Association
    • Member, Wisconsin Association for Justice
    • Member, Wisconsin Bar Association (multiple committees)
    • Member, United States Supreme Court Historical Society

Honors and Recognitions

Mr. Benson has been recognized as one of The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward/White, Inc., in the areas of product liability and commercial litigation since 2008. He has been acknowledged as a “Wisconsin Super Lawyer” in the areas of Litigation and Civil Litigation Defense since 2005.  Mr. Benson has been described as a “local litigation star” in the fifth annual edition of Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Financial Attorneys, and he has achieved an AV® Preeminent rating from Martindale Hubble.  In 2010, Mr. Benson was recognized as one of Wisconsin’s “Leaders in the Law” by the Wisconsin Law Journal.