Sarah F. Kaas
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Gingras, Thomsen & Wachs, LLP
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Appellate, Class Action & Mass Torts; view more
Licensed in Wisconsin since: 1996
Education: Drake University Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2010 - 2019 Call today:
608-690-5967
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For 25-plus years, personal injury attorney Sarah F. Kaas has been advocating for the rights of Wisconsin residents who are harmed by wrongful conduct, violations of safety rules/civil rights, and defective products. From the law firm of Gingras, Thomsen & Wachs LLP in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she handles a wide range of matters related to:
· Car and bike accidents
· Product liability
· Wrongful death
· Nursing home abuse
· Medical malpractice
· Civil rights
Hailing from the Milwaukee region, Ms. Kaas graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and sociology in 1993 from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Three years later, she received her Juris Doctor from Drake University Law School, where she was the executive editor of Drake Law Review; inducted into the Order of the Coif; a national competitor of the Moot Court. She also served as a judicial clerk to Chief Judge William Eich of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.
Devoted to supporting injured claimants, Ms. Kaas considers it an honor to put her law degree to use in helping people recuperate from their traumas. She relishes the chance of standing for individuals against insurance carriers or commercial entities and having the possibility to ask for an application of the law that protects people's rights.
Keen on giving back to her legal community, Ms. Kaas is a former member of the board of the Wisconsin Association for Justice and the past chair of its Women's Caucus. She has also volunteered for Marquette University Law School Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition. She is a recipient of the Wisconsin Law Journal Award for outstanding achievement in the practice of law. Moreover, she has authored several articles for esteemed publications and presented at seminars.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Appellate, Class Action/Mass Torts: PlaintiffFocus areas
Appeals, Personal Injury - Plaintiff
- 60% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 20% Appellate
- 20% Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 1996, Wisconsin
Professional Webpage: https://www.gtwlawyers.com/wisconsin-attorneys/sarah-kaas/
- Wisconsin Association for Justice Board of Directors, 2005-2012.
- Contributing Editor, "The Verdict" 2004-2011 Contributing Editor, "The Verdict," 2016-2017 Vice-Chair, Women's Caucus, Wisconsin Association for Justice, 2015-2016 Chair, Women's Caucus, Wisconsin Association for Justice, 2016-2017
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (B.A. Political Science/Sociology, summa cum laude), 1993
- Part I of this law review note discusses the prevalence of AIDS in the general population, the statistics and realities of AIDS in the prison population, and correctional facilities' policies on AIDS. Part II provides a background on prisoners' rights cases, including the history and current framework of the Eighth Amendment, and describes the way in which courts overwhelmingly defer to correctional facilities' policies designed to deal with HIV-AIDS. Part III of the Note also analyzes the way in which the Eleventh Amendment and the doctrines of immunity further preclude successful outcomes of prisoners' constitutional claims. Finally, Part IV concludes that the issue of AIDS in prisons may be best left to the prison administration and the legislature and suggests alternatives that may be utilized through these avenues., Author, "AIDS behind Bars: Judicial Barriers to Prisoners' Constitutional Claims", Drake Law Review, 45 Drake Law Rev. 527, 1997
- Whether you have just been asked to handle a low impact soft tissue case or are preparing for trial, the following is a brief overview of pre-trial considerations for the plaintiffs attorney in representing a client in a low impact accident case., Author, "Overview of Pre-Trial Considerations in Low Impact Automobile Accident Cases", The Verdict Vol 26:4, 2003
- Summary of damages obtainable under Wisconsin law in a personal injury case, requisite proof, and guiding legal considerations. Co-authored with Patrick O. Dunphy for the years indicated., Co-Author, "Special Damages", Wisconsin Law of Damages, 2005
