Christa D. Wittenberg - Lawyer in Milwaukee, WI

Christa assists businesses and individuals with prosecuting and defending a variety of civil litigation matters. As a former federal district court law clerk, Christa is intimately familiar with litigation and procedures in federal court. She has also litigated matters in state courts in Wisconsin and Illinois and resolved cases through mediation and arbitration. Christa especially enjoys tackling challenging issues in trial courts and appellate courts, such as disputes involving personal and subject-matter jurisdiction, contract formation and enforcement, and nuances of procedural and evidentiary rules.

Christa Assists Clients With

? Complex contract disputes

? Indemnification claims

? Healthcare litigation

? Trademark and copyright infringement claims

? Shareholder disputes

? Debt collection practices and consumer protection claims

? Class action and whistleblower litigation

? Inheritance disputes

? Personal injury cases

? Fraud and conspiracy claims

? Federal and state lawsuits

? Mediations and arbitrations

Experience/Representative Client Work

? Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Joe B. McDade, U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, 2012?2014

? Litigation Intern, Center for Responsible Lending, Washington, D.C., 2011

? Legal Intern, Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, 2010

? Successfully represented multiple financial services companies and other businesses against Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Wisconsin Consumer Act claims for debt collection activities, including putative class action claims, in the Eastern District of Wisconsin and in Wisconsin state courts.

? Assisted in obtaining dismissal of breach of contract and promissory estoppel claims against construction subcontract bidder in connection with the construction of a downtown Milwaukee high-rise office building on summary judgment, affirmed on appeal. C.G. Schmidt Inc. v. Permasteelisa N. Am., 825 F.3d 801 (7th Cir. 2016).

? Successfully represented clients in certified class action alleging that health plan administrators breached fiduciary duties by failing to administer health claims in a manner consistent with employee health plan language covering usual, customary and reasonable charges for out-of-network services in George v. CNH Health Wealth Benefit Plan, et al., No 16-CV-1678-JPS (Eastern District of Wisconsin).

? Successfully obtained summary judgment ruling in dispute between former business partners over trademark use and alleged fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and defamation in EastStar Solutions, Ltd., v. Owens, No. 16-CV-1551 (Eastern District of Wisconsin).

? Successfully represented small business pursuing claim against financial advisors for recommendation of ineffective tax strategy.

? Successfully represented employer by obtaining early dismissal of false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims by disgruntled former employee.

? Successfully represented numerous clients in personal injury matters, both through pre-suit settlements and through litigation.