Grant Killoran Elected Wisconsin State Bar Delegate to the American Bar Association

Grant Killoran was recently elected to serve as the Wisconsin State Delegate to the American Bar Association.

State Delegates are elected by the ABA members in a given state and maintain relationships between state and local bars and the ABA. State Delegates serve as members of the ABA’s Nominating Committee and vote to elect ABA officers and most members of the ABA Board of Governors. Additionally, State Delegates serve as Chair of their state’s Delegation to the ABA House of Delegates, the Association’s governing and policy-making body structured to reflect the legal profession in the United States.

Grant previously served as a member of the ABA Board of Governors from 2021-2024 and as a member of the ABA House of Delegates from 1997-1999, 2003-2009, and 2014-2024.

Grant is a shareholder and past Chair of O’Neil Cannon’s Litigation Practice Group. He has diverse trial experience, focusing on complex business and health care disputes.


O’Neil Cannon Attorneys Recognized as Benchmark Litigation Stars

O’Neil Cannon is proud to announce that attorneys Doug Dehler, Grant Killoran, Dean Laing, Greg Lyons, Patrick McBride, Joe Newbold, Steve Slawinski, and Christa Wittenberg have been selected as Benchmark Litigation Stars in the 19th edition of Benchmark Litigation.

Based on extensive research and feedback from peers and clients, Benchmark Litigation Stars are recognized as the nation’s most respected and accomplished litigation practitioners. Inclusion as a Benchmark Litigation Star reflects each attorney’s outstanding reputation, deep litigation experience, and consistent success on behalf of clients.

Benchmark Litigation is a leading guide to the world’s foremost litigation firms and lawyers, widely relied upon by in-house counsel and legal professionals nationwide.


Super Lawyers Recognizes 28 O’Neil Cannon Attorneys

Each year, Super Lawyers surveys the State of Wisconsin’s 15,000 attorneys and judges, seeking to recognize the State’s top attorneys. Recently, Super Lawyers published its lists for 2025, which include the Top 10 Attorneys in Wisconsin, Top 50 Attorneys in Wisconsin, Top 25 Attorneys in Milwaukee, Super Lawyers (consisting of the top 5% of attorneys in Wisconsin), and Rising Stars (consisting of attorneys who are 40 years old or younger or who have been in practice for 10 years or less).

Super Lawyers, who previously referred to the firm as “the Milwaukee mid-sized powerhouse,” recognized twenty-eight of our attorneys.

Those attorneys are the following:

  • Dino Antonopoulos:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Nick Chmurski:
    • Rising Star
  • Doug Dehler:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Jim DeJong:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Seth Dizard:
    • Top 50 Attorneys in Wisconsin
    • Top 25 Attorneys in Milwaukee
    • Super Lawyer
  • Maura Falk:
    • Rising Star
  • Pete Faust:
    • Top 50 Attorneys in Wisconsin
    • Super Lawyer
  • John Gehringer:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Joseph Gumina:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Jessica Haskell:
    • Rising Star
  • Mike Kennedy:
    • Rising Star
  • Grant Killoran:
    • Super Lawyer
    • Top 50 Attorneys in Wisconsin
    • Top 25 Attorneys in Milwaukee
  • JB Koenings:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Dean Laing:
    • Top 10 Attorneys in Wisconsin
    • Top 50 Attorneys in Wisconsin
    • Top 25 Attorneys in Milwaukee
    • Super Lawyer
  • Trevor Lippman:
    • Rising Star
  • Greg Lyons:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Patrick McBride:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Jason Meehan:
    • Rising Star
  • Joe Newbold:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Erica Reib:
    • Rising Star
  • Chad Richter:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Ryan Riebe:
    • Rising Star
  • John Schreiber:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Jason Scoby:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Steve Slawinski:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Kelly Spott:
    • Rising Star
  • Christa Wittenberg:
    • Rising Star

Super Lawyers is a national rating service that rates attorneys in all 50 states. The selection process utilized by Super Lawyers is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. One court recently had this to say about Super Lawyers:

“[T]he selection procedures employed by [Super Lawyers] are very sophisticated, comprehensive, and complex.  It is abundantly clear . . . that [Super Lawyers does] not permit a lawyer to buy one’s way onto the list, nor is there any requirement for the purchase of any product for inclusion in the lists or any quid pro quo of any kind or nature associated with the evaluation and listing of an attorney or in the subsequent advertising of one’s inclusion in the lists.”

