Wisconsin personal injury attorney Frank Pasternak has worked 30 years with highly regarded personal injury and wrongful death attorneys. His experience includes working in Chicago, Illinois with nationally renowned personal injury lawyers Robert Clifford, Philip Corboy and Thomas Demetrio. He next practiced as a Wisconsin personal injury attorney in Milwaukee working at two of Milwaukee’s old guard personal injury law firms litigating wrongful death trials and Wisconsin personal injury lawsuits.
Attorney Pasternak has been honored as one of the Top 50 “Super Lawyers” in Milwaukee Magazine, as chosen by his peers and through independent research. Attorney Pasternak was also voted “Best Attorney” by CNI Newspapers in its “Best of the Burbs” survey of readers and ranked as one of Milwaukee’s “Leading Lawyers” in M Milwaukee Lifestyle Magazine. In addition Attorney Pasternak is rated an AV® Preeminent attorney and is honored in the most recent edition as one of the “Best Lawyers in America.”
Throughout his career as a Wisconsin personal injury attorney, Frank Pasternak has focused only on personal injury and wrongful death cases. Such litigation has been primarily in Wisconsin and Illinois, but has involved cases in Arkansas, California, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah. Several of these personal injury cases and wrongful death lawsuits resulted in multi-million dollar verdicts or settlements, including a falling merchandise trial against Wal-Mart, which in 2001, resulted in a final judgment of $8,956,879.00 that including interest resulted in a recovery exceeding $11,400,000.00, and multiple asbestos mesothelioma wrongful death cases resulting in awards exceeding $29,000,000.00.
Selected Speeches & Lectures
"Rebutting Anti-Civil Justice Propaganda," The Verdict, Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers, 23:2, Summer 2000
"Permitting Pretrial Discovery of Surveillance Material is Long Overdue," The Verdict, Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers, 23:1, Spring 2000
"Tortfeasors Try to Profit from Managed Care," The Verdict, Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers, 22:3, Summer 1999
"Important Steps in Discovery Against Wal-Mart," ATLA Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway & Premises Liability Section Newsletter, Fall 1998
Editor & Instructor
James Publishing Company, Editorial Advisory Board, 2008
Marquette University Mock Trial Team, 1995-1998, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Community Service
Brookfield Soccer Association
Elmbrook Education Foundation
Elmbrook School District, D.A.R.E. Program Sponsor
St. John Vianney Parish, Parish Council and Christian Formation Board
The Guest House of Milwaukee
Archdiocese of Milwaukee: Campanile Society and Saint Francis Seminary Pallium Scholarship
Knights of Columbus
Catholic Charities, Good Samaritan Society
Sharon Lynn Wilson Center for the Arts
Brookfield Central High School
Brookfield Junior Lancers, Board Member
City of Brookfield, Wisconsin, Police & Fire Commission, Commissioner
Marquette University High School
EDUCATION
St. Norbert College, DePere, Wisconsin, B.A., 1990
The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, J.D., cum laude, 1994
Member, The John Marshall Law Review, 1992-1993
Team Member, 6th Annual August A. Rendigs Product Liability Moot Court Competition, 1992-1993
President, Wisconsin Chapter of The John Marshall Law School Alumni Association
Board of Directors, The John Marshall Law School Alumni Association
BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS
Wisconsin, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, and U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
PRACTICE AREAS
Milwaukee Asbestos Lawyers
Milwaukee Car Accident Lawyers
Milwaukee Dog Bites Lawyer
Milwaukee Food Poisoning Lawyers
Milwaukee Insurance Coverage Attorneys
Milwaukee Medical Malpractice Lawyers
Milwaukee Premises Liability Lawyers
Milwaukee Product Liability Lawyers
Milwaukee Vehicular Accident Lawyers
Wisconsin Whistleblower Lawyers
Milwaukee Wrongful Death Lawyers
