Active NADC members.
Paul has over 40 years of experience in commercial litigation and business transactions. His litigation experience includes antitrust, business tort, contract, dealership, franchise, and intellectual property disputes before federal and state courts, administrative agencies, and arbitration panels throughout the United States.
Paul is one of the country’s leading authorities on automotive distribution and franchise issues and has written and spoken on many occasions to dealer and attorney groups on these issues. He has authored several amicus curiae briefs to the United States Supreme Court and other federal courts for the National Automobile Dealers Association and has served on panels for the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section and before the Federal Trade Commission regarding automotive distribution issues.
Paul currently chairs the Boardman & Clark LLP Dealership Practice Group and is also a member of the firm’s Business, Litigation, and Emerging Companies Practice Groups.
Admitted to Practice
- Wisconsin State Courts
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the First, Second, Sixth, and Seventh Circuits
- Several United States District Courts
Honors & Recognition
- AV® Rating by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America©
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation Antitrust
- Madison Litigation - Antitrust "Lawyer of the Year," 2017
- Named to the Wisconsin Super Lawyers® list
- Business Litigation
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Community Involvement & Board Memberships
- Madison Symphony Orchestra, Board of Directors, 2015-Present
- Madison Central Business Improvement District, Board of Directors, 2007-Present
- Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund
- Board of Directors, 1996-Present
- President, 2008
- Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center
- President, 2014
- Board of Directors, 2008-2016
- State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Governors
- Chairperson, 2007-2008
- Member, 2004-2008
- Urban League of Greater Madison, Board of Directors and Executive Committee, 2005-2011
- Madison Festival of the Lakes, Board of Directors, 1990-1993
- State Bar of Wisconsin, Business Section
- Past Chair
- Legal Assistance Committee
- Dane County Bar Association
- Past Member
- Delivery of Legal Services Committee
- Western District of Wisconsin Bar Association, Past President
Professional Memberships
- The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
- American Bar Association, Antitrust Section and Franchising Forum
- State Bar of Wisconsin, Business Section, Legal Assistance Committee
- Dane County Bar Association, Delivery of Legal Services Committee
- Western District of Wisconsin Bar Association
- Seventh Circuit Bar Association
- National Association of Dealer Counsel
Education
- J.D., University of Denver College of Law, 1973
- B.S., Business Administration, University of South Dakota, 1967
Paul’s Select Writing & Presentations
Ford EV Certification Requirements Raise Legal Issues Under the Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Dealer Law
The Franchise and Dealer Law Report | 10.31.22
Ford dealers now have until December 2, 2022 to enroll in Ford’s new 2022 Model e Electric Vehicle Program. Any dealer who does not enroll in the EV Program by December 2, 2022 will not be eligible to enroll until 2027.