Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek

Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek
Specialties: Buy or Sell a Business, Intellectual Property, eBusiness
Contact Info: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.
555 East Wells Street
Suite 1900
Milwaukee, WI 53202-3819
Phone: 414-273-2100
Fax: 414-223-5000
ddiesing@whdlaw.com
Website: www.whdlaw.com
Description:

Buy or Sell a Business

When buying and selling a business, appropriate legal guidance is necessary to ensure clients understand the terms that can affect their long-term financial stability. Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek works closely with the owners/managers of clients ranging from entrepreneurial start-ups to large and medium-sized businesses and their accountants and financial advisors to help them understand and address not only the strictly legal aspects of starting, acquiring or selling a business, but also issues relating to financing and capital structures, ownership structures (including employee ownership), business succession planning and their individual financial, tax, retirement planning and estate planning concerns.

For more information, contact:
Michael J. Klinker, Vice President and Shareholder
e-mail: mklinker@whdlaw.com
Tel: 414-978-5421

Intellectual Property

Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek’s team of legal and scientific professionals provides strategic guidance to clients striving to build, maintain, and protect patent portfolios, trade secrets, and other proprietary assets. We obtain and maintain trademarks, trade names, and copyrights. Our IP litigation team prosecutes and defends complex patent, copyright, trade secret, and trademark cases across a variety of industries and technologies.

We provide counsel concerning:

  • Patent applications
  • Freedom to operate opinions
  • Invalidity opinions
  • Licensing agreements
  • Trademark applications and copyright protection
  • Employee invention agreements and confidentiality agreements
  • Internet and e-commerce law
  • Intellectual property right disputes and infringement

For more information, contact:
Name: Eugenia (Gina) G. Carter, Shareholder
e-mail: ecarter@whdlaw.com
Tel: 608-234-6058

OR

Name: Gary R. Plotecher, Shareholder
e-mail: gplotecher@whdlaw.com
Tel: 414-978-5530

eBusiness

Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek’s Information Technology Practice deals with a wide range of legal issues related to the technologies used by businesses, and how to effectively leverage these technologies. From start-ups to well-established businesses, WHD provides comprehensive legal services drawing on the experience of our attorneys in the areas of Corporate, Litigation, Intellectual Property, Finance, Health Care, Real Estate, Emerging & Entrepreneurial Services and Labor & Employment. Our attorneys counsel clients in all areas of information technology transactions, dispute resolution, risk assessment and regulatory compliance.

For more information, contact:
Name: Andrew J. Schlidt, Shareholder
e-mail: aschlidt@whdlaw.com
Tel: 414-978-5515

Overview

Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. is a full-service law firm committed to delivering exceptional service along with innovative, yet practical, solutions. For more than 60 years, WHD has played a role in shaping the political, economic, and legal landscapes in Wisconsin – leading our business clients ranging from entrepreneurial start-ups to large and medium-sized businesses to successful outcomes. With offices in Milwaukee, Madison and Manitowoc, the firm has more than 140 professionals practicing in over 40 areas of law.

Our approach includes a thorough understanding of each client’s operations, objectives and expectations together with an uncompromised commitment to service. At WHD, we assemble the appropriate team to meet the client’s individual needs. We are dedicated to understanding the client’s needs first, and serving those needs promptly and appropriately.