General Information
Year founded:
1973
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Overview
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The attorneys at O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C. focus on meeting the many needs of businesses and their owners. Our experienced attorneys work with businesses and their owners at all stages of the business life cycle, helping them start, grow, and transition their businesses. We also assist business owners with their personal legal needs, including tax and estate planning, and family law.
The firm’s practice groups include:
- Litigation including business litigation, class-action litigation, appellate services, arbitration/mediation, plaintiff’s personal injury litigation, and family law.
- Business Law including formation, organization, and choice of entities; shareholder, buy-sell, and operating agreements; corporate governance; commercial contracts, including e-commerce, software, technology, manufacturing, supply, distribution, leasing, and licensing contracts; and franchise/dealership agreements.
- Mergers & Acquisitions including advising buyers and sellers, including private equity firms, and management teams, in asset and stock deals, mergers, divestitures, recapitalizations and restructurings, and management buyouts; and advising businesses and investors on securities compliance matters at the state and federal level, including drafting and reviewing private placement offerings and convertible debt instruments.
- Banking, Receivership & Creditors’ Rights including receivership, corporate bankruptcy, commercial foreclosures, insolvency-related litigation, complex commercial collections, out-of-court corporate restructuring, and commercial loan transactions.
- Tax Advice, Planning & Controversy including transactional tax and consulting, individual tax and succession planning, employee benefits and executive compensation tax, real estate tax, tax controversy, tax-exempt organizations and charitable giving, and state and local taxation.
- Estate & Business Succession Planning including trust and estate administration, business succession planning, charitable planning, fiduciary representation, and probate.
- Labor & Employment including representing the interests of management in discrimination or wrongful termination cases, labor and union matters such as collective bargaining and labor arbitration, litigating non-compete agreements, trade secrets claims and unfair competition matters, wage and hour litigation, employee benefits such as 401(k)/ERISA matters and matters involving executive compensation, defending claims and charges before EEOC, NLRB, DOL and numerous state agencies, and human resources matters such as disciplining and terminating employees, advising on accommodation and leave issues, drafting agreements, policies and procedures and providing supervisory training.
- Inheritance Litigation & Will Contests including grounds for challenging a will, trust, beneficiary designation, or gift.
- Family Law including divorce and legal separation.
- Real Estate & Construction including real estate development and land use law, as well as construction law.
Because we know that businesses and their owners rely on attorneys during some of the most fulfilling—and frightening—times in their lives, we combine the experience and proficiency of a large firm with the personal approach of a local law firm.
Rankings
O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C. is metro ranked in 18 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.
Read how Best Law Firms ranks firmsMetro Rankings
Milwaukee
Tier 1 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Construction Law
Tier 1 for Corporate Law
Tier 1 for Litigation - Bankruptcy
About Our Clients
Sample of Clients:
- Dickten Masch Plastics LLC
- TEAM Industries Inc.
- Lakeview Equity Partners
- Cousins Submarines, Inc.
- First Manitowoc Bancorp Inc.
Rankings
Regional Rankings
Milwaukee
Tier 1 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Construction Law
Tier 1 for Corporate Law
Tier 1 for Litigation - Bankruptcy
Tier 1 for Litigation - Insurance
Tier 1 for Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Tier 1 for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Tier 1 for Real Estate Law
Tier 1 for Trusts and Estates
Tier 2 for Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Tier 2 for Litigation - Health Care
Tier 2 for Litigation - Labor and Employment
Tier 2 for Litigation - Real Estate
Tier 2 for Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Tier 3 for Employment Law - Management
Tier 3 for Securities / Capital Markets Law
Tier 3 for Tax Law
Practice Areas
The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Corporate Law
- Elder Law
- Employment Law - Individuals
- Employment Law - Management
- Family Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®
O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C. has 20 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in
America®.
By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C. eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings.
For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards.
Read more about our Best Lawyers process here.
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Client Comments
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Main Location
Milwaukee,
WI
111 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1400
Milwaukee, WI 53202
United States
414-276-5000
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Office Locations
Green Bay,
WI
716 Pine Street
Green Bay, WI 54301
United States
920-569-1540
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Port Washington,
WI
1329 West Grand Avenue, Suite 200
Port Washington, WI 53074
United States
262-284-3407
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Management and Personnel
Managing Shareholder
Peter J. Faust