Background
Markson, John Wright was born on September 1, 1954 in Milwaukee. Son of John W. and Edith M. (Hennig) Markson.
Markson, John Wright was born on September 1, 1954 in Milwaukee. Son of John W. and Edith M. (Hennig) Markson.
University of Wisconsin (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1975. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk, Justice William G. Callow, Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1978-1979.
Worked at Bell, Metzner, Gierhart & Moore, South Carolina (U.S.) (Madison, Wisconsin) specializing in Public Utility, Corporate, Finance, Taxation, Pension, Real Estate, Insurance and Securities Law. General Practice in State and Federal Courts, Departments and Commissions, Estate Planning, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Telecommunications. Civil Litigation, Environmental Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1978, Wisconsin.
Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk, Justice William G. Callow, Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1978-1979. Court Commissioner, 1991.
Member: Dane County and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. State Bar of Wisconsin (Member, Litigation Section).
Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin.
Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Bell, Metzner, Gierhart & Moore, South Carolina (U.S.) was originally founded in 1851 under the firm name of Pinney & Pinney. The firm is now a general practice professional services corporation providing a full range of legal services including both general counsel and trial counsel services to the insurance industry, utilities, banks and other public and private corporations.
Real estate development.
Estate planning; taxation and family law.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Bar Association, Wisconsin Bar Association, Dane CountyBar Association (chairman civil trial section 1988), American Judicature Society, CivilTrial Counsel Wisconsin, National Board Trial Advocacy (civil certified), Phi Beta Kappa.