Michael B. Van Sicklen is a retired partner and litigation lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. Van Sicklen’s practice focused on commercial litigation, debtors/creditors rights and appellate practice. He represented and counseled clients in a wide variety of civil and commercial litigation, bankruptcy and insolvency matters (including real estate and lender liability), and all types of civil cases on appeal to higher courts. He oversaw all litigation in the massive Ambac Assurance Corporation (Segregated Account) Rehabilitation (see ambacpolicyholders.com). Van Sicklen was head of the Madison office Litigation Team for 10 years. He was a member of firm’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations Practices, as well as the Appellate and Insurance & Reinsurance Litigation Practices.

Prior to joining Foley, Michael was law clerk to Justice Nathan S. Heffernan on the Wisconsin Supreme Court (1979-1980), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco (1980-1981), and Judge Robert Boochever, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Juneau, Alaska (1981-1982).