Background
Bechler, Lawrence Edgar was born on October 23, 1950 in Milwaukee. Son of Harold Edgar and Jane (Johnson) Bechler.
Bechler, Lawrence Edgar was born on October 23, 1950 in Milwaukee. Son of Harold Edgar and Jane (Johnson) Bechler.
The Ohio State University (Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, 1972. Master of Arts, 1974). University of Wisconsin Madison (Juris Doctor, 1977).
Kappa Kappa Psi.
Member, 1983— and Vice President, since 1986, Madison Board of Water Commissioners.
Worked at Murphy & Desmond, South Carolina (U.S.) (Madison, Wisconsin) specializing in Business and Corporate Planning, Mergers and Acquisitions, Estate Planning, Probate, Banking, Bankruptcy, Creditors" Rights, Workouts, Reorganizations, Commercial Litigation, Family Law, Securities, Tax Planning and Litigation, Real Estate, Administrative Law, Legislative Advocacy, Municipal Law, Health Law, Civil and Trial Practice, Professional Ethics and Discipline Law, Construction Law, Personal Injury, Constitutional Law, Environmental Insurance Litigation, Antitrust Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Wisconsin. Kappa Kappa Psi. Instructor, University of Wisconsin Law School General Practice Course, 1989.
Author and Lecturer: "Property Tax Law in Wisconsin," National Business Institute, 1995.
Member, 1983, Vice President, 1986-1992, President, 1992, Madison Board of Water Commissioners. Member, Madison Solid Waste Advisory Committee, 1992-1993.
Member: Dane County and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Wisconsin (Member, Convention and Entertainment Committee, 1979-1983).
American Judicature Society.
International Municipal Lawyers Association. Murphy & Desmond, South Carolina (U.S.) was founded in 1931. The firm provides a wide array of legal services to the business community and to individuals.
The attorneys associated with the firm have a philosophy and standard of practice calling for integrity, competence, efficiently rendered services to clients, loyalty to the system of justice of which its members are a part, and public service to the wider community.
Member of the board of directors Madison Water Commissioners, since 1983, vice president, 1987-1991, president, since 1991. Vestry person St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Madison, 1986-1989, diocesan representative, 1996. Attorney Village of McFarland, Wisconsin, since 1981, Village of Waunakee, Wisconsin, since 1996.
Town attorney Town of Lodi, since 1989, Town of Windsor, Wisconsin, since 1982, Town of Oregon, Wisconsin, since 1994. Assistant city attorney City ofMiddleton, 1978-1993, City of Stoughton, Wisconsin, 1978-1986, Town of Dekorra, since 1998, Town of Ledgeview, 1998. Member Madison Solid Waste Advisory Committee, 1991-1993.
Member American Bar Association, American Judicature Society, International Municipal Lawyers Association, State Bar of Wisconsin (convention and entertainment committee 1980-1983), Dane County Bar Association.
Married Patricia Davey Struck, September 8, 1979. Children: Thomas Colton, Stephen Dwight, Jonathan Keep.