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The legacy of Attorney Alan D. Eisenberg has been a legacy of controversy. His case scrapbook is an eclectic mix of the Accused: The Famous, the Notorious, the Heinous, the Indigent, the Rich, Doctors, Lawyers, Merchants, Indian Chiefs, and several local prominent television broadcasters!
For a generation, Eisenberg has been the subject of numerous media pieces and cover stories. He was the cover story in El Conquistador when he ran for Governor of Wisconsin four years ago, and was on the cover of "The Press", a Milwaukee weekly in the same year. Wisconsin Monthly called him a "mean, tough, flamboyant gun for hire"; The Racine Journal Times called him the "King of the Hired Guns"; The Minneapolis Tribune compared him to Perry Mason; the National Law Journal said, "He is the best-known and most controversial lawyer in Wisconsin", and Auto Week described him as a "notoriously brutal scrapper whose aggressive and dramatic courtroom tactics in a steady succession of highly visible criminal cases -- more than 500 involving homicide -- have elicited comparisons to Clarence Darrow and other legendary barristers"; New Times Magazine in a late seventies article described him as a "short, dark tempest of a man combining the moral outrage of William Kunstler, the flamboyance of F. Lee Bailey, and the jive class of a street tough"; Stephen Englund wrote a book called Man Slaughter about his brilliant defense of a battered housewife charged with murder and described him as a ‘dogged infighter’ to whom ‘everything is the Battle of the Marne’; the same case was the subject of full page articles in the law and justice sections of Time and Newsweek. Town and Country Magazine commissioned Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz to publish a list of the best lawyers in America; he named Eisenberg to the list. Today, Eisenberg maintains what is called a National Law Practice and has handled matters annually in at least 20 states. He is a lifelong litigator, and has handled many matters before many state and federal appellate courts. He has enjoyed membership for decades as a member of the Milwaukee Bar, Wisconsin Bar, and other Bar Associations; he founded the original Wisconsin Criminal Defense Bar Association.
Alan Eisenberg Real Estate
In his long career as a real estate professional and at this time, he continues to operate his own brokerage firm, Alan Eisenberg Real Estate. He is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers, Wisconsin Realtors Association, Greater Milwaukee Realtors Association, the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, and Independent Realtors Associations. He also founded a hospitality industry brokers association. He was the past Chair of the Ethics/Grievance Committee for the Commercial Association of Realtors, has been Acting Chair of the Residential Board’s Grievance Committee, and Chair of the Public Relations, Government Liaison, and By-Laws Committees. He currently is on the grievance/ arbitration committee for the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors. He has been active with the Wisconsin Real Estate Exchangors, chair of several committees and was a recent recipient of the Outstanding Service Award. He is a monthly spokesperson for the Wisconsin Real Estate Exchangors for all training sessions for all new Realtors orientation programs on the topic of 1031 exchanges and "Starkers." He has presented over a hundred different educational radio and television programs about real estate. He has been real estate faculty and lecturer at many universities and colleges in the area. He has taught pre-licensing, and continuing education curriculum for both the real estate and law professions. He was published numerous times on the subject of "Ghosts, Murders and Stigmatized Real Estate," as well as the cover story in The National Journal of Equity Marketing, "The Rape of Equity". Presently Alan Eisenberg is the Associate Editor of El Conquistador, Wisconsin's leading Latino Weekly Newspaper and authors articles about real estate and business.
Life of Diverse Interests
Alan has been a successful presence on the airwaves and hosted several noteworthy local & syndicated radio and television shows on WOKY, WRKR, WNOV, KFIZ, WBKV WYMS, WRJN and both VIACOM Cable Television and MCM MATA Cable Access. He created the American genre of "Ask the Lawyer" radio call-in talk shows and currently produces and hosts "The Alan Eisenberg Show", a weekly radio call-in show on WRJN 1400 AM every Sunday night from 8pm to 9pm. He has had a long and successful run on WRJN. Callers receive legal advice on a vast multitude of legal topics and hear from many well known/famous personalities via Eisenberg interviews. Eisenberg also produces numerous special radio shows. Besides being a guest on many other local radio and television shows, he appeared several times on the Phil Donohue Show, Good Morning America, The Today Show and other network newscasts. For many years, he was noticed in the world of professional boxing, as a ring announcer, promoter and attorney for many boxing greats, including Eddie Mustapha Muhammad, Light Heavyweight Champion of the World and "Dangerous" Don Lee, Super Middleweight Champion of the World. Eisenberg had a radio boxing show, was the subject of several articles in Ring Magazine, was the ring announcer at the internationally televised (FNN and ABC) Johnny Du Ploy / Reynaldo Snipes Match, and separately interviewed both Muhammad Ali and Tommy "The Hit-Man" Hearns, and many other champions. He also had been a major promoter and supporter of Milwaukee’s local Al Moreland Boxing Club, and the Annual Golden Gloves events.
Eisenberg as Author
Eisenberg has long been recognized as a prolific author in his own right. For the last several years he has been the Associate Editor of El Conquistador, Wisconsin's largest and leading weekly Latino newspaper. As an attorney, he authored several articles published in Trial Magazine, house organ of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the lead articles published in The American Journal of Trial Advocacy, as well as The Oklahoma City University Law School Law Review. In the mid-Eighties, he combined forces with Thomas P. Curtis, former Milwaukee Sentinel editorial page cartoonist and editorial cartoonist of Buckley’s National Review and developed a cartoon strip for National Syndication. The strip, "GUSTAVE WIND," ran locally in the Shepherd Express. Eisenberg has authored many columns in major metropolitan newspapers and was featured as a regular columnist in Renaissance Magazine. As a real estate professional, he has published numerous articles in many real estate publications, and publications of general interest, locally and nationally. In 1994 alone he was published numerous times on the subject of "Ghosts, Murders and Stigmatized Real Estate," as well as the cover story in The National Journal of Equity Marketing, "The Rape of Equity".
