Dean B. Richards is a shareholder in the Real Estate Practice, where he represents developers and landowners throughout Wisconsin, principally in connection with development, zoning and land division activities. 

Representative Matters and Experience

• Serving as special counsel to a number of municipalities and counties in land use matters
• Obtaining governmental approvals and permits for developments and land use projects, resolving property and land use disputes and adjudicating land use conflicts and zoning violations

 Accolades

• Best Lawyers in America (Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Litigation-Real Estate; Real Estate Law)
• Chambers USA:  America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2008 - 2010
• Selected for inclusion in Wisconsin Super Lawyers
• Wisconsin Law Journal's 2004 Leaders in the Law
• Wisconsin Top Rated Lawyer Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated

Affiliations/Memberships

• State Bar of Wisconsin
• Licensed to practice in Wisconsin, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin and the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
• Town of Delafield Fire Department (Fire Chief, 1998 to present)
• Waukesha County Economic Development Commission (director)
• Greater Delafield's Community Fund (former director)
• Thomas More Scholar and member of the National Moot Court Team while at Marquette University

Education

• J.D., Marquette University Law School
• B.S., University of Pennsylvania-Wharton, School of Finance & Commerce