Michael T. Pepke is a business lawyer and chair of Reinhart's Business Law Practice. Mike works with a wide array of companies in a variety of industries, but the heart of his practice is serving as general counsel to middle-market, privately owned businesses. Mike's basic philosophy of practice is to add value to his clients' personal and business goals beyond lawyering. To that end, he makes it his business to understand their business. In the words of one of Mike's clients, Andy Tully of Tekra Corporation:  "Mike is a good lawyer, but more importantly, he uses common sense and street smarts. I view him as more than an attorney; he is part of our management team."

Representative Matters and Experience

• Representing businesses in all phases including start-up/acquisition, growth financing, add-on acquisitions, recapitalization and exit strategies through sale or public offering
• Advising clients with respect to complex legal and business matters including banking and other financing relationships, customer and supplier relationships, manufacturing and distribution matters, employee and key executive relationships, owner relationships and strategic and succession planning 

Accolades

• Best Lawyers in America (Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
• Selected for inclusion in Wisconsin Super Lawyers
• Chambers USA:  America's Leading Lawyers For Business, named a leading individual in corporate/merger and acquisitions
• Veteran Leader in the Law, in The Business Journal of Greater Milwaukee's 2004 "Book of Lists"
• One of OnMilwaukee.com's "100 People to Know in Milwaukee" in 2006
• Wisconsin Top Rated Lawyer Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated

Affiliations/Memberships

• State Bar of Wisconsin
• State Bar of Colorado
• Children's Service Society of Wisconsin, Inc., (Board of Directors and former president of the Board)
• Children's Service Society of Wisconsin Foundation (former president)
• Junior Achievement of Wisconsin, Inc., (Board of Directors)
• Children's Hospital and Health Systems, Inc., (Board of Directors)
• U.S. Bank Championship (Board of Directors)

Education

• J.D., cum laude, Cornell University Law School
• M.A., University of Michigan
• B.A., with honors, University of Wisconsin-Madison