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Mark G. Blum is currently serving "of counsel" with the firm, having practiced with the firm since his graduation from Marquette University Law School in 1985.  Attorney Blum was a partner in the firm for 33 years, the last eight years as its senior partner.

 

Attorney Blum has litigated many civil cases in both state and federal courts and has handled appellate matters before the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and the Wisconsin Supreme Court, as well as the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

PRACTICE AREAS

 

Attorney Blum's practice concentrated in municipal law, probate and estate planning, real estate transactions and development, as well as business and corporate law.  Attorney Blum served as the City Attorney for the City of New Berlin for 22.5 years and as Assistant City Attorney for five years prior to that.  In addition, he served as the Village Attorney for the Village of Pewaukee for twenty years, the Village Attorney for the Villages of Mukwonago, Eagle and Lannon and special counsel for a number of other governmental entities.  In his of counsel role, he continues to practice in these areas on a limited basis.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Attorney Blum is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin and has served on the State Bar Fee Arbitration Panel for Waukesha County as a fee arbitrator.  He is also a member of the Waukesha County Bar Association and specifically, its Municipal Lawyers section.

VOLUNTEER SERVICE

Attorney Blum has served as a lecturer at the League of Wisconsin Municipalities Attorneys Institute concerning the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Person Act and the Fair Housing Act.  He has guest lectured on several occasions with a UWM graduate class on planning practice.  He has also served as an attorney coach for Waukesha South High School, as well as a judge in the Wisconsin Bar Foundation Mock Trial Program.  He has also served on the Board of Directors of The Caring Place, Inc., the Friends of the Caring Place, Inc. and Social Rehabilitation & Residential Resources, Inc., and has been the President of each of those organizations.  He is also a member of First United Methodist Church of Waukesha and been a delegate to Wisconsin Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.

 

PERSONAL

 

Attorney Blum and his wife, Debbie, are the proud parents of four daughters and two grandchildren.  In his spare time, he enjoys kayaking, cycling, woodworking and spending time with his family, particularly his grandchildren.

Contact Attorney Blum at: mgblum@hrblawfirm.com

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Hippenmeyer, Reilly, Blum,

Schmitzer & Fabian, S.C.

720 Clinton St

Waukesha, WI 53187

Phone: 262-549-8181

Fax: 262-549-8191

Email: firm@hrblawfirm.com

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