Robert H. Friebert

rhf@ffsj.com

Born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 24, 1938; admitted to bar, 1962, Wisconsin; 1967, U.S. Supreme Court.

Practice Areas

Administrative Law; Appellate Practice; Business Litigation; Criminal Law; Environmental Law.

Education

University of Wisconsin (B.B.A., in Accounting, 1962; LL.B., 1962). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi (Treasurer, 1962); Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Eta Sigma. Lecturer, Criminal Law, University of Wisconsin, 1972.

Background

Member, Board of Editors, Wisconsin Law Review, 1961-1962. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Western District of Wisconsin, 1962-1964. State Public Defender of Wisconsin, 1966-1968. Member: Board of Directors, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, 1967-1969; Wisconsin State Committee to the U.S Commission on Civil Rights, 1971-1972; State of Wisconsin Health Policy and Planning Council, 1971-1972. State Chairman, Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union, 1970-1971. Special Counsel to Board of Regents and Entire Faculty, University of Wisconsin System, 1972. Secretary, Wisconsin Citizens Study Committee on Judicial Organization, 1971-1973. Trustee, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1993-Present. Elected a Member of The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 1995. Appointed a Member of Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Campaign Finance Reform, 1996-1997. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin; American Bar Association (Member, Section on Litigation; Member, Trial Practice Committee; Chair, Attorney-Client Privilege\Work Product Doctrine Subcommittee, 1988-1995).