Barbara A. Neider

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Barbara A. Neider

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On the Job

Attorney Barbara Neider, retired, practiced in the areas of business litigation and professional ethics at Stafford Rosenbaum, with 40 years of experience handling a wide variety of complex litigation matters, such as contract disputes, cases involving claims of minority oppression, trade secret disputes, employment disputes, and cases involving claims of professional malpractice and misconduct. Examples include litigation involving:

  • a claim against an individual accused by a third-party software vendor of misappropriating its trade secrets;
  • a claim against a county involving title to a snowmobile trail located on a former railroad right of way in northern Wisconsin;
  • a claim for dissolution asserted against an auto dealership by a 50% shareholder; and
  • a claim against a utility arising out of an injury sustained on the job by a borrowed employee.

Barb extensively experience appeared before both state and federal trial and appellate courts. She successfully represented clients in matters pending before the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s Office of Lawyer Regulation and Board of Bar Examiners.

Barb’s Education

  • University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., 1980; magna cum laude; Order of the Coif)
    • Recipient, Daniel Grady Prize
    • Editor, Wisconsin Law Review
  • University of Wisconsin (B.A., with distinction, 1977; Phi Beta Kappa)

Barb’s Professional Recognition

Barb’s Publications

  • Note, “The Scope of Immunity Available to Federal Executive Officials,” 1979 Wisconsin Law Review 604
  • Author, “Tortious Interference with Contractual Relations,” in The Law of Damages in Wisconsin(1988 and 2009), published by the State Bar of Wisconsin
  • Co-editor, Litigation Forms Manual, published by the State Bar of Wisconsin (1995 and 2007)

Barb’s Teaching Experience

  • Lecturer, “A Conversation About the Rules of Professional Conduct: Frequent Issues Facing Wisconsin Lawyers Under the Revised Rules of Professional Conduct,” State Bar of Wisconsin (2008)
  • Adjunct Professor-University of Wisconsin Law School, “Professional Responsibility” (Fall, 2000; Fall, 2002)
  • Lecturer, “Legal Ethics 2002-The Most Recent and Significant Ethical Issues for the Wisconsin Practitioner,” State Bar of Wisconsin (2002)
  • Lecturer, “Legal Ethics 2001-Surveying the Cutting Edge Issues,” State Bar of Wisconsin (2001)
  • Lecturer, “Legal Ethics 2000,” State Bar of Wisconsin (2000)
  • Lecturer, “Resolving Ethical Issues in Everyday Practice,” State Bar of Wisconsin (1997 and 1998)

Barb’s Professional Memberships

  • American Bar Association
    • Litigation Section
    • Dispute Resolution Section
    • Center for Professional Responsibility Section
  • State Bar of Wisconsin
    • Litigation Section
  • Dane County Bar Association
  • James E. Doyle American Inn of Courts (2009-present)
  • State Bar of Wisconsin Professional Ethics Committee (2003-2009)
  • Supreme Court of Wisconsin Ethics 2000 Committee (2003-2007)
  • State Bar of Wisconsin Lawyer Regulation Study Committee, Member (2000-2002) and Vice-Chairperson (2002)
  • State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility
    • Study Committee, Member (1986-1994) and Chairperson (1994-2000)
    • District 9, Committee Member (1993-1998) and Chairperson (1999-2001)
    • Structure Review Committee (1999-2000)
  • Supreme Court of Wisconsin
    • Appointment Selection Committee (2000-2002)

Recent Blogs

Filed Under: Appellate Law

Supreme Court Ends Great Weight Deference to Agency Legal Interpretations, Splinters on Rationale

By: Barbara Neider

Supreme Court Ends Great Weight Deference to Agency Legal Interpretations, Splinters on Rationale For decades, Wisconsin courts deferred to administrative agencies’ interpretation of statutes and regulations under certain conditions. See Harnischfeger Corp. v. LIRC, 196 Wis. 2d 650, 659–60, 539 N.W.2d 98 (1995). The Supreme Court of Wisconsin put an end to this practice in […]

Jul 11, 2018 in Blogs
Filed Under: Appellate Law

Why Murr v. Wisconsin is a Fascinating Takings Case that the U.S. Supreme Court Should Not Decide

By: Barbara Neider

The U.S. Supreme Court is commanding attention this week for its decisions in the final, and sometimes more contentious, cases of this Term. And while we too are following the Court this week, we’re also looking at a case the Court will hear in the fall. Murr v. Wisconsin, No. 15-214 (U.S.), is a fascinating […]

Jun 21, 2016 in Blogs
Filed Under: Appellate Law

Part 1: The Factual and Procedural Background of Murr v. Wisconsin

By: Barbara Neider

The case involves two adjacent riverfront lots along the St. Croix River in northwest Wisconsin. In 1968, the Upper St. Croix River was one of eight rivers granted federal protection under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. In 1972, another act of Congress extended protection to the Lower St. Croix River. Legislation and regulation on […]

Jun 21, 2016 in Blogs