Sherry D. Coley

Partner
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Overview

Sherry’s first exposure to laws and government came from watching her grandfather serve as a state senator in Iowa. She witnessed him work tirelessly for his constituents. Today, she strives to serve her clients with the same dedication.

Sherry is managing partner of Amundsen Davis’s Appleton and Green Bay offices. As a member of the firm’s Business Litigation Service Group, she focuses her practice primarily on complex business litigation, with an emphasis on contract disputes, business torts, financial services litigation, real estate foreclosures and work-outs, and tax assessment appeals.

Sherry finds it fascinating that an idea can lead to new businesses and new products. She provides a legal perspective to help clients overcome these pressures that come with these business ventures. She litigates patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition and trade secret cases in a wide variety of industries including consumer products, food products and software development.

Sherry also represents financial institutions in state and federal court on a variety of commercial lending disputes, including defense of counterclaims raised in response to foreclosure or deficiency actions, and disputes arising from insolvent borrowers, including proceedings in bankruptcy court. In addition, she defends manufacturers in product liability actions involving personal injury, wrongful death and property damage.

Sherry is also fluent in French.

Experience

Membership & Involvement

  • Board of Directors: New North Inc.
  • Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra: Past-Chair, 2025 – present; Chair, 2023 – 2025
  • Appleton Police & Fire Commission: Commissioner, 2025 – present; Secretary, 2025 – present
  • Member: Defense Research Institute (DRI); American Bankruptcy Institute; NEW Manufacturing Alliance, 2012; Outagamie County Bar Association (OCBA); Brown County Bar Association; Seventh Circuit Bar Association
  • State Bar of Wisconsin: Audit Committee, chair, 2025 – present; Judicial Council, elected representative, 2016 – present; Board of Governors, 2016; Secretary, 2014 – 2016; Finance Committee Chair, State Bar of Wisconsin, 2012-2013, 2019; Young Lawyers Division (YLD) liaison, State Bar of Wisconsin, 2015; Co-Chair, Board of Governors, State Bar of Wisconsin, Challenges Facing New Lawyers Committee
  • Board Member: Phoenix Fund, 2014 – 2023
  • Secretary: Building for Kids Children’s Museum - Board of Directors, 2018
  • Member: International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWRIC)

Honors

  • Ranked in Legal 250 for Business Litigation: 2026
  • Ranked in Legal 500 for Commercial Disputes: 2026
  • Selected to The Best Lawyers in America® in Commercial Litigation: 2027
  • Selected to Wisconsin Law Journal’s Powerlist – Business Defense: 2025
  • Selected to the Wisconsin Super Lawyers list: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • State Bar of Wisconsin President’s Award: 2023
  • Joyce Bytof Exceptional Mentor Award, Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce: 2019
  • Women in the Law, Wisconsin Law Journal: 2018
  • Fellow, American Bar Foundation: 2016
  • Fellow, Wisconsin Law Foundation: 2015
  • Selected to the Wisconsin Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" list: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

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Education

Marquette University Law School, J.D.

Drake University, B.A., magna cum laude 

Admissions

  • Wisconsin

Languages

  • French
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