ATTORNEY PROFILE
Sam Wayne is committed to providing your business with the services you need, doing it with the dedication and hard work you deserve. He has had many opportunities to approach difficult problems from numerous angles and foster creative, productive and efficient solutions. Sam is admitted to practice law in Illinois and Wisconsin. Before starting Wayne Business Law, Sam clerked for Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in New York City and for the Wisconsin Department of Justice's Consumer Protection unit, and interned for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice N. Patrick Crooks. |
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| Education | JD University of Wisconsin Law School
MPA University of Wisconsin BS Cornell University |
| Distinctions | First Place: ABA Regional Negotiation Competition Sonnet Schmidt Edmonds Award for excellence in energy law Wisconsin Bar Association Award for highest mark in Negotiations Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Robert M. La Follette Fellowship President: Business and Tax Law Association Coach: Middle School Mock Trial Competition |
Sam lives with his wife Emilie, dogs Lucy and Willy, and cats Daphne and Smokey. In his free time, he enjoys his family, reading, all kinds of athletics and the company of fun, interesting, and sincere people.
Sam recently served as one of five Dean's Fellows at the University of Wisconsin Law School, facilitating discussion among first year students and helping them become acclimated to life in professional school. He is a member of Downtown Madison, Inc., Madison MAGNET, the American Bar Association, the Wisconsin State Bar and the Young Lawyers Division Legislative Affairs and Professional Development Committees. He is also involved with the Wisconsin Wills for Heroes program, providing free estate planning services to Wisconsin's first responders.
