Ethan D. Lenz

Ethan D. Lenz

Ethan D. Lenz is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. He is a member of the Insurance and Health Care Industry Teams, as well as the Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation Practice. Mr. Lenz's practice focuses on providing risk management and insurance coverage-related advice to many of the firm's commercial clients, including advice relative to the negotiation and structure of directors and officers liability insurance programs, and a wide variety of other commercial/professional insurance programs. He also provides counseling on insurance regulatory and insurance producer licensing matters for the firm's insurance industry clients.

Mr. Lenz is a graduate of the University of Minnesota (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996) and the University of Wisconsin - Madison (B.B.A., with distinction, 1991), majoring in risk management and insurance. He has also earned the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation from the American Institute for CPCU. He was a member of the legal staff of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company for a brief period, prior to returning to practice at Foley & Lardner.

Mr. Lenz is admitted to practice in Wisconsin and in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin. He is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, the American Bar Association (Business Law and Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice sections) and the Milwaukee Bar Association.

Mr. Lenz is the co-author of "Workers' Comp and Employer Liability Carriers in Jeopardy with Sexual Harassment Charges," published in Insurance Specialist, Second Quarter 1998. He is also a regular speaker on insurance-related topics, including current issues affecting directors and officers' liability insurance, other commercial insurance products and the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act.

Mr. Lenz was named to the 2006 list of Wisconsin Super Lawyers - Rising Stars by Law & Politics Media, Inc. for his insurance coverage work.