Contact Information

T 414.225.4960
F 414.277.0656
100 East Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 3300
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

Legal Assistant

Deborah A. Moser

T  414.271.6560 x15570

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Education

  • Marquette University Law School
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    Juris Doctor (J.D.)
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    1967
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    Editor, Marquette Law Review
  • Marquette University
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    Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
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    1965

Bar Admissions

  • Wisconsin, 1967

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
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Thomas E. Obenberger

Tom Obenberger has served as the firm’s Managing Partner, as a member of its Management Committee, and as Chair of its Labor and Employment Practice Group.  Following graduation from Marquette University Law School, where he was an editor of the Marquette Law Review, he served as law clerk to the late Chief Justice E. Harold Hallows of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Mr. Obenberger has significant experience representing Fortune 500 and other national corporations in all aspects of labor, employment, safety and discrimination law, including general counseling, policy review and creation, union organizing and decertification campaigns, multi-state collective bargaining, labor contract administration, arbitration, state and federal court and jury trials, state and federal appellate procedures, administrative litigation and alternative dispute resolution procedures.  He represents employers in the labor, employment and benefit aspects of major acquisitions, divestiture and consolidation of operations. 

Professional Activities

  • Member, American Bar Association, Employment Law Section
  • Member, State Bar of Wisconsin, Employment Law Section
  • Member, Greater Milwaukee Committee
  • President, Milwaukee Art Museum Contemporary Art Society  

Honors and Recognitions

Mr. Obenberger was recognized in the area of labor and employment law since 2007 in The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward/White, Inc. and he was named a “Wisconsin Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers Magazine, a Law and Politics publication.