Top Rated Medical Malpractice Attorney in Waukesha, WI

Attorney James M. Fergal is of counsel and former head of the medical malpractice team at the law firm of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Mr. Fergal has over 45 years of legal experience and concentrates his practice on medical malpractice law, serving clients in Waukesha and throughout the state of Wisconsin.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Fergal has litigated cases throughout Wisconsin and before the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. Prior to joining Habush Habush & Rottier S.C., he served as assistant United States attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, a public defender in Brooklyn, New York, and staff attorney of the Legal Aid Society in New York City.

Honored for his accomplishments, The Best Lawyers in America included Mr. Fergal in their 2019 edition and Martindale Hubbell awarded him an AV Preeminent* peer review rating. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers since 1995 and he is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. An active member of the legal community, he belongs to the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice.

Mr. Fergal earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. He passed the Wisconsin bar examination and obtained his license to practice law in 1972. He is certified as a trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.