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Michael R. Sherer

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Michael R. Sherer

Attorney

  • Telephone

    (262) 923-8668

  • Fax

    (262) 888-1791

  • Email

  • Office

    Milwaukee
    411 East Wisconsin Avenue
    Suite 1000
    Milwaukee, WI 53202

Michael Sherer is a Shareholder in the Labor and Employment Section. He focuses his practice on employment litigation, employment law counseling and contract administration for a wide range of clients across multiple industries including health care, long term care and public school districts.

Michael has significant experience in employment litigation and specifically with handling wage and hour claims, employment discrimination, FMLA claims, and restrictive covenants including non-competes and NDAs. He has represented clients in state and federal courts and in arbitration and mediation proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and state and local administrative bodies.

Michael is admitted to practice law in both Wisconsin and Illinois and prior to joining von Briesen worked for several years at a litigation firm in Chicago. 

  • Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 2016
  • University of Wisconsin, B.A., 2012

  • Wisconsin
  • Illinois
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois

  • American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section; Young Lawyers Division)
  • State Bar of Wisconsin
  • Milwaukee Bar Association
  • Chicago Bar Association

  • “Navigating Employment Claims in Long-Term Care: Strategies for Defense and Compliance,” WALA Annual Conference, February 2026
  • “Employment Law Answers,” WHCA/WiCAL Spring Conference, April 2025
  • “2025 Illinois State Legislative Update,” MRA Employment Law Update, February 2025
  • “Protecting the Workplace from Violence and Minimizing Legal Exposures,” Fox Valley Technical College HR/CLE Seminar, May 2024
  • “Protecting the Workplace from Violence & Minimizing Legal Exposures,” Wisconsin Society for Healthcare Risk Management, May 2024
  • “Marijuana and the Workplace: Compliance Concerns for Multi-State Employers,” MRA Employment Law Update, February 2024

  • Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch® in America, Litigation - Labor and Employment (2026)

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