Matthew J. Feery
Associate
Milwaukee
Biography
Matthew J. Feery counsels clients on issues involving employment discrimination, restrictive covenants, wage and hour concerns, business closings and mass layoffs, and compliance with state and federal laws and regulations. His experience in employment legal matters includes settlement negotiations in employment contract disputes and workers’ compensation matters, conducting fact investigations and witness interviews in employment discrimination matters, taking and defending numerous depositions in federal court and American Arbitration Association cases, and arguing motions before courts and administrative agencies.
He has composed employee handbooks and drafted employment agreements, including non-competition agreements, confidentiality agreements, and separation agreements. Mr. Feery also has experience with issues under a variety of employment laws and regulations, including the FMLA, ADA, FLSA, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, and Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, as well as state discrimination laws. He has also managed and supervised immigration applications and audits, including application for J-1 visa waivers.
Mr. Feery earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Illinois College of Law. He earned B.A. degrees in Political Science and History, graduating cum laude, from Marquette University and also studied at the London School of Economics. Mr. Feery served as an Extern to Chief Judge Paul P. Biebel, Jr., Cook County Circuit Court, Criminal Division, in Chicago. He is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin and is admitted to practice in the states of Wisconsin and Illinois, as well as the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin and the Northern District of Illinois.
Education & Bar Admissions
Education
- University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude
- Marquette University, B.A., Political Science and History, cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
In the News
Publications
February 29, 2012 — Matthew J. Feery, Esq.
September 28, 2011 — Matthew J. Feery, Esq.
June 29, 2011 — Matthew J. Feery, Esq.
June 22, 2011 — Matthew J. Feery, Esq.
March 24, 2011 — Jill Pedigo Hall Esq. and Matthew J. Feery, Esq.
March 2, 2011 — Matthew J. Feery, Esq.
September 1, 2010 — Matthew J. Feery, Esq.
