Bret A Roge

Member, American and Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CPA), Taxation Section

Member, The State Bar of Wisconsin, Property Law and Taxation Sections

Member, American Bar Association, Property Law and Taxation Sections

Member, Milwaukee Bar Association

Member, Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Revolving Loan Fund Committee, Waukesha County Economic Development Corporation

Member, Commercial Association of Realtors

Member, NAIOP

Past Member, Board of Review, City of New Berlin

Bret Roge assists clients with the transactional and operational aspects of acquiring, forming, operating, owning, and structuring businesses. A problem-solver who can help companies get back on track, he is a hard-nosed negotiator whose tireless work for clients often results in deals that surpass their highest expectations.

Bret represents privately and publicly held corporations, nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships. He focuses on matters concerning business, real estate, and tax law, and has experience in corporate and partnership income and nonprofit taxation.

In addition to a broad range of experience assisting with the acquisition and disposition of businesses and business entities, Bret handles:

• Contract negotiations

• Negotiation of financing arrangements

• Business restructuring

• Certain labor matters

• Management of litigation

• Acquisition, disposition, and leasing of real property

Bret provides business and legal counsel to in-house attorneys and acts in the capacity of general counsel to businesses and nonprofits without in-house legal departments.

Experience

• Facilitating a Complex Management Buyout

• Helping Developers Create a Mixed-Use Suburban Development

• Bringing High-Tech Jobs to Wisconsin

• Aiding Investors in Residential Real Estate

• Helping a Company Grow – and Create Jobs

Marquette University Law School

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

1984

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)

1981