33 East Main Street
Suite 500
Madison, WI 53703
Mailing address:
P.O.Box 2038
Madison, WI 53701
Phone:
608.257.7181
Fax:
608.257.2508
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Since 1931

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Harvey L. Wendel 

phone (866) 461-9674
(608) 807-0262
email hwendel@murphydesmond.com

Mr. Wendel has over 40 years of experience representing clients in real estate development and financing, including sales and acquisitions. He was ranked as one of the top alternate dispute resolution lawyers in Dane County in a poll of lawyers published by the Madison Magazine in January 2003.

Mr. Wendel currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Loan Committee of Wisconsin Community Bank (a subsidiary of Heartland Financial USA, Inc., headquartered in Dubuque, Iowa).

He is past President and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Senior Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Wisconsin.  He is on the Board of Directors of the Dane County Bar Senior Lawyers Section.  He has also served as an arbitrator as a member of the Panel of Neutrals of the American Arbitration Association Board of Arbitrators.  Mr. Wendel has also been appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court Board of Administrative Oversight, which monitors the State of Wisconsin Attorney Regulation System.

Bar Admissions:
Wisconsin, 1963
U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1963
Education:
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI , 1963
J.D.


University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1960
B.B.A.


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Past Lecturer, Office Management, General Practice Course, University of Wisconsin Law School


Presenter, State Bar of Wisconsin Seminars and Conventions


Honors and Awards:
Ranked as One of the Top Alternate Dispute Resolution Lawyers, Dane County, Madison Magazine, 2003


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Member, Board of Administrative Oversight, 2005-Present


State Bar of Wisconsin
Past Pres. 2005-2006 and Member, BOD, Senior Lawyers Division


State Bar of Wisconsin, 1986-1990; 1993-1998; 2006-2007
Past Member, Board of Governors


State Bar of Wisconsin, Law Practice Section
Member, Past Chair, Present Emeritus, Member Board of Directors


Dane County Bar Association
Member


Dane County Bar Association, Senior Lawyers Section


Madison School Community Recreation (MSCR)
Member, Friends Board of Directors


Wisconsin Community Bank
Member, Board of Directors, Loan Committee



We serve clients throughout the Madison, Wisconsin area, including Dane County, Jefferson County, Rock County, Green County, Iowa County, Sauk County, Columbia County, Dodge County, and throughout Wisconsin.