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Resume for Rhonda L. Lanford

Born

1988 University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, B.A., cum laude
Member of the political science and French honor societies
Recipient of the Freshman Honor Scholarship
Recipient, Northwestern Scholarship
1996 University of Wisconsin – Madison, J.D.
Member of the Moot Court Board
Received the Ruth B. Doyle Award for Outstanding Service to the Law School Community
George Laikin Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Wisconsin Law Review
Editor in Chief- Wisconsin Law Review, 1995-1996
Member, Moot Court Board (National Team)

Shareholder, Habush Habush & Rottier S.C., 1997 – present
- Head of the appellate writing department, 2008 – present
- Litigation attorney, Medical Malpractice, Product Liability, Business and General Litigation, 1997-2008
Adjunct Faculty, University of Wisconsin Law School, 2001 – present
- Founded formal mock trial program with two other adjunct faculty members in 2003; currently teach trial advocacy to mock trial students in a formal class setting and coach national mock trial competitions; coached 2010 Regional Champions
- Teach general trial advocacy classes, including experimental trial advocacy/evidence class;
- Taught a three credit negotiations course for four semesters;
- Guest lecturer in the following classes: Civil Procedure I, Negotiations, Evidence, Trial Advocacy, Depositions in a Civil Case, Lawyering Skills (Preparing for a Civil Trial)
Associate and Summer Associate, LaFollette & Sinykin, 1995–1997
- Summer Associate, 1995
- Employment Litigation Associate, 1996-1997

Co-Author-Wisconsin Civil Procedure Before Trial, Published by the State Bar of Wisconsin
Author, “King v. Village of Waunakee: Redefining Establishment Clause Jurisprudence in Wisconsin,” 1996 Wis. L. Rev. 185

Leavitt v. Beverly Enters., 2010 WI 71 (amicus);
Godoy v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 2009 WI 78; 319 Wis. 2d 91; 768 N.W.2d 674 (amicus);
Behrendt v. Gulf Underwriters Ins. Co., 2009 WI 71; 318 Wis. 2d 622; 768 N.W.2d 568;
Blunt v. Medtronic, Inc., 2009 WI 16; 315 Wis. 2d 612; 760 N.W.2d 396 (amicus);
Rouse v. Theda Clark Med. Ctr., 2007 WI 87; 302 Wis. 2d 358; 735 N.W.2d 30 (amicus);
Drinkwater v. Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co., 2006 WI 56; 290 Wis. 2d 642; 714 N.W.2d 568 (amicus);
St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Keltgen, 2004 WI 37; 270 Wis. 2d 315; 677 N.W.2d 297 (amicus);
Hoffmann v. Wis. Elec. Power Co., 2003 WI 64; 262 Wis. 2d 264; 664 N.W.2d 55 (amicus);
State v. Lindell, 2001 WI 108; 245 Wis. 2d 689; 629 N.W.2d 223 (amicus);
Fuchsgruber v. Custom Accessories, Inc., 2001 WI 81; 244 Wis. 2d 758; 628 N.W.2d 833 (amicus);
Matthies v. Positive Safety Mfg. Co., 2001 WI 82; 244 Wis. 2d 720; 628 N.W.2d 842 (amicus);
Kender v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co. 2010 WI App. ___;
Siebert v. Wis. Am. Mut. Ins. Co., 2010 WI App 94;
Tomson v. Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co., 2009 WI App 150; 321 Wis. 2d 492; 775 N.W.2d 541 (amicus);
Kuehl v. Sentry Select Ins. Co., 2009 WI App 38; 316 Wis. 2d 506; 765 N.W.2d 860;
Edwardson v. American Family Mut. Ins. Co., 223 Wis. 2d 754; 589 N.W.2d 436 (1998);

Ms. Lanford teaches negotiations and trial advocacy as an adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School
She is a member of Pi Delta Phi and Pi Sigma Alpha
Ms. Lanford speaks French fluently

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