Credentials

  • Marquette University Law School, Juris Doctor (J.D.), Executive Editor, Marquette Law Review, 1984
  • Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance and Marketing, 1978
  • University of Notre Dame, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting, 1977

  • Wisconsin

  • Milwaukee “Lawyer of the Year” in Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Best Lawyers®, 2021
  • Best Lawyers®, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), 2011-present
  • The Midwest’s Best Lawyers©, Mergers and Acquisitions Law & Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), 2021
  • Leading Lawyers, Chambers USA: “Peter Coffey impresses with his measured and eminently sensible counsel in the field of corporate governance, management buyouts and pre-merger activity, whether hostile or uncontested.”

Engagement

  • Director, The Association for Corporate Growth Wisconsin
  • Past Global Chairman, The Association for Corporate Growth (www.acg.org). ACG is a global organization for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions. ACG’s 56 chapters and over 14,000 members come from corporations, private equity, finance, and professional service firms representing Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, FTSE 100, and mid-market companies.
  • Adjunct Professor, Marquette Law School, “Negotiating Business Transactions”
  • Legal counsel, The Milwaukee School of Engineering and The National Speech & Forensic League
  • Member, American Bar Association

  • Board of Directors, United Community Center (providing programs to Hispanics of all ages in the areas of education, cultural arts, recreation, health and human services)
  • Chair, Risk Management Committee of the Three Rivers Council Boy Scouts of America. Participant in Volunteer Lawyers Panel and Wisconsin Bar Entrepreneurial Assistance Panel

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