Gregory M. Wesley, Partner and Co-Chair of the Employment Group, focuses his practice on labor and employment, government relations, and Indian law. His experience includes litigation of cases to successful conclusion as lead counsel in matters related to insurance defense and employment discrimination. Mr. Wesley conducts training presentations for employers regarding harassment in the workplace and provides training for managers and supervisors concerning compliance with state and federal employment laws.

Mr. Wesley provides strategic government relations and public affairs counsel to a leading food and beverage concessionaire, a multi-national life sciences corporation, construction and real estate developers, and a gaming industry client. Throughout the course of his representation, Mr. Wesley has worked with government officials at both the local and state level and has served as a key advisor in developing effective strategies to address client needs in various government affairs initiatives.

Mr. Wesley is a former honorary Milwaukee County Court Commissioner and past president of the Wisconsin Association of African-American Lawyers. Mr. Wesley is currently serving a three-year term on the Board of Directors for the United Way of Greater Milwaukee. He is the former chair of the Milwaukee Urban League, a member of the boards of directors of Milwaukee World Festivals, Inc. (Summerfest), the Southeastern Milwaukee Professional Baseball District (Miller Park), the Zoological Society of Milwaukee, and Legacy Bank. Mr. Wesley is an active member of the Greater Milwaukee Committee and the National Bar Association and a trustee of the Faye McBeath Foundation.

Mr. Wesley was elected as a 2010 Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA), Trial Honorary Society. He was recognized by Milwaukee Magazine in 2002 as one of “Under 35 Future Young Leaders” and most recently as one of “Forty Under Forty” for promising young professionals by the Business Journal Milwaukee. He has also been recognized twice as a “Rising Star” by Wisconsin Super Lawyers.

He received a B.S. from Indiana University-Bloomington and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Mr. Wesley is admitted to practice in Wisconsin and the U.S. District Court of the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin and the Southern District of Indiana. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES & EMPLOYMENT LAW, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, INDIAN LAW