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Christine Bremer Muggli

Christine Bremer
Bremer & Trollop Law Offices, S.C.
2100 Stewart Avenue, Suite 140
P.O. Box 539
Wausau, WI 54401
715.849.3200

chris@bremer-law.com

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. 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:

  B.A. History & Political Science, magna cum laude
Loyola University
Chicago, Illinois
Illinois State Scholar
1971-1975
  Juris Doctor
Loyola University School of Law
Chicago, Illinois
Recipient, Law School Scholarship Award
1975-1976

Legal Licensures:

  Illinois Supreme Court
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

  Wisconsin Supreme Court
U.S. District Court; Eastern and
Western Districts of Wisconsin

Professional Involvement:

 Wisconsin Civil Justice Education Foundation, Inc. - President (Dec. 2008 - Dec. 2009)
 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)         
 State Bar of Wisconsin
  •  Board of Directors of the Litigation Section (2011 - Present)
 National Trial Lawyers
  •  Member (2011 - 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 - 2010 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 Barack Obama
2012       Elected to the Democratic National Convention representing the State of Wisconsin

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:

Proving Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: An Often Missed Consequence of Trauma, WAJ Winter Seminar, Milwaukee, WI, November 30, 2012  
Wisconsin Public Radio: The Joy Cardin Show, November 7, 2012  
Wisconsin Public Radio: Route 51 with Glen Moberg, October 18, 2012  
Wisconsin Public Radio: The Week in Review with Joy Cardin, October 5, 2012  

Wisconsin Public Radio: The Joy Cardin Show, September 6, 2012

 
Protecting Your Loved Ones from Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect, Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups 35th Annual State Convention, July 27, 2012  
Back to Basics, New Lawyers: Discovery Tactics, State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE Litigation, Dispute Resolution & Appellate Practice Institute, Wisconsin Dells, WI, June, 2012  
Wisconsin Public Radio:  The Week in Review with Joy Cardin, June 1, 2012  
Wisconsin Public Radio:  Route 51 with Glen Moberg, May 17, 2012  
Wisconsin Public Radio:  The Week in Review with Joy Cardin, March 30, 2012  
Wisconsin Public Radio: The Week in Review with Joy Cardin, January 20, 2012  

Don't Stress Me Out! Admissibility of Possible Medical Conditions as an Element of Damages for Emotional Distress, WAJ Winter Seminar, Milwaukee, WI, December 2, 2011

 
The Case for Tort Law:  Wisconsin Civil Justice System and Scott Walker's Effect On It, Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service, November 14, 2011  
Wisconsin Public Radio: The Week in Review with Joy Cardin, October 21, 2011  
Wisconsin Public Radio: The Big Question Debate with Joy Cardin, August 31, 2011  
Wisconsin Public Radio: The Week in Review with Joy Cardin, August 12, 2011  
Wisconsin Public Radio: The Week in Review with Joy Cardin, June 24, 2011  
Wisconsin Public Radio: Route 51 with Glen Moberg, "Wisconsin's Ongoing Budget Woes", March 10, 2011
Wisconsin Public Radio: The Week in Review with Joy Cardin, March 4, 2011
Wisconsin Public Radio:  The Week in Review with Joy Cardin, December 31, 2010

Wisconsin Public Radio:  Route 51 with Glen Moberg, "Analysis of Midterm Election Results"

Wisconsin Public Radio:  The Week in Review with Joy Cardin, October 1, 2010
Wisconsin Public Radio:  The Week in Review with Joy Cardin, July 30, 2010
Managing a Contingency Fee Practice: What You Didn't Learn in Law School, WAJ Summer Seminar, Door County, WI, July, 2010
Wisconsin Public Radio:  The Week in Review with Joy Cardin, May 14, 2010

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, 2010, 2011
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
Robert L. Habush Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, December 2010
Wisconsin Super Lawyers, 2011, Top 25 Women Attorneys in Wisconsin
AVVO Superb Rated Attorney, 2012
Martindale Hubbell Rated AV Preeminent Attorney, 2012
Wisconsin Super Lawyers, 2012, Top 25 Women Attorneys in Wisconsin and Top 50 Wisconsin Attorney
David R. Obey Person of Principal Award, 2011
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