Experience

Rating: 10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2009

Wisconsin Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers and Law & Politics

2008

Wisconsin Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers and Law & Politics

2007

Wisconsin Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers and Law & Politics

2006

Wisconsin Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers and Law & Politics

2005

Wisconsin Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers and Law & Politics

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Work Experience

1998 - Present

Attorney/Managing Partner, Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C.

1983 - 1998

Attorney/Managing Partner, Hughes, Watters & Askanase, LLP

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Associations

2005 - Present

FindLaw Wisconsin Law Firm Advisory Board

Board Member

2000 - Present

Property Loss Research Bureau (PLRB)

Member

1999 - Present

National Association of Subrogation Professionals

Founding Member

1999 - Present

National Association of Subrogation Professionals, Regions Committee

Chair

1999 - Present

National Association of Subrogation Professionals, Publications Committee and Amicus Committee

Member

1994 - Present

National Board of Trial Advocacy

Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy

1988 - Present

State Bar of Wisconsin

Member

1988 - Present

Houston Bar Association

Member

1988 - Present

State Bar of Texas, Texas Board of Specialization

Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law

1983 - Present

State Bar of Texas

Member

1983 - Present

Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Member

1983 - Present

American Bar Association

Member

1983 - Present

Texas Trial Lawyers Association

Member

1997 - 1998

Houston Trial Lawyers Association

Director

1988 - 1992

Houston Bar Association, Fee Dispute Committee

Chair

1985 - 1990

American Arbitration Association

Member

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Education

1983

South Texas College of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1980

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

MA - Masters

1979

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

BS - Bachelor of Science

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Speaking Engagements

2017

2017 CLM and Business Insurance Workers’ Compensation Conference

The Top Ten Subrogation Mistakes Carriers Keep Making

2017

14th Annual National Workers’ Compensation Insurance ExecuSummit

The Top Ten Subrogation Mistakes Workers' Compensation Carriers Keep Making

2016

AIA Workers’ Compensation Committee Meeting

Challenges and Trends in Workers’ Compensation Subrogation

2015

Society of Claim Law Associates (SCLA) Claims Conference

Subrogating Against God: Turning Natural Disasters Into Recoveries

2014

Society of Claim Law Associates (SCLA) Claims Conference

Recognizing Subrogation and Third-Party Liability

2013

AMCOMP Program Confernce

Workers Comp: 100 Years In The Rear View Mirror

2010

Wisconsin Claims Council Meeting

Spoliation and Preservation of Evidence

2010

Strafford Publishing Webinar

Insurance Subrogation Challenges for the Insured and Policyholder

2010

NOPLG Conference

Recent Developments in Workers’ Compensation Subrogation

2010

NASP Wisconsin Chapter Meeting

Subrogating Against God

2010

NASP Michigan Chapter Meeting

Medicare Set-Asides and The Subrogation Professional

2009

Wisconsin Claims Council Meeting

Property Subrogation: Recognition and Investigation

2009

NASP Annual Conference

The Complete Guide To Taking A Credit In All 50 States

2009

NASP Annual Conference

Legislative Fact Sheets & Tool Kit

2009

NASP 2009 Subro Litigation: Skills and Management Conference

Lobbyist! We Don't Need No Stinkin Lobbyist!....Do We?

2009

6th Annual National Property Subrogation Strategies ExecuSummit

The Societal Benefits of Subrogation

2009

2009 NOPLG Conference

The Complete Guide to Taking a Future Credit In All 50 States

2007

Wisconsin Claims Counsel Meeting

Workers' Compensation Subrogation: How To Position Your Investigation For Successful Recoveries

2007

2007 ExecuSummit Workers' Compensation Conference

Workers' Compensation Subrogation: In The New Millennium

2007

2007 ExecuSummit Property Subrogation Conference

The Perfect Storm: Where Subrogation and Science Meet

2005

Secura Insurance Company's Fall Claims Conference

Workers' Compensation Recoveries In Wisconsin

2005

NASP North Central Region Chapter Meeting

Recognizing Subrogaiton

2005

2005 NASP Conference

Where's The Money In Construction Cases?

