About Jerome
Jerome M. Janzer is the CEO of Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.. He is also co-chair of the firm's Real Estate Practice and a member of the Business Law Practice. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience, Jerry counsels and represents clients in a variety of industries including real estate, financial institutions, transportation, construction, manufacturing and printing. He advises his clients on every aspect of acquiring, growing and eventually selling a business including capitalization and corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and succession planning. He also works with real estate clients from the earliest conceptual stage of a development through land acquisition, financing, land use planning, zoning, tax incremental financing, design contracts, construction, leasing and sale. A frequent speaker on business and real estate topics, Jerry has earned a reputation as a trusted advisor who works closely with clients to provide the timely and creative advice and strategies they need to achieve their business goals. Representative Matters and Experience Business law:Entity formationCapitalizationMergers and acquisitionsCorporate governanceSuccession planningReal estate:DevelopmentFinancingLand-use planningZoningTax incremental financingLeasingConstruction and design contractsAccoladesBest Lawyers in America (Real Estate Law; Corporate Law)Selected for inclusion in Wisconsin Super LawyersPower Book: The Milwaukee Area's Most Influential People, The Business Journal, Milwaukee,WI (2009 - 2012)Wisconsin Top Rated Lawyer Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated Notable PublicationsContributing author on various real estate law publications including:Advanced Real Estate Law in Wisconsin Current Issues in Commercial Real Estate Leases in WisconsinMajor Land Use Laws in WisconsinAffiliations/MembershipsState Bar of WisconsinMilwaukee Bar AssociationAmerican Bar AssociationGreater Milwaukee CommitteeBoard of Directors of Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.Board of Directors of Competitive Wisconsin, Inc.Advisory Board of Directors of Marquette University Law SchoolAmerican College of Real Estate LawyersReal Estate Counsel Group of American Land Title AssociationCEO's Against Cancer for the American Cancer Society President's Council of Children's HospitalTocqueville Society of United WayWoolsack Society of Marquette University Law SchoolEducationJ.D., cum laude, Marquette University Law SchoolB.A., Marquette University
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Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Real Estate Law, Milwaukee (2021)
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Law, Milwaukee (2016)
- Recognized: Corporate Law
- Recognized: Real Estate Law
- Special Focus: Commercial
- Special Focus: Construction
- Special Focus: Corporate
- Special Focus: Development
- Special Focus: Finance
- Special Focus: Industrial
- Special Focus: Land Use
- Special Focus: Mergers & Acquisitions
- Special Focus: Office Buildings
- Special Focus: Residential
- Special Focus: Tax Certiorari
- Special Focus: TIFF
- Special Focus: Transactions