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

Attorney Profile

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Robert A. Pasch 

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

Mr. Pasch has practiced law in Madison since 1972 and is a shareholder in the firm. He was ranked as one of the top lawyers for consumer law in Dane County in a poll of lawyers published by Madison Magazine in January 2007.  Mr. Pasch was recently voted as one of Wisconsin's "Super Lawyers" as a business lawyer.

His practice emphasizes creditors' rights, collection law, contract law, general business representation, real and personal property leases, commercial law and litigation, and partnership litigation.

In collection matters he has represented a broad spectrum of local, national and international clients, wholesalers, retailers, manufacturers and distributors, financial institutions and loan companies, automobile dealerships and leasing companies, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers; agri-businesses; landlords; from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. He advises credit managers and business personnel on credit and collection policies and procedures.

Mr. Pasch provides legal services to financial institutions in commercial and real estate loan transactions, ranging from loan documentation to workouts.

Mr. Pasch provides a broad scope of legal services to business clients, ranging from advice regarding every day issues to the purchase and sale of a business.  He was lead counsel to a regional broadcast company that successfully concluded a transaction involving the sale of numerous broadcast facilities, including six television stations and six radio stations.

Mr. Pasch has been involved in numerous collection lawsuits, and other business and commercial litigation, in state and federal courts, and has worked with nearly all of the major nationwide commercial and retail collection agencies. He has represented insurers, law firms and collection agencies in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act litigation.

He has served as a receiver by judicial appointment. His book, Wisconsin Collection Law, is the leading comprehensive publication available on this subject and is now published as Volumes 12 and 13 of the Wisconsin Practice Series.

Bar Admissions:
Wisconsin, 1972
U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1972
U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1996
Education:
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI , 1972
J.D.


Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1968
B.A.


Published Works:
Wisconsin Collection Law, Thomson/West 2006 (2nd edition)_, With Annual Supplements


Digest of Commercial Law of the World, (Wisconsin Variation), Oceana Publications, Inc., 1985. Updated in 1988, 1991 and 1994


Co-Author, Collection Remedies Chapter of the Wisconsin Guide to Business Law, Wisconsin CLE Books, 2006, as updated


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Lecturer, State Bar of Wisconsin


Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, Small Business Development Center


Lecturer, Commercial Law League of America


Lecturer, American Management Association


Lecturer, National Association of Credit Management


Lecturer, UW Law School Practice Course


Lecturer, Lorman Education Services


Lecturer, National Business Institute


Honors and Awards:
Top Contracts & Consumer Law Lawyers, Dane County, Madison Magazine, 2003


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
Member


State Bar of Wisconsin
Member


Dane County Bar Association, 1980
Member, Secretary


Dane County Bar Association, 1981 - 1983
Director


Commercial Law League of America
Member


International Association of Commercial Collectors
Member


National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys
Member


ACA International


Conference on Consumer Finance


Dane County Case Mediation Program
Mediator


Western District of Wisconsin Bankruptcy Bar
Member


Temple Beth El, President 1984-1986; Director, 1976-present


Madison Community Foundation, 1997 - 2003
Member, Grantmaking Committee


Madison Community Foundation, 2004 - Present
Member, Audit 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.