Patrick Wells

Pat is a Shareholder in von Briesen & Roper's Litigation and Risk Management Practice Group. He represents clients in both State and Federal courts in all phases of litigation, including mediation, arbitration, trial, and appellate work. Pat serves as both national and local counsel for corporations involved in asbestos and other toxic tort litigation, and frequently represents banks in lender liability cases, automobile manufacturers in lemon law and other consumer litigation, and product manufacturers in cases involving explosions, fires and other catastrophic loss. Pat’s trial experience includes representing automobile manufacturers against claims brought under Wisconsin’s lemon law, the Uniform Commercial Code, and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act; banks in cases involving various claims of lender liability; homeowners and contractors in cases involving claims of construction defects; and an over-the-road trucking service center involving claims of negligence and wrongful death; insurance companies in cases involving both third party liability claims and first party insurance coverage disputes; individuals and businesses in contract disputes; individuals for bodily injuries sustained in automobile and other accidents; and a product manufacturer in a case involving a claim of personal injury and wrongful death as a result of exposure to asbestos. In addition, Pat has significant appellate experience, including three cases that were argued before the Wisconsin Supreme Court, two of which involved issues under Wisconsin’s lemon law, and the other involving various issues of insurance coverage under a fleet policy issued to a rental car company.