2005

2005 ExecuSummit Property Subrogation Conference

Subrogating Against God: Turning Disasters Into Recoveries

2005

2005 ExcuSummit Workers' Compensation Conference

The Nuts and Bolts of Workers' Compensation Subrogation In All 50 States

2004

NASP North Central Region Chapter Meeting

Subrogating Across State Lines

2004

Laidlaw's National Workers' Compensation Conference

Recognizing Subrogation

2004

2004 NOPLG Annual Education Seminar

Subrogating Across State Lines

2004

2004 NASP Conference

Workers' Compensation Subrogation By Region: East Meets West: The Ultimate Panel Discussion

2003

Wisconsin Insurance Claims Council Meeting

Workers' Compensation Subrogation Liens

2003

NASP North Central Region Chaper Meeting

Workers' Compensation Subrogation In Wisconsin

2003

2003 NASP Conference

Subrogating Across State Lines: Extra-territorial Workers' Compensation In An Interstate Economy

2002

2002 NASP Conference

Difficult Legal Issues in the Workers' Compensation Recovery Area

2002

2002 NASP Conference

Mold Magic: How to Convert Mold Remediation Losses Into Recovery Dollars

2002

2002 NASP Conference

Spread Claims: How to Recover Even If You Don't Know the Cause of the Loss

2002

2002 NASP Conference

Great-West Life Insurance & Annuity Co. v. Knudson: The Aftermath

2001

2001 NASP Conference

Introduction to Health Care Subrogation

2001

2001 NASP Conference

Advanced Concepts in Subrogation of Workers' Compensation Liens

2000

2000 NASP Conference

Workers' Compensation Subrogation Primer

1999

19th Annual Construction Insurance Conference

Contractual Risk Transfer

1998

18th Annual Construction Insurance Conference

Waiver of Subrogation As A Risk Management Tool

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Publications

2018

Claims Journal Owner Liability For Damage Caused By Stolen Vehicles

2018

Claims Journal Uber, Lyft and New York Loss Transfer

2018

Claims Journal Texting While Driving on the Rise Despite More Laws Banning it

2018

Claims Journal Slower Traffic Keep Right: A Summary of State ‘Keep Right’ Traffic Laws

2018

Claims Journal NFPA 921 for Dummies: How to Play the Fire Cause and Origin Game and Win

2018

Claims Journal Medical Billing, Insurance Write-Offs and the Collateral Source Rule

2018

Claims Journal The Cost of Subrogation Procrastination

2017

Claims Journal Waivers Of Subrogation Endorsements Are Like Onions

2017

Claims Journal Navigating The Anti-Subrogation Rule

2017

Claims Journal 10 Subrogation Mistakes Insurance Companies Keep Making

2017

Claims Journal Robo Claims: When Robots Injure Humans

2017

Claims Journal Opioid Pain Treatment Addiction Costs Workers’ Comp Carriers, Health Insurers Billions

2017

CLM’s Workers’ Compensation Magazine The Risk of Waiving: Understanding the Impact of Subrogation Waivers on Workers' Compensation Policies

2017

Claims Journal ¿Dónde Están Mis Beneficios? Workers’ Comp Claims by Undocumented Employees

2017

Claims Journal Subrogating Against Suicide

2017

Claims Journal Use of Aftermarket (Non-OEM) Crash Parts in Repair of Damaged Vehicles

2017

Claims Journal Seat Belt Defense In All 50 States

2017

Claims Journal Imputed Contributory Negligence: Maximizing Auto Property Subrogation When Permissive User Driving

2016

Claims Journal Subrogating Hawaii: Navigating the Subrogation Trade Winds In ‘The Middle of Nowhere’

2016

Claims Journal If A Tree Falls In The Forest, Does The Subrogation Department Hear It?

