Resources & Insights
Join the AD commercial real estate and financial industry attorneys as they walk through the essential legal components that everyone should know when financing real estate-based projects.
- Podcast
In this episode of Litigation Nation, co-hosts Danessa Watkins and Jack Sanker dive into two significant legal stories that highlight the intersection of technology, ethics, and the law. Join us as we unpack these complex issues and their far-reaching consequences in today's society.
Join Amundsen Davis’s Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Service Group attorneys Molly Arranz, practice group chair, and John Williams, partner, for a timely Cybersecurity Awareness Month discussion on how to keep your organization safe.
Education On Demand
- Protecting Innovation: Best Practices for Managing Patents and Trade SecretsProtecting Innovation: Best Practices for Managing Patents and Trade Secrets
Join Amundsen Davis’s Intellectual Property Service Group partners Tom Pienkos and Mike Bendel for an engaging discussion on safeguarding your most valuable assets—your ideas and creations.
- The Rise of the Genetic Information Privacy Act: What Businesses Need to Know to Avoid LitigationThe Rise of the Genetic Information Privacy Act: What Businesses Need to Know to Avoid Litigation
Join John Ochoa, partner in the Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Service Group, as he discusses what employers, insurance companies, and other businesses that collect health- and genetic-related information need to know to mitigate the risk of litigation.
Blogs
In the Media
- Ngosong Fonkem quoted in Wisconsin Lawyer's "Wisconsin Legal Trends 2025" | Media MentionNgosong Fonkem quoted in Wisconsin Lawyer's "Wisconsin Legal Trends 2025"
In the article "Wisconsin Legal Trends 2025" by Joe Forward, Ngosong discusses global events that impacted international trade in 2024 and provides insight on the legal trends international law practitioners can expect in the year ahead.
- John Tanselle Discusses Indiana's Mergers & Acquisitions Market in The Indiana Laywer | Media MentionJohn Tanselle Discusses Indiana's Mergers & Acquisitions Market in The Indiana Laywer
John Tanselle discusses the state of mergers & acquisitions in Indiana's banking industry in The Indiana Lawyer.
Events
- Impact of the 2024 Election on the Workplace in 2025 | Speaking EngagementImpact of the 2024 Election on the Workplace in 2025
Join Jeff Risch for an in-depth discussion of what the recent general election will mean for Illinois employers.
- How To Be Better Prepared if ICE Shows Up: Complying with the NEW I-9 and E-Verify Regulations | Speaking EngagementHow To Be Better Prepared if ICE Shows Up: Complying with the NEW I-9 and E-Verify Regulations
Join Jacki Lentini and Sara Zorich for this discussion about what to do if ICE shows up at your door, how an ICE investigation is different than a typical HIS Form I-9 audit and how to prepare and be in compliance with the law.
- Let's Talk: Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning | Speaking EngagementLet's Talk: Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
Join Kevin Eismann and Michael Shaw for an educational presentation hosted by Cornerstone Financial Group about wills, trusts, and estate planning.
- Impact to Employer Webinar: 2025 Employment Law Update | Speaking EngagementImpact to Employer Webinar: 2025 Employment Law Update
Are you up to date with the latest employment laws? Join Julie Proscia as she presents this crucial webcast for business owners and leaders to make sure that you are.
- Coffee & Construction: Signing Project Labor Agreements - Options & Strategies | Speaking EngagementCoffee & Construction: Signing Project Labor Agreements - Options & Strategies
Join Jeff Risch to learn how contractors should approach PLAs and will offer strategies on how to successfully enter into them on a project only basis.
- Unconscious Bias in the Workplace | Speaking EngagementUnconscious Bias in the Workplace
Join Julie Proscia for an insightful webcast focusing on how to identify unconscious bias in the workplace and how to avoid costly litigation.
- Prevailing Wage Updates & Compliance Mandates for the Construction Industry | Speaking EngagementPrevailing Wage Updates & Compliance Mandates for the Construction Industry
Join Jeff Risch for a timely webinar discussing and examining prevailing wage developments under Illinois and Federal legal mandates.
- Trump 2.0 – What Employers Must Recognize and Know in 2025 and Beyond | Speaking EngagementTrump 2.0 – What Employers Must Recognize and Know in 2025 and Beyond
Please join Jeff Risch, as he highlights key developments and trends coming out of D.C. Additionally, in this webcast, Jeff examines local and state wide trends that have an eye on combatting Trump 2.0.
- Favoritism in the Workplace: Risks and Legal Issues | Speaking EngagementFavoritism in the Workplace: Risks and Legal Issues
Join Julie Proscia for this timely webcast where attendees learn to identify and address workplace favoritism in order to reduce risks, boost morale, and create a fair, competitive environment.
Published Works
- Four Factors and the Truth? Though Johnson v. NCAA Result Pleases Crowd, Test Fails to Strike a Chord With Realignment, NIL Realities | PublicationFour Factors and the Truth? Though Johnson v. NCAA Result Pleases Crowd, Test Fails to Strike a Chord With Realignment, NIL Realities
Jonathan Safron and Olivia LaPorta wrote an article for the Conduct Detrimental — The Sports Law Intersection focusing on the "economic realities" evaluation that is composed of four factors to determine the potential employment status of college athletes.
- Employee Security Training & Third-Party Vendor Review: Protect Your Organization From a Data BreachWinter 2025 | PublicationEmployee Security Training & Third-Party Vendor Review: Protect Your Organization From a Data Breach
In the article "Employee Security Training & Third-Party Vendor Review: Protect Your Organization From a Data Breach" featured in The Illinois Manufacturer, Molly Arranz and John Williams discuss how employee training and third-party vendor review are essential to protecting your organization from costly data breaches.
Firm News
- Three Senior Labor & Employment Partners Leave von Briesen for Amundsen Davis | Firm NewsThree Senior Labor & Employment Partners Leave von Briesen for Amundsen Davis
Amundsen Davis, a leading full-service business law firm, announces the addition of three senior labor and employment attorneys, Ann Hanneman, Craig T. Papka, and Robert J. Simandl, to its Wisconsin footprint.
- Congratulations to Amundsen Davis Attorneys Included on 2025 Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists | Firm NewsCongratulations to Amundsen Davis Attorneys Included on 2025 Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
We are proud to announce that 27 Amundsen Davis attorneys have been included on the 2025 Illinois Super Lawyers® and 2025 Illinois Rising StarsSM lists.