Atty. Linda S. Vanden Heuvel

Recipient, Highest rating for legal ability in Martindale-Hubbell. Lecturer: Marquette University, Milwaukee Area Technical College; Milwaukee Bar Association; Wisconsin Bar Association and Professional Legal Seminars. Experience: Represents Clients as trial and appellate level; Practice areas include family law, personal injury and employment law. Member: Germantown Chamber of Commerce; Slinger Advancement Association; Germantown Scholarship Committee; Board of Directors, Friends of Abused Families, Inc.; Board of Professional Responsibility, Milwaukee Committee, 1987-1996; United way Division Leader, 2009. Linda Vanden Heuvel devotes a majority of her practice to representing individuals involved in family law disputes. She has practiced family law for over twenty years representing parties cases involving divorce, collaborative divorce, cooperative divorce, legal separation, annulments, mediation, custody and placement, maintenance, child support, property division, guardianships, adoption, grandparents rights, paternity, prenuptial and post nuptial agreements, post-judgment modifications, domestic abuse and restraining orders. She has served as a Guardian ad Litem on behalf of minor children and incapacitated adults. Linda is a skilled litigator, but also has ability to negotiate favorable settlements on behalf of her clients. She saves her clients time, money and emotional distress through settlement negotiations, but is an exemplary litigator with the ability to effectively litigate cases if settlement efforts fall. Linda is skilled at handling complex divorces including large estates, contentious custody/placement disputes and property division litigation. Linda Vanden Heuvel also regularly practices in the area of personal injury. Linda litigated one of Washington County's largest injury cases, a 5.9 million dollar award on behalf of a sixteen year old girl critically injured in a West Bend, Wisconsin, automobile accident. As a personal injury lawyer, Linda sees the human side; the injured bodies, the broken bones, the emotional trauma. Linda recognizes that an injury to one person injuries the whole family. Linda works hard to obtain the compensation her clients need and which they are entitled after being involved in a personal injury accident.

**2015 Rated a Leading Divorce and Family Law Attorney

**2015 Top-Rated Divorce and Family Law Attorney ‑ M Magazine

**2015 AV Rated Martindale-Hubbell

**2015 AV Judicial Edition Rated Martindale-Hubbell

**2015 Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel (NADC)

**2015 Author of Divorce in Wisconsin, The Legal Process, Your Rights, and What to Expect

American Bar Association; Wisconsin Bar Association; Association of Family Law Lawyers; Washington County Bar Association; Milwaukee County Bar Association; National Association of Law Enforcement Attorneys; Wisconsin Association of Justice; National Association of Labor Attorneys.