Mario D. Mendoza

Mario Mendoza's law practice focuses on assisting clients with an array of business legal matters, including business planning and entity formation, business contracts and negotiations, real estate transactions (commercial and residential), government relations, and legal disputes requiring litigation. In addition, Mendoza has assisted numerous licensed professionals in licensing, disciplinary and all regulatory matters. His clients include nurses, doctors and other medical professionals, real estate appraisers, lawyers, realtors, and psychologists. Mendoza, who is a fluent Spanish speaker and writer, is a shareholder and leader of the firm's Bilingual Legal Services Practice Group. Previously, Mendoza served as an Assistant to the Mayor of the City of Madison for eight years, where he helped manage agencies totalling over 800 people. His responsibilties included planning, zoning,Tax Incremental Financing (TIFs) and public safety. He also represented the City of Madison in its intergovernmental relations efforts with the State of Wisconsin and other local governments throughout Wisconsin. Prior to his work with the City of Madison, Mendoza argued a medical malpractice case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Since 2005, Mendoza has been an adjunct faculty member at the University of Wisconsin Law School in the Lawyering Skills Program, and he oversees the firm's law clerk diversity program. He works with clients in both the Madison and Janesville law offices of Murphy Desmond. Awards and Honors Honors In Business Magazine Executive Register (list of top executives in Madison area), 2006 - 2010 In Business Magazine 40 Under 40 (list of emerging leaders in the Madison area), 2007 Featured in University of Wisconsin Law School LEO Alumni Success Stories; 1999 & 2006 Iron Cross Honorary Society, 1991

• Mayor, City of Madison , Assistant
• University of Wisconsin Law School, Adjunct Faculty Member, 2005 - Present

• Disciplinary Hearings Before Police and Fire Commissions. Presentation given at "The Role of Police and Fire Commission" seminar by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Professional and Applied Studies, July 2001.
• Acoso en el Empleo. Spanish language presentation on workplace harassment, given at The Bruce Co., Middleton, Wis., April 2001.
• Gimme My Money! Debt Collection Tips. Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce, April 1999; and statewide series, June 1999.

• Wisconsin, 1996

• Latino Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors (2011 - Present)
• Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce – Small Business Advisory Council , 2004 - Present (Member)
• Downtown Business Improvement District Board of Directors, 2006 - 2007 (Ex-officio Member)
• Downtown Hotel Feasibility Study Committee, 2008 (Chair)
• Room Tax Oversight Committee, 2008 (Chair)
• In Business Magazine Advisory Board, 2006 (Member)
• African American/Black Business Association, 2004 - 2007 (Steering Committee Member)
• Centro Hispano of Dane County, 2003 - 2007 (Board of Directors)
• YWCA Madison, 2005 - 2007 (Board of Directors)
• United Way of Dane County Rosenberry Society, 2002 - 2006 (Council Member)
• City of Madison, Wisconsin Police & Fire Commission, 1997 - 2001 (Commissioner)
• American Inns of Court, 1997 - 1999 (Member)