Gerardo (Jerry) H. Gonzalez’ practice includes developing and responding to litigation concerns. Mr. Gonzalez defends clients in complex litigation and directs the GSH Litigation Practice Group. He has drafted and negotiated contracts with intellectual property rights and trademark licensing, along with litigating intellectual property issues. Mr. Gonzalez has tried many cases and has spoken regarding litigation trends and diversity issues in the legal profession. Mr. Gonzalez received a B.B.A. in Finance and Marketing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Business and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he served as an Editor of the Wisconsin International Law Journal.

Mr. Gonzalez has served on boards and was recommended by the White House to a three-year term on the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago Board of Directors, where he served on their Executive Committee. The bank had over $65 billion in assets during his tenure. He also has served on numerous non-profit boards, currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, along with CEOs from other major Milwaukee area corporations. Mr. Gonzalez is a Member of the Roundy’s Foundation Board of Directors and past Board Chair of St. Charles Youth and Family Services (1997-2004).

Mr. Gonzalez has founded organizations or programs and has served on boards and committees that promote diversity. He has held leadership positions as follows: American Bar Association Minority Counsel Program - Steering Committee; appointed to the Committee on Judicial Election, a committee constituted by then Governor Tommy Thompson and Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson and designed as a think tank to investigate ways to increase racial and ethnic diversity among Wisconsin judges; and a founder of the State Bar of Wisconsin Diversity Counsel Program, acting as Chair of the program from 1995 through 2005. Mr. Gonzalez serves as a Board Member for the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF), which he co-founded. Mr. Gonzalez has served as an advocate for diverse business interests, providing pro bono legal services to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin.

Mr. Gonzalez was the recipient of the State Bar of Wisconsin President’s Award in 2004. He has been named a Wisconsin Super Lawyer for the past several years and was selected to the National Product Liability Advisory Council. Mr. Gonzalez is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society consisting of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. He also enjoys an individual Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review rating. He is admitted to practice in Wisconsin, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois, District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth and Seventh Circuits. Mr. Gonzalez is fluent in Spanish. LITIGATION, STRATEGIC PLANNING, PUBLIC RELATIONS and BANKRUPTCY.