Jump To Navigation
  • Print
  • Mail
  • Save
  • En Español
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
Attorneys
Mario D. Mendoza 
33 East Main Street
Suite 500
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
phone 608-268-5579
fax (608) 257-2508
email mmendoza@murphydesmond.com

Mr. Mendoza concentrates his practice on business law, litigation, real estate law and government relations. For eight years, he served as an Assistant to the Mayor of the City of Madison, overseeing several agencies and functions including: Planning, Zoning, Tax Incremental Financing and Public Safety. He also represented the City of Madison in its intergovernmental relations efforts with the State of Wisconsin and other local governments throughout Wisconsin. As a fluent Spanish speaker and writer, Mr. Mendoza has assisted clients and organizations with matters involving Spanish speakers in Wisconsin and Latin America. Mr. Mendoza has extensive experience in contracts and contract disputes, business organizations, collections, employment and litigation. In 2001 he argued a medical malpractice case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Since 2005, Mr. Mendoza has been an adjunct faculty member at the University of Wisconsin Law School in the Lawyering Skills Program.

  

Bar Admissions:
Wisconsin, 1996
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Disciplinary Hearings Before Police and Fire Commissions. Presentation given at "The Role of Police and Fire Commission" seminar by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Professional and Applied Studies, July 2001.


Acoso en el Empleo. Spanish language presentation on workplace harassment, given at The Bruce Co., Middleton, Wis., April 2001.


Gimme My Money! Debt Collection Tips. Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce, April 1999; and statewide series, June 1999.


Honors and Awards:
In Business Magazine Executive Register (list of top executives in Madison area), 2006 - 2010


In Business Magazine 40 Under 40 (list of emerging leaders in the Madison area), 2007


Featured in University of Wisconsin Law School LEO Alumni Success Stories; 1999 & 2006


Iron Cross Honorary Society, 1991


Education:
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1996
J.D.


University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1993
B.A.
Major:  Psychology


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Latino Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors (2011 - Present)


Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce – Small Business Advisory Council , 2004 - Present
Member


Downtown Business Improvement District Board of Directors, 2006 - 2007
Ex-officio Member


Downtown Hotel Feasibility Study Committee, 2008
Chair


Room Tax Oversight Committee, 2008
Chair


In Business Magazine Advisory Board, 2006
Member


African American/Black Business Association, 2004 - 2007
Steering Committee Member


Centro Hispano of Dane County, 2003 - 2007
Board of Directors


YWCA Madison, 2005 - 2007
Board of Directors


United Way of Dane County Rosenberry Society, 2002 - 2006
Council Member


City of Madison, Wisconsin Police & Fire Commission, 1997 - 2001
Commissioner


American Inns of Court, 1997 - 1999
Member


Published Works:
"Five Ways to Stay Out of Trouble When Collecting From Consumers," Business Matters Magazine, December 1998


"Navigating the Hazards of Collecting Amounts Due," Business First, November 3, 1998


Madison Office (Dane County) :
Murphy Desmond S.C. | 33 East Main Street | Madison WI 53703 | phone: 608.807.0262 | toll free: 866.461.9674 | fax: 608.257.2508 | Madison Law Office

Janesville Office (Rock County) :
400 Midland Court, Suite 102 | Janesville, WI 53546 | phone: 608.807.0262 | toll free: 866.461.9674 | fax: 608.314.3802 | Map & Directions