Heath Straka

Heath Straka

Axley Attorneys

Madison, WI

https://www.axley.com

  • Experience 22 years of experience year
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Practice Areas

Personal Injury
Construction Law
Products Liability
Animal & Dog Law
Employment Law
Personal Injury

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

  • Wisconsin

Spoken Languages

  • Spanish: Spoken, Written

Working hours

  • Monday: 7 AM - 6 PM
  • Tuesday: 7 AM - 6 PM
  • Wednesday: 7 AM - 6 PM
  • Thursday: 7 AM - 6 PM
  • Friday: 7 AM - 6 PM
  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: Closed

Biography

Heath Straka is a partner at Axley Brynelson, LLP and is the Immediate Past President of the Wisconsin Association of Justice (WAJ). WAJ is the state-wide association for trial attorneys and has over 800 professional members. His practice focuses on personal injury actions, general litigation involving employment and construction disputes and also complex litigation and class actions involving product liability claims and wage and hour violations. Heath received his law degree from the UW Law School in 2000. He has extensive litigation experience in the State and Federal Courts of Wisconsin and has practiced in the successful resolution of numerous Civil Rights and Personal Injury cases. He was recently appointed to be the Chair of the Dane County Civil Service Commission. In that role, Heath serves as the presiding attorney regarding employment disputes with Dane County Civil servants.Heath has successfully argued two cases in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He is also active in the legal community, serving in all officer roles with WAJ. Heath has been consistently voted by his peers to be both a Super Lawyer and among the Best Lawyers in America. He has also been recognized by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel and was awarded the Top 40 Under 40 Award by The National Trial Lawyers in 2012. Heath is fluent in Spanish and has volunteered with the Dane County bar for non-English speaking legal services. He also volunteers in the community. He is the Past-President of the Patriots Youth Hockey Association; is a past Board Member with Madison Festivals, Inc. (which runs Taste of Madison, The Madison Marathon, and Rhythm & Booms); and coaches both youth hockey and soccer. Heath is married with three children.

Professional Associations

  • Wisconsin State Bar # 1031351
    Member
    Current

Education

  • U of Wisconsin
    2000

Awards

  • Super Lawyer
    Super Lawyers

Speaking Engagements

  • Construction Business Group, Spring Conference