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Robert
Melzer represents individuals
and family business owners in a wide range of legal matters. He
has been with Rohde Dales since 1974, becoming a partner of the firm
in 1977. He has forty
years of experience in counseling family business owners and in some
cases has represented three generations of family business owners. His
practice is concentrated in the formation and operation of family businesses,
which includes corporate governance, business planning, stock transfer
agreements, succession planning and the purchase and sale of businesses.
Bob is the senior family business advisor and has served as an officer,
director, trustee and mentor for family business ranging in size from
relatively modest businesses to businesses of national and/or international
scope.
Bob also finds time to be active in nonprofit
and charitable organizations. He has served on the Lakeland College Board of Trustees for over 30 years and currently
serves as the Chairperson of the Board. He also serves as a director
and officer of the Lakeland College Foundation and the Wisconsin Maritime
Museum. Bob
previously served as the President of the Sheboygan Economic Club
and the Elkhart Lake Improvement Association, and is a director of
several private charitable foundations.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES Member,
State Bar of Wisconsin; Member, American Bar
Association; Member, Maritime Law
Association of the United States; Member, Family Firm Institute; Member,
Attorney’s for Family Held Enterprises
PRACTICE AREAS Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Closely Held Corporations,
Family Corporations, Non-Profit Corporations, Estate Planning and Philanthropy
EDUCATION B.S., Northwestern University,
1963; J.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison,
1967;
Post Graduate Studies; Harvard University Graduate School
of Business; Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate
School of Business; University of Wisconsin
- Madison Family Business Center; Heckerling Institute - 1995 to date
ADMISSIONS State Bar of Wisconsin,
1967; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1967 and U.S. Tax Court |
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