We are proud to be one of the few firms in Wisconsin with more than 50% of its attorneys recognized by Super Lawyers.


18 O’Neil Cannon Lawyers Selected as 2026 Best Lawyers; Another 5 Named Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

We are pleased to announce 18 of our lawyers have been included in the 2026 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, and an additional five have been selected as 2026 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

The following are the O’Neil Cannon lawyers named to the 2026 lists:

Best Lawyers in America

  • Doug Dehler – Litigation – Insurance
  • Jim DeJong – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Seth Dizard – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Pete Faust – Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • John Gehringer – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Corporate Law, and Real Estate Law
  • Joseph Gumina – Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Dennis Hollman – Corporate Law and Trusts and Estates
  • Grant Killoran – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Health Care
  • JB Koenings – Corporate Law
  • Kelly Kuglitsch – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and Employment Law – Management
  • Dean Laing – Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Greg Lyons – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Insurance
  • Patrick McBride – Commercial Litigation
  • Joe Newbold – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate, and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Chad Richter – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) and Corporate Law
  • John Schreiber – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Jason Scoby – Banking and Finance Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), and Corporate Law
  • Steve Slawinski – Construction Law

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

  • Maura Falk – Trusts and Estates
  • Trevor Lippman – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
  • Kelly Spott – Trusts and Estate
  • Christa Wittenberg – Commercial Litigation

About Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers has published its list for over three decades, earning the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals.

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.

Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch lists are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise, and they undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.


Super Lawyers Recognizes 30 O’Neil Cannon Attorneys

Each year, Super Lawyers surveys the State of Wisconsin’s 15,000 attorneys and judges, seeking the State’s top attorneys. Recently, Super Lawyers published its lists for 2024, which include the Top 10 Attorneys in Wisconsin, Top 50 Attorneys in Wisconsin, Top 25 Attorneys in Milwaukee, Super Lawyers (consisting of the top 5% of attorneys in Wisconsin), and Rising Stars (consisting of attorneys who are 40 years old or younger or who have been in practice for 10 years or less).

Thirty of our attorneys were recognized by Super Lawyers, which has referred to the firm as “the Milwaukee mid-sized powerhouse.” Those attorneys are the following:

  • Emily Behn:
    • Rising Star
  • Nick Chmurski:
    • Rising Star
  • Doug Dehler:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Jim DeJong:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Seth Dizard:
    • Top 50 Attorneys in Wisconsin
    • Top 25 Attorneys in Milwaukee
    • Super Lawyer
  • Pete Faust:
    • Top 50 Attorneys in Wisconsin
    • Top 25 Attorneys in Milwaukee
    • Super Lawyer
  • John Gehringer:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Joseph Gumina:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Jessica Haskell:
    • Rising Star
  • Mike Kennedy:
    • Rising Star
  • Grant Killoran:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Dean Laing:
    • Top 10 Attorneys in Wisconsin
    • Top 50 Attorneys in Wisconsin
    • Top 25 Attorneys in Milwaukee
    • Super Lawyer
  • Trevor Lippman:
    • Rising Star
  • Greg Lyons:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Patrick McBride:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Jason Meehan:
    • Rising Star
  • Britany Morrison:
    • Rising Star
  • Joe Newbold:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Erica Reib:
    • Rising Star
  • Chad Richter:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Ryan Riebe:
    • Rising Star
  • John Schreiber:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Jason Scoby:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Steve Slawinski:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Kelly Spott:
    • Rising Star
  • Christa Wittenberg:
    • Rising Star

Super Lawyers is a national rating service that rates attorneys in all 50 states. The selection process utilized by Super Lawyers is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. One court recently had this to say about Super Lawyers:

“[T]he selection procedures employed by [Super Lawyers] are very sophisticated, comprehensive, and complex.  It is abundantly clear . . . that [Super Lawyers does] not permit a lawyer to buy one’s way onto the list, nor is there any requirement for the purchase of any product for inclusion in the lists or any quid pro quo of any kind or nature associated with the evaluation and listing of an attorney or in the subsequent advertising of one’s inclusion in the lists.”

We are proud to be one of the few firms in Wisconsin that had more than 50% of its attorneys receive recognition by Super Lawyers.


