Merrick R Domnitz

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Accidents
* Car Accidents
* Motorcycle Accident
* Truck / Semi Accident
* Recreational Vehicle Accidents
* Workplace / Job Accident

Negligence
* Wrongful Death
* Nursing Home Abuse
* Medical Malpractice
* Premises Liability / Slip and Fall
* Products liability
* Professional Negligence

Injuries
* Serious Injury
* Brain and Head Injuries
* Burn Injuries and Electrocution
* Injuries Caused by Drunk Drivers
* Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
* Animal Injuries and Dog Bites

Other Areas
* Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Claims
* Insurance Disputes / Bad Faith
* Police Misconduct
* Civil Appeals
* Tort Reform

Domnitz & Skemp are Milwaukee personal injury attorneys exclusively protecting the rights of injured people throughout Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Our lawyers handle a variety of legal practice areas, including injury and wrongful death claims both large and small, and have a national reputation for timely settlements through effective negotiation and, if necessary, trial.
* Animal Injuries and Dog Bites
* Brain and Head Injuries
* Burn Injuries and Electrocution
* Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
* Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Claims
* Civil Appeals
* Car Accidents
* Semi Truck Accidents
* Wrongful Death
* Insurance Disputes and Bad Faith
* Motorcycle Accidents
* Recreational Vehicle Accidents
* Injuries by Drunk Drivers
* Serious Injury
* Medical Malpractice
* Workplace Job Accidents
* Nursing Home Abuse
* Premises Liability Slip and Fall
* Products Liability
* Professional Negligence
* Police Misconduct

Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer - National Board of Legal Specialty Certification

Merrick R Domnitz
Domnitz & Skemp
825 N Jefferson St - 5th floor
Milwaukee WI 53202
Tel: 414 289-0909

Merrick R. Domnitz is the senior shareholder in the Milwaukee law firm of Domnitz, & Skemp,S.C., and his practice emphasizes general liability, wrongful death, insurance bad faith, product liability, and medical malpractice litigation. Mr. Domnitz has taught civil trial practice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, served as a lecturer on product liability and trial practice at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and is a frequent lecturer throughout Wisconsin on the subjects of tort law and trial advocacy.

He is a 1977 Cum Laude graduate of Hamline University School of Law where he was a member of the Silver Gavel Honor Society and received an associate law degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the University of Exeter, Exeter, England in July 1976.

As a practicing trial lawyer in Wisconsin, Mr. Domnitz has, on behalf of his injured clients, won verdicts ranging from one million to seven and one half million dollars in automobile accident, truck accident, defective product, insurance bad faith, sexual assault and medical negligence cases. He has won over five and one half million dollars in punitive damage awards for his clients and was part of the team that successfully argued before the Supreme Court of Wisconsin to remove the statutory cap on damages in medical malpractice actions.

Mr. Domnitz has been certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy since 1993.

He is a member of the Wisconsin Association of Justice where he has served on the Board of Directors from 1982 through the present, coordinated the Association's College of Trial Advocacy in 1985 and 1986, was Program Chairman in 1986 and 1987, Treasurer in 1988, Secretary in 1989, Vice President in 1990, President-Elect in 1991 and President in 1992.

He is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin. He authored a chapter in the 1990 State Bar publication "Wisconsin Discovery Law and Practice ", as well as "Civil Procedure During Trial." Ric was elected to the Board of Directors of the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin in 1992 and re-elected in 1995 and 1998 when he was elected to the position of Chairman.

Mr. Domnitz served three terms as a member of the American Association for Justice Board of Governors. In January 1991 he was elected to the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates and served as President in 1995.

Domnitz has been consistently listed as one of Milwaukee's top personal injury trial attorneys by Milwaukee magazine and has been selected by his peers as one of Wisconsin's Top 50 Super Lawyers in both 2005 and 2006.

In 1996 Domnitz was nominated and elected to the International Society of Barristers and was selected for inclusion in the The Best Lawyers in America from 1997 to the present. In 2001 he was nominated and elected to the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers.

In December, 2002, Ric was the recipient of the Robert L. Habush Trial Lawyer of the Year award presented by the Wisconsin Association for Justice. In April, 2003, he was recognized by the Wisconsin Law Journal as one of Wisconsin's Leaders in the Law and was voted by his peers one of Wisconsin's 50 Super Lawyers in November 2005 and 2006.

Ric lists as his proudest credentials that he has been married to Anita Carol Domnitz, R.N., M.S., N.D. since 1973 years and has two sons, Ari (married to Angela) and Noah and a grandson, Jakob Tyler Domnitz (11/2006).
- Car Accidents
- Recreational Vehicle Accidents
- Truck / Semi Accidents
- Wrongful Death

Our Firm and Lawyers handle cases throughout Southeastern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois including, but not limited to the following areas: Primary Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, Kenosha, Elkhorn, Lake Geneva, Mequon (Ozaukee County), Chicago, Woodstock (McHenry County), Waukegan (Lake County), Interstate 94, Interstate 43, Highway 41.