About Michael
Mike Crooks is a Shareholder in the firm’s Litigation and Risk Management Practice Group. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation, legal malpractice and other professional negligence claims, accounting malpractice, insurance defense and coverage issues, bad faith litigation, product liability work, premises liability, breach of contract, personal injury defense and third-party recovery. Mike is also an experienced mediator and is frequently called upon to resolve disputes.Mike is a frequent lecturer for many organizations including the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Judicial College, the Wisconsin Defense Counsel and the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Mike Crooks is a Shareholder in the firm’s Litigation and Risk Management Practice Group. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation, legal malpractice and other professional negligence claims, accounting malpractice, insurance defense and coverage issues, bad faith litigation, product liability work, premises liability, breach of contract, personal injury defense and third-party recovery. Mike is also an experienced mediator and is frequently called upon to resolve disputes.
Mike is a frequent lecturer for many organizations including the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Judicial College, the Wisconsin Defense Counsel and the University of Wisconsin Law School.
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Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Madison (2026)
- Lawyer of the Year: Insurance Law, Madison (2025)
- Lawyer of the Year: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Madison (2025)
- Lawyer of the Year: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Madison (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Madison (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Insurance Law, Madison (2023)
- Lawyer of the Year: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Madison (2022)
- Lawyer of the Year: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Madison (2021)
- Lawyer of the Year: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Madison (2020)
- Lawyer of the Year: Insurance Law, Madison (2018)
- Lawyer of the Year: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Madison (2017)
- Lawyer of the Year: Insurance Law, Madison (2016)
- Recognized: Commercial Litigation
- Recognized: Insurance Law
- Recognized: Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Recognized: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Recognized: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Practice Area: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Practice Area: Personal Injury Litigation
- "Top 25: Madison Super Lawyers®" (2011-2021)
- "Top 50: Wisconsin Super Lawyers®" (2009-2021)
- Wisconsin Super Lawyers® (2006-2021)
- AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®