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Education

  • University of Wisconsin Law School
    J.D., 2019, cum laude
  • Marquette University – Graduate School of Management
    M.B.A., 2019
  • Marquette University
    B.S., Finance, 2016

Government Service

U.S. Army JAG Corps
    Trial Counsel
    Special Assistant U.S. Attorney
    Administrative Law Attorney
    Government Contracts & Fiscal Law Attorney
    Legal Assistance Attorney

Law Clerk to the Honorable Susan M. Brnovich, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

FBI
    Honors Law Clerk

Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission
    Research and Policy Analyst Intern

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Colorado
  • Montana
  • New Mexico
  • Wisconsin

Biography

Brett Tobin represents clients in healthcare professional liability cases and other civil litigation. Prior to joining WTO, he held roles including trial counsel with the U.S. Army JAG Corps and Special Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado. He also served as an honors law clerk with the FBI and a judicial law clerk with the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. With family members in healthcare, Brett sought out medical practice areas and finds fulfillment in representing physicians, hospitals, and other providers.

Through his government background, he has experience with a range of legal matters, from directing administrative and criminal investigations to government contracting, estate planning, and consumer finance.

Brett was an NCAA Division 1 student-athlete. As a triple jumper, he earned All Big East Track and Field honors. He is conversational in Spanish and has had experience speaking Thai and Arabic.

Cases

  • Represented the United States in hundreds of criminal proceedings from arraignment through sentencing.
  • Served as first or second chair trial counsel prosecuting crimes punishable by general and special courts-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Publications & Speaking Engagements

    Articles

  • Author, "The Seventh Circuit Fires a Warning Shot: ‘Rights and Benefits' Includes Paid Military Leave When Employers Offer Pay for ‘Comparable Absences," Wisconsin Law Review (2021).

Legal Memberships, Activities, and Honors

Federalist Society
    Member

Community Memberships, Activities, and Honors

Military Officers Association of America
State Bar of Wisconsin
Colorado Bar Association 
State Bar of New Mexico
Ralph H. Metcalfe Service Award 
Eagle Scout

Personal Interests

Hiking, spending time with family, college football, and camping

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