Christine Bremer Muggli was born in Chicago, Illinois, and now resides in Wausau, Wisconsin with her husband Paul. She is the mother of two daughters Hannah and Rachel, both college students. She practices primarily in personal injury, accidents, professional malpractice, product liability, and worker’s compensation, with offices in Wausau, Stevens Point, Marshfield, Minocqua and Antigo.
Education:
1975 B.A. History & Political Science, magna cum laude
Loyola University
Chicago, Illinois
Illinois State Scholar
1971-1975
1978 Juris Doctor
Loyola University School of Law
Chicago, Illinois
Recipient, Law School Scholarship Award
1975-1976
Legal Licensures:
1978 Illinois Supreme Court
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
1982 Wisconsin Supreme Court
U.S. District Court; Eastern and
Western Districts of Wisconsin
Professional Involvement:
Wisconsin Civil Justice Education Foundation, Inc. - President (Jan. 2009 - present) Member of The Supreme Court Historical Society, 2007 Federal Nominating Commission, Commissioner for Senator Kohl (2005 - present)
Governor Doyle’s Advisory Council on Judicial Selection, Member, Appointed June, 2007 Wisconsin Association for Justice
(formerly known as Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers)
- Treasurer (12/2003 - 12/2004)
- Secretary (12/2004 - 12/2005)
- Vice President (12/2005 - 12/2006)
- President-Elect (12/2006 - 12/2007)
- President (12/2007 - Present)
- Board of Directors (1991 - Present)
- Contributing Editor to The Verdict (1992 - 2000)
- Co-Editor of The Verdict (2001 - Present)
- Executive Committee
- Legislative Committee
- Regional Officer
American Trial Lawyers Association
- Wisconsin Delegate (1994)
- Sustaining Member
- Women's Caucus
American Bar Association Wisconsin Bar Association
- Marathon County Bar
- Lincoln County Bar Association (President 1987 - 1988)
Wisconsin Law Foundation
- Fellow (2006 - Present)
American Bar Association
- Fellow (2006 - Present)
Civic Involvement:
1985 - 1989 Board Member, Wausau Festival of the Arts 1988
Chair, Wausau Festival of the Arts 1989 - 1997
Board Member, Wausau Performing Arts Foundation
1993 Chair, Wausau Performing Arts Fund Drive 1994 - 1996 President, Wausau Performing Arts Foundation 1995 - 1996
President, Maine Elementary School PTO 1994 - 1995
Member, Site Council, Maine Elementary 1996 - 1997 Member, Site Council, Horace Mann Middle School 1997 - 2002 Co-Chair, Performing Arts Foundation, Arts Block Committee 1998 - 2005 Board Member, Wausau School Board 2000 - 2002 President, Wausau School Board 2000 - Present Military Academy Board for Representative Dave Obey 2007 - Present Vice Chair, Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy & Service Advisory Board 2008 Delegate to the Democractic National Convention, Denver, CO 2008 Presidential Elector, Democratic Party of Wisconsin for Barak Obama 2009 Commissioner, Wisconsin Federal Nomination Commission
Employment:
2002 - Present Bremer & Trollop Law Offices, S.C.
Formerly known as The Law Office of Christine Bremer & Associates, S.C.
Shareholder
Wausau, Wisconsin
1989 - 2002 Grischke & Bremer, S.C.
Shareholder
Wausau, Wisconsin
1982 - 1989 Rogers & Bremer
Attorney
Merrill, Wisconsin
1980 - 1982 Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon
Attorney
Chicago, Illinois
1978 - 1980 Illinois Department of Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities,
Special Assistant Attorney General
Chief, Litigation Unit
Chicago, Illinois
Publications:
When Bad Things Happen to Good People: Some Practical Ideas for Lawyers Counseling the Grieving Client, The Verdict, Summer 2002, Trial, Volume 39, No. 4, April 2003 Colossus, General Information and Practice Pointers, The Verdict, Winter 2002 Restatement (Third) of Torts: Product Liability, A First Look, The Verdict, Summer 1999 Special Verdicts: Should Jurors Be Informed of the Legal Effect of Their Answers in Comparative Negligence Actions?, The Verdict, Winter 1994, and The Verdict, Fall 1996 Premise Liability – Part I, Open and Obvious Danger as A Defense to Premise Liability Claims, The Verdict, Summer 1995 Improving Justice for the Refugee Population, The Verdict, Winter 1993 Let’s Call it Like it is…The Adverse Medical Examination - Some Tactical Considerations for Plaintiffs’ Counsel, The Verdict, Fall 1992
Presentations:
Engineered Animation: A Tool in Presenting Accident Reconstruction, WAJ Winter Seminar, Milwaukee, WI, December 4, 2009 Patient Safety and Mental Health Law, Adventist GlenOaks Hospital, Glen Oaks, IL October, 16, 2009 UWMC Campaigns and Elections Class, October, 2008 Wisconsin Public Radio, Route 51, Glen Moberg, Presidential Election Debate with Kevin Hermaning, September 11, 2008 Wisconsin Public Radio, Joy Cardin, Family Justice Bill, February 26, 2008 Wisconsin Public Radio, Route 51, Glen Moberg, WAJ: A New Mission & A New Focus, February 28, 2008 MIC, Madison's Progressive Talk, Lee Rayburn, WAJ: A New Mission & A New Focus, February 7, 2008 Ensuring High Quality K-12 Public Schools/Solutions to Public School Finding Problems Forum Participant, April 2007 HIT and RUN: Accidents and Uninsured Coverage in Wisconsin, WATL 2006 Tort and Technique Update Seminar, October 2006, with Attorney Lance Trollop Motion for Summary Judgment – A Change Is In the Air State Bar of Wisconsin Annual Convention, May 2006 Medical Malpractice and Damage Compensation Limits, American Association of University Women Public Policy Day, October 2005 Guest speaker regarding medical malpractice caps, Wisconsin Public Radio, October 2005 Solving Cases in a Colossus World, WATL Summer Seminar, Door County, WI, July 2005 Guest speaker regarding medical malpractice caps, Wisconsin Public Radio, June 2005, July 2005 First Do No Harm, American Association of University Women, Wausau, WI, January 2005 The Plaintiff’s Perspective, Wausau Insurance Companies, August 2004 Expert Witness Intimidation, WATL Winter Seminar, Milwaukee, WI, 2004 ADR: Attaining Desired Rewards, WATL Summer Seminar, Door County, WI, 2002
Honors & Awards:
Recipient, YWCA Women of Vision Award, 1997 Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers Patient Safety Initiative Award, 2004 Named to the list of Wisconsin Super Lawyers, 2006, 2007, 2009 Women in the Law Honoree, Wisconsin Law Journal, February 2009 President of Wisconsin Civil Justice Education Foundation Award, December 2009 Wisconsin Super Lawyers, 2009 Featured Attorney, "Barristers of the Ballot Box", Super Lawyers, 2009