Attorney John Gelshenen Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for Excellence in Real Estate Litigation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 15, 2024 Contact:  Sara Davissaradavismarketing@gmail.com Attorney John Gelshenen Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for Excellence in Real Estate Litigation MILWAUKEE – Attorney John J. Gelshenen, Co-founder and Partner at Davis & Gelshenen, LLP has been named to the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for his… Continue reading Attorney John Gelshenen Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for Excellence in Real Estate Litigation

Attorney Gelshenen Obtains Dismissals Based on Statute of Limitations

In two separate cases, Attorney John Gelshenen obtained voluntary dismissals after filing motions to dismiss based on the applicable statutes of limitation. The first was a Sauk County case in which the buyer sued our client who acted as broker for the seller. The buyer alleged interference with Plaintiff’s Property Rights, Intentional Interference with Contractual… Continue reading Attorney Gelshenen Obtains Dismissals Based on Statute of Limitations

Attorneys John Gelshenen and Daniel Davis Obtain Dismissal for Real Estate Agent Three Times on Same
Case

In this Walworth County case, buyers sued sellers for misrepresentation surrounding the use of a pier on a Lake Geneva property. Sellers tried to bring our client into the lawsuit more than two years after the closing. Attorney Gelshenen immediately moved to dismiss the case based on the two-year statute of limitations. The court granted… Continue reading Attorneys John Gelshenen and Daniel Davis Obtain Dismissal for Real Estate Agent Three Times on Same
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Attorneys John Gelshenen and Daniel Davis Obtain Rare Dismissal on Summary Judgment for Real Estate
Agent

In this Dane County case plaintiff buyers sued the sellers, sellers’ real estate agent, and our client, who acted as buyers’ agent. Plaintiffs advanced claims for failure to disclose and breach of fiduciary duty against our client based on an alleged failure to disclose wildlife easements on the property. Buyers learned of the easements prior… Continue reading Attorneys John Gelshenen and Daniel Davis Obtain Rare Dismissal on Summary Judgment for Real Estate
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Attorney John Gelshenen Obtains Dismissal at Trial For Real Estate Agent

In this Milwaukee County case, plaintiffs alleged a false advertising claim against the seller for alleged false information contained in the MLS listing and the Real Estate Condition Report. Sellers dragged the seller’s real estate agent into the lawsuit claiming that the agent was to blame and should have to pay the plaintiffs. After numerous… Continue reading Attorney John Gelshenen Obtains Dismissal at Trial For Real Estate Agent

Davis & Gelshenen LLP Celebrates 20 Years in Business

PRESS RELEASE October 5, 2022For Immediate ReleaseContact:  Sara Davissaradavismarketing@gmail.com Davis & Gelshenen LLP Celebrates 20 Years in Business MILWAUKEE, WIS – Davis & Gelshenen LLP is proud to announce the 20th anniversary of the firm. Co-founded in 2002 by Daniel S. Davis and John J. Gelshenen, Jr., the firm continues to focus its practice on… Continue reading Davis & Gelshenen LLP Celebrates 20 Years in Business

Attorney Gelshenen Wins Case for Broker Client Accused of Misrepresenting Bedroom in Listing

In this case, a home had been listed as a four-bedroom home by a prior agent/broker.  Our client took over the listing and listed it as a four-bedroom home.  Prior to the listing, the local municipal assessor inspected the home and assessed it as a four-bedroom home.  At some point after closing, the buyer believed… Continue reading Attorney Gelshenen Wins Case for Broker Client Accused of Misrepresenting Bedroom in Listing

Attorney Gelshenen Gets Insurance Company to Pay Large Settlement for Previously Denied Bicycle Accident

In this case, Davis & Gelshenen’s client sustained a wrist fracture in a bicycle versus car intersection accident.  The adverse driver and his insurance carrier claimed he had the right of way and denied the claim.  Faced with over $30,000.00 in medical bills for an accident related wrist surgery, the injured bicyclist hired Davis &… Continue reading Attorney Gelshenen Gets Insurance Company to Pay Large Settlement for Previously Denied Bicycle Accident

Attorney Gelshenen Wins Case and Appeal for Real Estate Broker Client

In this case our real estate broker client was sued for breach of brokerage duties and breach of contract.  After a year of litigation, Attorney Gelshenen won the case and had the case dismissed on summary judgment.  The plaintiff appealed, and Attorney Gelshenen won the case again, this time in front of the Wisconsin Court… Continue reading Attorney Gelshenen Wins Case and Appeal for Real Estate Broker Client

Attorney Gelshenen Obtains Favorable Result for Real Estate Broker Dragged into Lawsuit by Buyers Who Breached the Purchase Agreement

In this case the sellers of a home sued the prospective buyers after the buyers breached the purchase contract and refused to buy the property.  The buyers then sued our real estate agent client who represented the sellers, claiming that the agent did not add a contingency they requested when he drafted the offer to… Continue reading Attorney Gelshenen Obtains Favorable Result for Real Estate Broker Dragged into Lawsuit by Buyers Who Breached the Purchase Agreement