Max S. Meckstroth
Chefsyndikus
Max Meckstroth ist Senior Counsel in den Bereichen Handelsrecht, Baurecht und Kartell- und Wettbewerbsrecht der Kanzlei. Er ist ein engagierter Anwalt, der jederzeit bereit ist, die Rechte seiner Mandanten zu vertreten und zu verteidigen. Als erfahrener Prozessanwalt ist Max stolz darauf, eng mit seinen Mandanten zusammenzuarbeiten, um ihre Geschäftsziele zu verstehen, komplexe Probleme zu identifizieren und zu klären und Streitigkeiten so zu lösen, dass Geschäftsunterbrechungen und finanzielle Unsicherheiten minimiert werden.
Max’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation matters, including sophisticated contract disputes, antitrust litigation, product liability actions, professional negligence cases, real estate litigation, and all facets of construction disputes and contracting. Max also has a robust creditors’ rights practice, frequently representing lenders and servicers in high profile commercial and residential foreclosure actions, as well as other insolvency, bankruptcy, and debt collection proceedings.
Before joining Foley, Max clerked in the legal department at UnitedHealth Group’s corporate headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Max gained valuable insights into the operations of one of the country’s largest corporations and he was instilled with a unique, client-oriented perspective to the practice of law—something he incorporates as trusted outside counsel for his clients today.
Auszeichnungen und Anerkennungen
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch – Commercial Litigation (2021-2025)
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch – Alternative Dispute Resolution (2024-2025)
Zugehörigkeiten
- Forum on Construction Law, American Bar Association
- Thomas E. Fairchild American Inn of Court (2017-2021)
- Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association
- Anwaltskammer Milwaukee
Engagement für die Gemeinschaft
- Board Member, City Year Milwaukee
Präsentationen und Veröffentlichungen
- “Indemnification Applied: Lessons and Risk Management” (Milwaukee, WI 2024)
- “Understanding Indemnification: A Practical Approach” (Milwaukee, WI 2023)
- “Construction Contract Training” (Milwaukee, WI 2023)
- “Workouts: Traps for All Asset Classes & Unique Asset Class Concerns” (Dallas, TX 2023)
- “Don’t Let Borrowers or Guarantors Turn the Tables: Assessing and Avoiding Lender Liability Claims” (Milwaukee, WI 2021)
- Co-author, “Commercial and Consumer Transactions in Wisconsin,” Introduction to Letters of Credit, Chapter 5, Pinnacle, 3d ed. (2021)
- Author, “The Case Against Self-Representation in Capital Proceedings,” 99 MINN. L. REV. 1935 (2015)