Attorney Catherine La Fleur specializes in civil litigation, family law, alternative dispute resolution and appellate law. She is a Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist by the NBTA. She is an adjunct professor of law at Marquette since 2001. She is a member of NAMWOLF and WBENC. She was the Wisconsin Bar’s Chair of the Litigation Board, served two terms on the Bar’s Board of Governors, and was an elected member of Wisconsin Judicial Council for six years. She also received her mediation training from Harvard Law School’s Program of Instruction for Lawyers.
In 2014, Ms. La Fleur participated in the Joint Legislative Council’s Study Committee on the Transfer of Structured Settlements. She spent six years on the Special Preliminary Review Committee of the Office of Lawyer Regulation. In 2016, she was appointed by Justice Roggensack to a committee formed to study the Office of Lawyer Regulation. Catherine has graded bar exams for the Board of Bar Examiners for over a decade. She was recently elected to the Board of the Milwaukee Bar Association as well as the Collaborative Family Law Council of Wisconsin.
She is a board member of the Fellows Foundation of the State Bar of Wisconsin. Ms. La Fleur is president-elect of the Association of Marquette University Women and is a past president of the Marquette University National Alumni Association. She is past president of the Marquette University Law School’s Alumni Association Board. She is long-time member of Professional Dimensions, having held the position of board member.
Her practice involves a substantial amount of appellate work, having argued before Districts I and II Courts of Appeal, resulting in favorable published decisions. She has tried numerous jury trials involving personal injury, product liability, fire, eminent domain, divorce, abuse of process, legal negligence, probate, and real estate misrepresentation. She is an appointed Court Commissioner by the Hon. Janet Protasiewicz. She is a proud supporter of the LPGA Amateurs Golf Association.
