ROBERT R. HENAK
Henak Law Office, S.C.
1223 North Prospect Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(414) 283-9300
Practice Areas: Federal Sentencing, Wisconsin and Federal Post-Conviction Remedies and Criminal Appeals
Admitted: U.S. Supreme Court (1993)
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (1997)
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (1990)
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit (1989)
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit (1997)
U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin (1982)
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin (1987)
Wisconsin (1982)
New York (1983)
Biography: Law Clerk to Hon. James E. Doyle, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin (1982-1983); Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society, Manhattan Criminal Trial Division, NY, NY (1983-1987); Associate, Shellow, Shellow & Glynn, S.C., Milwaukee, WI (1987-2000); Henak Law Office, S.C., Milwaukee, WI (2000-present).
Associations: State Bar of Wisconsin, Appellate Practice & Criminal Law Sections; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL); Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys (WACDL); First Amendment Lawyers Association; Milwaukee Bar Association; Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association.
Committee Assignments & Professional Activities: American Civil Liberties Union, Wisconsin Lawyers Steering Committee (1995-present); State Bar of Wisconsin, Appellate Practice Section Board of Directors (2000-2001), Appellate Practice Section Pro-Bono Program Co-Chair (2002-present); WACDL Board of Directors (1996-present); WACDL Amicus Chair (1996-present); Wisconsin Judicial Council Appellate Issues Committee (Ad hoc Member, 1997-present); Milwaukee Bar Association, Appellate Bench-Bar Committee (2002-present); State Public Defender Private Bar Advisory Committee (2003).
Educated: Wartburg College; Grinnell College (B.A. with honors, 1979); New York University (J.D., 1982)
Born: Lake City, Iowa, July 23, 1957