Tenacious but pragmatic litigator and insurance coverage ace

Brandon Gutschow is a litigator with particular interest in and experience helping policyholders navigate insurance coverage issues, from assisting with evaluating and placing coverage to presenting, negotiating and litigating claims across the full spectrum of commercial coverages. He has handled commercial disputes for clients ranging from small closely held companies to largely publicly traded corporations. His clients include:

• Professional service providers such as investment advisors
• Utility service providers
• Manufacturers from heavy to light manufacturing and from consumer to industrial goods, including breweries, paper mills, automotive suppliers and food service suppliers

Brandon understands clients are businesspeople who want results, and they appreciate his tenacious yet pragmatic approach that resolves matters in the most beneficial and expedient means possible. He is a dedicated attorney who believes no client and matter is too big or too small to get anything but his full and immediate attention.

Bar Admissions

• Wisconsin

Education

• Marquette University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2007)
  • National Dean's List
  • Marquette University Dean's List (eight semesters)
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Sigma Alpha and Pi Gamma Mu honor societies

• University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 2010)
  • Daniel H. Grady Award, top ranking student in graduating class
  • Dean's Academic Achievement Award
  • Academic Achievement Awards for Highest Grades in Insurance Law, Civil Procedure, Advanced Legal Writing, Torts, Labor Relations Law, Administrative Law, Substantive Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure

• "2014 Wisconsin Insurance Law Update"
• "2015 Wisconsin Insurance Law Update"
• "2016 Wisconsin Insurance Law Update"
• "2017 Wisconsin Insurance Law Update"
• "Indemnification Provisions and Related Insurance Issues"
• "Wisconsin Insurance Law Year in Review – 2016"
• "Wisconsin Insurance Law Year in Review – 2017"
• "Wisconsin Insurance Law: 2014 Year in Review…and a Look Ahead"
• 2011 Wisconsin Insurance Law Year in Review
• 2012 Wisconsin Insurance Law Year in Review
• 2013 Wisconsin Insurance Law Year in Review
• 2014 ​Wisconsin Insurance Law Year in Review
• 2016 Wisconsin Insurance Law Year in Review
• 2017 Wisconsin Insurance Law Year in Review
• 2018 Insurance Coverage Case Law Year in Review
• 2018 Wisconsin Insurance Case Law Year in Review
• 2019 Insurance Coverage Case Law Year in Review
• 2019 Wisconsin Insurance Case Law Year in Review
• 2020 Wisconsin Insurance Case Law Year in Review
• 2020 Wisconsin Insurance Case Law Year in Review
• 2022 Wisconsin Insurance Case Law Year in Review
• 2023 Wisconsin Insurance Case Law Year in Review
• 2023 Wisconsin Insurance Case Law Year in Review
• Claims-Made Policies May Cover Claims Submitted Outside the Reporting Period
• Recent Decisions Underscore Importance of Communication With Carriers
• Tribes Win Insurance Coverage For COVID-19 Business Losses
• Wisconsin Case Law Year in Review 2023
• Wisconsin Supreme Court Expands Volitional Acts Analysis to the Detriment of Policyholders
• ​2015 Wisconsin Insurance Law Year in Review
• “Claims-Made Policies May Cover Claims Submitted Outside the Reporting Period”
• “For Policyholders, Communication With Carriers Is Key”
• “Wisconsin Insurance Coverage Law: Recent Trends and Developments in 2013"
• “Wisconsin Insurance Law Year In Review”
• “Wisconsin Insurance Law: Year In Review”

Seminar

• Business Law Training - Did I Really Agree to That? Contractual Indemnification Provisions in Commercial Transactions and How to Minimize The Risk That They Will Come Back to Haunt You