Amy M. Risseeuw

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Amy

Amy M. Risseeuw

Managing Partner

Biography

Amy joined Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C., as an attorney in 2005. Amy has been the Managing Partner of the firm since 2018.  A graduate from the University of Wisconsin Law School, Amy practices in the personal injury section. Amy has tried many cases to verdict in multiple areas of personal injury law, including automobile accidents, dog attacks and premises liability. 

Amy has also handled numerous appellate matters, appearing in the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Amy was selected as a Rising Star in the Super Lawyers publication  from 2010-2018.  

In 2019, Amy was named as a Wisconsin Super Lawyer and has continued to earn that distinction annually.  From 2023 to present, Amy has been selected to the Top 25 Women Wisconsin Super Lawyers.She is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Outagamie County Bar Association and the Wisconsin Association for Justice. Amy has authored articles and given seminar presentations on developments in case law and other legal matters. 

In addition to professional organizations, Amy has served as a board member for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Fox Valley Region and coached the Lawrence University Mock Trial Team. She has also authored articles for The Verdict, a magazine of the Wisconsin Association for Justice: “Judicial Estoppel, A Cautionary Tale,” and “Apropos of a Cautionary Tale.”

As a law student, Amy worked part time as a personal injury law clerk, served as Secretary to the Moot Court Executive Board, and was an Articles Editor for the Wisconsin Law Review. While a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Amy played trombone in the Marching Band and Varsity Band. During her junior year, Amy studied abroad in Madrid, Spain. Amy enjoys sharing her love of travel and her love for the Wisconsin Badgers with her husband and two children.

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Areas of Practice

Bar Admissions

Education

  • Cum Laude
  • Wisconsin Law Review – Article Editor
  • Moot Court Board – Secretary
  • State Bar/Law School Academic Achievement Award for the highest grade in Business Organizations I §1
  • State Bar/Law School Academic Achievement Award for the highest grade in Equal Employment §2
  • Recipient of the American Bar Association/Bureau of National Affairs Labor and Employment Award
  • B.A. – 2000
  • Honors: With Distinction, GPA 3.82
  • Major: Political Science and Spanish
  • Madrid, Spain

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Member of the Jury Instruction Committee
  • Women’s Caucus Vice-Chair & Chair (2011-2012)
  • Spring Seminar Co-Chair and Chair (2013-2016)
  • Board of Directors (2013-present)
  • Executive Committee Member (2015-2023)
  • Treasurer (2020)
  • Secretary (2021)
  • President (2022)
  • Litigation Section Board Member (7/1/2017-6/30/2023)
  • Secretary (2012-13)
  • Vice President (2013-14)
  • President (2014-15)
  • – Dream Big Gala Committee Member (2015–2019)

Classes/Seminars

Honors and Awards

Pro Bono Activities

Amy M. Risseeuw
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Amy M. Risseeuw
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Amy M. Risseeuw
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