20 O’Neil Cannon Lawyers Selected as 2025 Best Lawyers; Another 5 Named Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

We are pleased to announce 20 of our lawyers have been included in the 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, and an additional five have been selected as 2025 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

The following are the O’Neil Cannon lawyers named to the 2025 lists:

Best Lawyers in America

  • Doug Dehler – Litigation – Insurance
  • Jim DeJong – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Seth Dizard – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Pete Faust – Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • John Gehringer – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Corporate Law, and Real Estate Law
  • Joseph Gumina – Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Dennis Hollman – Corporate Law and Trusts and Estates
  • Grant Killoran – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Health Care
  • JB Koenings – Corporate Law
  • Kelly Kuglitsch – Employment Law – Management
  • Dean Laing – Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Greg Lyons – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Insurance
  • Patrick McBride – Commercial Litigation
  • Joe Newbold – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate, and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Chad Richter – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) and Corporate Law
  • John Schreiber – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Jason Scoby – Banking and Finance Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), and Corporate Law
  • Steve Slawinski – Construction Law

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

  • Emily Behn – Commercial Litigation
  • Trevor Lippman – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
  • Erica Reib – Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Kelly Spott – Trusts and Estates
  • Christa Wittenberg – Commercial Litigation

About Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers has published their list for over three decades, earning the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals.

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.

Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch lists are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise, and they undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.


Super Lawyers Recognizes 28 O’Neil Cannon Attorneys

Each year, Super Lawyers surveys the State of Wisconsin’s 15,000 attorneys and judges, seeking the State’s top attorneys. Recently, Super Lawyers published its lists for 2023, which include the Top 10 Attorneys in Wisconsin, Top 50 Attorneys in Wisconsin, Top 25 Attorneys in Milwaukee, Super Lawyers (consisting of the top 5% of attorneys in Wisconsin), and Rising Stars (consisting of attorneys who are 40 years old or younger or who have been in practice for 10 years or less).

Twenty-nine of our attorneys were recognized by Super Lawyers, which has referred to the firm as “the Milwaukee mid-sized powerhouse.” Those attorneys are the following:

  • Nick Chmurski:
    • Rising Star
  • Doug Dehler:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Jim DeJong:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Seth Dizard:
    • Top 50 Attorneys in Wisconsin
    • Top 25 Attorneys in Milwaukee
    • Super Lawyer
  • Pete Faust:
    • Super Lawyer
  • John Gehringer:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Joseph Gumina:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Jessica Haskell:
    • Rising Star
  • Mike Kennedy:
    • Rising Star
  • Grant Killoran:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Dean Laing:
    • Top 10 Attorneys in Wisconsin
    • Top 50 Attorneys in Wisconsin
    • Top 25 Attorneys in Milwaukee
    • Super Lawyer
  • Trevor Lippman:
    • Rising Star
  • Greg Lyons:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Patrick McBride:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Britany Morrison:
    • Rising Star
  • Joe Newbold:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Erica Reib:
    • Rising Star
  • Chad Richter:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Ryan Riebe
    • Rising Star
  • John Schreiber:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Jason Scoby:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Steve Slawinski:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Kelly Spott:
    • Rising Star
  • Christa Wittenberg:
    • Rising Star

Super Lawyers is a national rating service that rates attorneys in all 50 states. The selection process utilized by Super Lawyers is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. One court recently had this to say about Super Lawyers:

“[T]he selection procedures employed by [Super Lawyers] are very sophisticated, comprehensive and complex.  It is abundantly clear . . . that [Super Lawyers does] not permit a lawyer to buy one’s way onto the list, nor is there any requirement for the purchase of any product for inclusion in the lists or any quid pro quo of any kind or nature associated with the evaluation and listing of an attorney or in the subsequent advertising of one’s inclusion in the lists.”

We are proud to be one of the few firms in Wisconsin that had more than 50% of its attorneys receive recognition by Super Lawyers.

