Our Team

Ed’s practice focuses on civil litigation involving auto, farm and product injuries, insurance coverage questions, arbitration and mediation.  Ed has tried numerous cases to verdict in most of the counties of northwest Wisconsin.  Ed was born in Pierre, South Dakota and grew up in Ashland, Wisconsin.  He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Superior and the University of Wisconsin Law School.  Ed is a member of the Eau Claire County Bar Association and the State Bar of Wisconsin.

Ed was appointed by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin to the Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility (now Office of Lawyer Regulation) and served six years in that capacity.  This office is an agency of the Wisconsin Supreme Court that receives grievances relating to lawyer misconduct, conducts investigations and prosecutes violations of lawyer ethics rules.  During Governor James Doyle’s term as Governor of the State of Wisconsin, he was appointed to the Judicial Selection Committee serving from the years 2003 to 2011.  This appointment was made in order to assist the governor in appointing new judges to vacancies that occurred in the State of Wisconsin when judges were unable to complete their term in office.  In 2010, Governor James Doyle appointed Ed to the Board of Regents for the University of Wisconsin System for a seven year term.  The board is responsible for establishing policies and rules for governing the system, planning to meet future state needs for collegiate education, setting admission standards and policies, reviewing and improving university budgets and establishing the regulatory framework within which the individual units are allowed to operate.  In 2019, Ed was appointed to a second term of service on the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents by Governor Anthony Evers.  In June of 2021, the Board of Regents elected Ed to the position of President of the Board of Regents for the University of Wisconsin System.

John is originally from Eau Claire and is happy to be practicing in his hometown. He is a partner at Manydeeds Law, S.C. and his practice is focused on personal injury litigation, business law, and real estate law.

John has experience in handling your personal injury lawsuits. He has brought lawsuits on behalf of people injured in car accidents and slip and falls, as well as people who have been sued and defended them. John is committed to representing his clients from before the lawsuit begins through trial and beyond.

John also has experience in handling business matters. If you need an LLC set up, are buying an existing business, merging your business with another or making changes to your business, John can help you with your business transaction.

If you need any assistance with real estate such as boundary line disputes, issues with neighbors, dividing your property, merging parcels of land, or transferring property, please give Manydeeds Law, S.C. a call and John will work diligently with you to get you the outcome that you wish.

When John is not helping clients, he spends his time hunting, hiking, teaching Mock Trial at UWEC, watching the Badgers, and taking his dog Bella to the dog park.