Teacher, Mentor & Lecturer
In his role as a legal scholar, lecturer and teacher he has delivered Continuing Legal Education seminars to various Bar Association groups.Over the last thirty years, he has also taken on many teaching assignments at Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC), teaching real estate and business law, as well as criminology, social science and human services curriculum. Eisenberg has been both adjunct faculty and a lecturer at MATC since 1966. He has lectured at many other area colleges, high schools, and other institutions.In recent years, he has taught Real Estate Law, Criminology, Juvenile Delinquency, Contemporary American Society, and Developmental Disabilities. He has lectured in many MATC departments and on many other subjects. He has been a faculty advisor for campus organizations as well. He has been popular on the lecture and banquet circuit. Appearances have included lawyer, law enforcement and paralegal associations, the national associations of accountants, engineers, social workers, pharmacists, transportation industry professionals, journalists (Pen and Mike Club included), and hospital and medical continuing education conferences. He has lectured at many other colleges, high schools and intermediate schools in southeastern Wisconsin, including Marquette, UWM, Carroll, Carthage, Parkside and Gateway Colleges and Universities. He always appears without fee or honorarium.
Baseball!
Baseball has been a lifelong Eisenberg preoccupation. He has personally played on various baseball teams, and has sponsored others. In recent years, he applied his skills as a professional baseball umpire. He was a member of the Wisconsin Umpires Association and the National Association of Sports Officials. After 2002, he was twice elected to the office of Secretary of the Wisconsin Umpires Association. He is a life-long Milwaukee Brewers season ticket holder and fan!
Community/Civic Leader
Last, but not least, Eisenberg has established himself as a community leader. He was the President of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Milwaukee Council 323, and he is a State of Wisconsin LULAC officer; he is the parliamentarian of LULAC Kenosha Council 320. He is the founder and vice-president of the Latino Press Club (Milwaukee). He is a past Executive Director of the Epilepsy Association and was trained by John Hopkins Medical School in that field. He is the founder of the North Shore Historical Society and is the current Executive Director; he was on the Board of Directors of the Brown Deer Historical Society. He is currently on the Board of Directors of the Friends of Kletsch Park and had been a member of the Fox Point/ Bayside, Glendale and Racine Senior Centers. Eisenberg is presently a member of the Board of Directors of Wisconsin’s premier humane society, H.O.P.E. Safehouse, of Racine. Eisenberg is the former Vice President of Friends of Seniors, a Southeastern Wisconsin senior citizen organization based in Racine, Wisconsin with over 1200 members. Until 2006, he enjoyed membership on the Board of Directors of the prestigious Citizens for Responsible Government (CRG) in Wisconsin.
The Importance of Dogs & Companion Animals in the Life of Alan D. Eisenberg
One of the cases Eisenberg considers most important in his life is City of Racine vs. Rabideau, where Eisenberg sued because the police shot Rabideau’s dog. This case was covered by wire services all over the U.S. The Wisconsin Supreme Court declared it Case of The Month. Due to his passionate handling of this case, the lobbyist organization, Share The Earth, was founded.
Eisenberg argued to the Supreme Court, "It is time for an American court to acknowledge that we ‘Share The Earth‘". The Rabideau decision itself prompts a need for change in our companion animal laws. A major Save the Earth project underway is successfully encouraging the passage of Guardian/Ward Laws. One Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist literally suggested that Eisenberg be elected governor of Wisconsin. The author noted that if, as the Rabideau court decision suggests, that dogs have been part of the domestic-human relationship for over 8,000 years, then there is no doubt that over a million Wisconsin dogs would vote for Eisenberg.
Eisenberg has founded and supports humane animal organizations all over America. He is the former president of a national dog club, Miki Club of America, an organization dedicated to the Miki breed (rare, exotic miniatures). Eisenberg has shown dogs, cats, and horses, winning blue ribbons at shows all over the Midwest.
Through this specialty litigation, Eisenberg has saved 23 dogs from death row. One case in particular was Corey Felsinger's dog "Damon". Eisenberg demanded a trial by jury of ITS peers, 12 pit bulls in the jury box. The dog was set free by the authorities.
Athletics
He is presently 67 years old, but he doesn't look it! He is actively engaged in vigorous, regular workout/fitness endeavors. In 2000, Eisenberg established a Table Tennis Club at St. Rose’s Catholic Urban Academy in co-sponsorship with the New Berlin Table Tennis Club. Alan recruited and coached adults and school children of all ages in this popular recreational activity.For several years Eisenberg has won gold medals in the Senior Olympics playing table tennis, and continues to compete on a weekly basis.
Stafford Mansion
In 1996, Eisenberg moved his law practice into the fully restored 115-year old Rudolph Stafford Mansion in a historic neighborhood on Milwaukee’s Westside. He is engaged in general practice, business litigation, criminal defense and real estate law. Eisenberg continues to operate his real estate firm, Alan Eisenberg Real Estate
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