Aisiku, Imie V.

Gary Ahrens has three decades of experience litigating a broad range of commercial disputes including intellectual property; Lanham Act/fair trade; shareholder disputes; partnerships; acquisitions, commercial transactions; real estate interests valuation, development, financing and foreclosures; zoning and land use; fair housing on behalf of developers; appraisals, and wireless communication facilities. Besides Wisconsin, Ahrens has litigated in courts from New York to California.

Ahrens' recent work includes disputes involving oppression in a closely held industrial company, partition of a multi-million dollar real estate development, the application of the economic law doctrine to stock sales, commercial non-compete agreements, the acquisition of a multi-million dollar piece of specialized machinery, a Florida land development, a municipal master plan, shareholder buy-sell agreements in a closely held company, state court standing and subject matter jurisdiction, the preclusive effect of federal and state judgments, software trade secrets and copyrights, development of a major health care facility, Federal Fair Housing law aspects of an affordable housing development, licensing of intellectual property, patent validity, enforceability and infringement, the False Claims Act, the consequences of inequitable conduct by a patentee, and judicial estoppel. His work includes mediations and appearances in trial and appellate courts.