Coyne, Schultz, Becker & Bauer, S.C.

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Bruce A. Schultz
Coyne, Schultz, Becker & Bauer, S.C.
Suite 1000
150 E Gilman St
Madison, WI 53703-1441

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Phone:

(608) 255-1388

E-mail:

bschult@cnsbb.com

Fax:

(608) 255-8592

Web site:

http://www.cnsbb.com

Position	Areas of Practice	Litigation Percentage
Bar Admissions	Education	Honors
Affiliations	Representative Cases

Bruce A. Schultz began his career as a trial lawyer in Madison in 1978. The federal judge in Indiana for whom Bruce was a clerk brought his staff to Madison while sitting as a visiting judge. Bruce decided to stay.

For more than 20 years Bruce has tried cases in circuit courts throughout the state and in the federal courts in both the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin. He has handled appeals in the state appellate and supreme courts, as well as the 7th Circuit.

Philosophically, being prepared for trial is the key to achieving the best result for clients. The litigation process should involve making complex facts and issues understandable. Transforming a client's problem into something more complex than necessary is not the objective.

Bruce has tried a multitude of personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits involving motor vehicles, premises liability, construction accidents, products liability, electrocutions, electrical contact and gas explosions. He has tried cases involving medical and other areas of professional malpractice. Bruce has been involved in tobacco litigation, including actions brought by governmental entities, individual plaintiffs and purported class actions. He has represented pharmaceutical companies in both product claims and anti-trust actions. He has also litigated and arbitrated commercial disputes involving issues as diverse as the final reclamation of an open pit coal mine in Montana to the alleged forfeiture of an ownership interest in a multimillion dollar electric generating plant.

Current Employment Position(s):: Shareholder

Year Joined Organization:: 1990

Areas Of Practice:: Anti-trust; Civil Litigation; Commercial; Insurance Defense; Intellectual Property; Personal Injury; Pharmaceutical; Products Liability; Professional Malpractice; Utility Law

Litigation Percentage:: 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Certifications/Specialties:: Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy

Bar Admissions:: Wisconsin, 1978; Indiana, 1976; U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1977; U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 1976; U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1976; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1978; U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1978

Education:: Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1976; J.D.; Honors: Magna Cum Laude; Indiana University School of Business, Bloomington, IN, USA, 1973; B.S.; Honors: Cum Laude

Representative Cases:: Hoskins v. Dodge County, 2002 WL 122935, 2002 WI App. 40 (Wis. App. 2002); Insolia v. Philip Morris, Inc., 128 F. Supp.2d, Prod. Liab. Rep. (CCH) p. 16,046 (W.D. Wis. 2000); Insolia v. Philip Morris, Inc., 216 F.3d 596, Prod. Liab. Rep. (CCH) p. 15,835 (7th Cir. Wis. 2000); Milwaukee Carpenter's Dist. Council Health Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc., 70 F. Supp.2d 888 (E.D. Wis. 1999); Insolia v. Philip Morris, Inc., 53 F. Supp.2d 1032 (W.D. Wis. 1999); Insolia v. Philip Morris, Inc., 186 F.R.D. 547 (W.D. Wis. 1999); Insolia v. Philip Morris, Inc., 186 F.R.D. 535 (W.D. Wis. 1998); Insolia v. Philip Morris, Inc., 31 F. Supp. 2d 660 (W.D. Wis. 1998); Laesch v. L&H Industries, Ltd., 161 Wis. 2d 887, 469 N.W.2d 655 (Wis. App. 1991); Adelman-Tremblay v. Jewel Companies, Inc., 859 F.2d 517, Prod. Liab. Rep. (CCH) p. 11,951 (7th Cir. Wis. 1988); Bell v. Milwaukee County, 134 Wis. 2d 25, 396 N.W.2d 328 (Wis. 1986); Larsen v. Wisconsin Power & Light Co., 120 Wis. 2d 508, 355 N.W.2d 557 (Wis. App. 1984); State ex rel. Lewandowski v. Callaway, 118 Wis. 2d 165, 346 N.W.2d 457 (Wis. 1984); Mannino v. Davenport, 99 Wis. 2d 602, 299 N.W.2d 823 (Wis. 1981)

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Honors and Awards:: Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Member; Defense Research Institute; Member; Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin; Member; American Bar Association; Member; State Bar of Wisconsin; Member; Indiana Bar Association; Member; Dane County Bar Association; Member

Past Employment Positions:: United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Hon. James E. Noland, Law Clerk, 1976 - 1978; State of Indiana, Deputy Auditor, 1974 - 1976

Birth Information:: June 11, 1951

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