- The following considerations apply in requesting and conducting sidebars during a jury trial: 1. Consider Raising the Issue of Use of Sidebars Before Trial; 2. Use Sidebars Judiciously; 3. Be Sensitive to the Jury and Their Perceptions; 4. Be Brief; 5. Consider an Explanation to the Jury; 6. Consider the Timing of Your Objection; 7. Make Your Record., Author, Make Your Record During Trial, The Verdict Vol. 32:4, 2009
- Presented at State Bar of WIsconsin Appellate Advocacy Workshop: how to use technology to effectively and efficiently manage drafting, finalizing and filing an appellate brief in Wisconsin., Author and PResenter, "Effectively Using a A Computer to Manage an Appeal", 2003
- Presented at Lorman Education Seminar: provided history and legal discussion of other insurance clauses in personal and commercial liability insurance contracts and how they work in conjunction with one another., Author and Presenter, "Other Insurance and Issues of Allocation", 2007
- Presented at Wisconsin Association for Justice Winter Seminar: presented overview of new electronic filing requirements in Wisconsin Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, electronic filing in federal courts in Wisconsin and applicable rules governing e-filing, including technological considerations and rule requirements., Author and Presenter, "Entering the Digital Age: electronic Filing in WIsconsin Courts", 2009
- Article discusses circumstances under which health care providers have an obligation to submit patients' medical bills to Medicare and Medicaid when there is third-party liability insurance. Article also discusses recent attempts by health care providers to balance bill and/or substitute bill. Article provides top ten take-aways for your practice., Co-Author, “Navigating the Sea of Medicare and Medicaid Regulations and the Pirating of Third-Party Liability Recoveries.", The Verdict, 2015
- Article discusses the Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSPA), Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (MMSEA), the Proposed Rules for the Treatment of FUnds Intended for Future Medical Expenses, the newly passed SMART Act, and states that have issued ethics decisions regarding the ethics of attorney indemnification generally, and specifically in the context of a settlement involving a Medicare lien., Co-author, “Medicare Liens and the Ethics of Attorney Indemnification", The Verdict, 2013
- Article summarizes the legislative changes to Wisconsin statute §146.38, the health care services review privilege, which was part of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act, which became effective February 1, 2011. The article discusses the actual scope and breath of the privilege, ways in which the priviilege can be challenged, and potential written discovery. , Co-Author, "Practical Considerations in Evaluating the Health Care Services Review Privilege in Wis. Stat. §146.38", The Verdict, Wisconsin Association For Justice, 2016
- Co-appellate counsel in Hiser v. West Bend Mut. Ins. Co., 2016 WI App 57, 370 Wis.2d 788, 882 N.W.2d 871. Co-appellate counsel in Dilger v. Metropolitan Property and Casualty Ins. Co., 2015 WI App 54. Appellate counsel in Jendusa-Nicolai v. Larsen, 2012 WL 1324245 (7th Cir. Apr. 18, 2012). Co-appellate counsel in Heritage Farms, Inc. v. Markel Ins. Co., 2012 WI 26, 339 Wis. 2d 125, 810 N.W.2d 465 (2012), and Heritage Farms, Inc. v. Markel Ins. Co., 2011 WI App 12, 331 Wis. 2d 64, 793 N.W.2d 896. Appellate counsel in Jendusa-Nicolai v. Larsen, 2011 WI App 19, 331 Wis.2d 486, 795 N.W.2d 62 (Ct. App. 2011). Counsel in Larsen v. Jendusa-Nicolai, 442 B.R. 905 (E.D. Wis. 2010). Co-appellate counsel in Brew City Redevelopment Group, LLC v. Ferchill Group, 2006 WI 128, 724 N.W.2d 879, 297 Wis.2d 606 (Wis. 2006), and Brew City Redevelopment Group, LLC v. The Ferchill Group, 2006 WI App 39, 289 Wis.2d 795, 714 N.W.2d 582 (Ct. App. 2006). Co-appellate counsel for Murray plaintiffs in Boyd v. Corr. Corp. of Am., 380 F.3d 989 (6th Cir. 2004)., 2004
- Wisconsin Law Journal award for outstanding achievement by the top women attorneys in the practice of law, Wisconsin Law Journal, 2011
- Volunteer for Marquette University Law School Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition -2014-2015 -2015-2016 -2016-2017, 2014
Office location for Sarah F. Kaas
219 North Milwaukee Street
Suite 520
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: 608-690-5967
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2010 - 2019