 


19 O’Neil Cannon Lawyers Selected as 2024 Best Lawyers; Another 4 Named Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

We are pleased to announce 19 of our lawyers have been included in the 2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, and an additional four have been selected as 2024 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

The following are the O’Neil Cannon lawyers named to the 2024 lists:

Best Lawyers in America

  • Douglas P. Dehler – Litigation – Insurance
  • James G. DeJong – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Seth E. Dizard – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Peter J. Faust – Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • John G. Gehringer – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Corporate Law, and Real Estate Law
  • Joseph E. Gumina – Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Dennis W. Hollman – Corporate Law and Trusts and Estates
  • Grant C. Killoran – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Health Care
  • JB Koenings – Corporate Law
  • Dean P. Laing – Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Gregory W. Lyons – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Insurance
  • Patrick G. McBride – Commercial Litigation
  • Joseph D. Newbold – Commercial Litigation
  • Chad J. Richter – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) and Corporate Law
  • John R. Schreiber – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Jason R. Scoby – Corporate Law
  • Steven J. Slawinski – Construction Law

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

  • Trevor C. Lippman – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
  • Erica N. Reib – Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Kelly M. Spott – Trusts and Estates
  • Christa D. Wittenberg – Commercial Litigation

About Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers has published their list for over three decades, earning the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals.

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.

Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch lists are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise, and they undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.


Grant Killoran Joins the Board of Directors of Milwaukee Film, Inc.

Grant Killoran of O’Neil Cannon was recently elected to serve on the Board of Directors of Milwaukee Film, Inc.

Milwaukee Film is a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to entertaining, educating, and engaging the community through cinematic experiences, with a vision to make Milwaukee a center for film culture. It operates the Oriental Theatre, a historic cinema palace committed to high-quality and accessible film and education programming. Since 2009, its annual Milwaukee Film Festival has brought together film fans and filmmakers to celebrate the power of cinema. Its education programs and cultures and communities platform provide avenues toward making the Greater Milwaukee community a more empathic and equitable place for everyone to live.

Grant is a shareholder with O’Neil Cannon and past chair of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. He has diverse business dispute resolution and trial experience, focusing on complex business and health care disputes.

 


Super Lawyers Recognizes 25 O’Neil Cannon Attorneys

Each year, Super Lawyers surveys the State of Wisconsin’s 15,000 attorneys and judges, seeking the State’s top attorneys. Recently, Super Lawyers published its lists for 2022, which include the Top 10 Attorneys in Wisconsin, Top 50 Attorneys in Wisconsin, Top 25 Attorneys in Milwaukee, Super Lawyers (consisting of the top 5% of attorneys in Wisconsin), and Rising Stars (consisting of attorneys who are 40 years old or younger or who have been in practice for 10 years or less).

Twenty-five of our attorneys were recognized by Super Lawyers, which has referred to the firm as “the Milwaukee mid-sized powerhouse.” Those attorneys are the following:

  • Nicholas G. Chmurski:
    • Rising Stars
  • Douglas P. Dehler:
    • Super Lawyer
  • James G. DeJong:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Seth E. Dizard:
    • Top 50 Attorneys in Wisconsin
    • Top 25 Attorneys in Milwaukee
    • Super Lawyer
  • Peter J. Faust:
    • Super Lawyer
  • John G. Gehringer:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Joseph E. Gumina:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Jessica K. Haskell:
    • Rising Stars
  • Grant C. Killoran:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Dean P. Laing:
    • Top 10 Attorneys in Wisconsin
    • Top 50 Attorneys in Wisconsin
    • Top 25 Attorneys in Milwaukee
    • Super Lawyer
  • Trevor C. Lippman:
    • Rising Stars
  • Gregory W. Lyons:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Patrick G. McBride:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Britany E. Morrison:
    • Rising Stars
  • Joseph D. Newbold:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Erica N. Reib:
    • Rising Stars
  • Chad J. Richter:
    • Super Lawyer
  • John R. Schreiber:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Jason R. Scoby:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Steven J. Slawinski:
    • Super Lawyer
  • Kelly M. Spott:
    • Rising Stars
  • Christa D. Wittenberg:
    • Rising Stars

Super Lawyers is a national rating service that rates attorneys in all 50 states. The selection process utilized by Super Lawyers is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. One court recently had this to say about Super Lawyers:

“[T]he selection procedures employed by [Super Lawyers] are very sophisticated, comprehensive and complex.  It is abundantly clear . . . that [Super Lawyers does] not permit a lawyer to buy one’s way onto the list, nor is there any requirement for the purchase of any product for inclusion in the lists or any quid pro quo of any kind or nature associated with the evaluation and listing of an attorney or in the subsequent advertising of one’s inclusion in the lists.”

We are proud to be one of the few firms in Wisconsin that had more than 50% of its attorneys receive recognition by Super Lawyers.