2016

Claims Journal Sales and Use Taxes on Subrogation Services

2016

Claims Journal Making Subrogation While the Hay Shines

2016

Claims Journal The Exceptions to the Rule: Understanding The Dual Capacity Doctrine

2016

Claims Journal Damage to Property Without Market Value

2016

Claims Journal Governmental Immunity And The Code Of Pirates

2016

Claims Journal Subrogating Against God: Recovering Claim Dollars When Natural Disasters Strike

2016

Claims Journal Commentary: The Failure of No-Fault Insurance

2016

Claims Journal Driverless Car Litigation: The World of George Jetson Has Arrived

2016

Claims Journal Subrogating Snowmageddon And Winter Roof Collapses

2016

Claims Journal Making Subrogation While the Hay Shines

2016

CLM’s Workers’ Compensation Magazine The Best and Worst States For Subrogating Workers' Compensation Claims

2015

Claims Journal Sudden Medical Emergencies While Driving

2015

Claims Journal If It Seems too Good to Be True: The Problem With Cut-Rate Subrogation Vendors

2015

Claims Journal Where’s my Deductible?

2015

Claims Journal Recovery of Sales Tax After Vehicle Total Loss

2015

Claims Journal Subrogating Condominium Damage

2015

Claims Journal A Primer on Diminution in Value Claims

2015

Claims Journal Where’s the Paint? Subrogating Paint Overspray Claims

2015

Claims Journal Squeezing Blood From the Uninsured Turnip: Suspension of Drivers' Licenses

2015

Claims Journal Subrogating Court-Ordered Criminal Restitution

2014

Claims Journal Slumlord Subrogation: Subrogating Landlord/Tenant Property Losses

2014

Claims Journal You Break It, You Buy It: Understanding Anti-Indemnity Statutes

2014

Claims Journal Does Automobile Insurance Follow the Car or the Driver?

2014

Claims Journal Funeral Processions and the Right-of-Way

2014

Claims Journal Big Brother’s Eye in the Sky: Use of Red-Light Cameras in Accident Litigation

2014

Claims Journal Recovery of Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses in Property Subrogation Cases

2014

Claims Journal 7,540 Reasons to Include Your Insured’s Deductible in Your Subrogation Claim

2014

Claims Journal Liability for Allowing Drunk Driving: The Death of Personal Responsibility?

2014

Claims Journal Fed to Require Speed Limiters on Trucks

2013

Claims Journal Understanding Experience Modifiers: Can Subrogation Really Affect Premiums?

2013

Claims Journal David vs. Goliath: I.R.S. Tax Lien vs. Med Pay Subro Lien

2013

Claims Journal A Victory for Erisa: U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Holds Equity Doesn’t Trump Plan

2013

Claims Journal Gathering Pebbles: Subrogation’s Burden of Proof

2013

Claims Journal Understanding Comparative Fault, Contributory Negligence and Joint & Several Liability

2011

Self-Funding Magazine Insurers Liability For Negligent Inspections

2010

Self-Funding Magazine Subrogation And The Seat Belt Defense

2010

Self-Funding Magazine The Societal Benefits of Subrogation

2009

Publisher: Juris Publishing, Inc. Workers Compensation Subrogation In All 50 States (Fourth Edition)

2009

NASP Subrogator, Winter Turning Off The Spigot: Future Credits In Health Insurance Subrogation

2008

Publisher: Juris Publishing, Inc. ERISA and Health Insurance Subrogation in All 50 States (Third Edition)

2008

Publisher: Juris Publishing, Inc. Fundamentals of Insurance Coverage In All 50 States (Second Edition)

2008

NASP Subrogator, Winter Workers' Compensation Subrogation and Employee Leasing Companies

2008

NASP Subrogator, Spring/Summer Sleeping With The Enemy: Federal Statute Creates Opportunity for Subrogation Stipulation in Workers' Compensation Files

2007

NASP Subrogator, Winter Duplex: Subrogating Landlord/Tenant Property Subrogation Losses

2007

NASP Subogator, Winter Perfect Storm: The Science Behind Subrogating Catastrophic Flood Losses

2007

NASP Subrogator, Spring/Summer Squeezing the Turnip: Fidelity and Surety Bond Subrogation

2007

NASP Subrogator, Spring/Summer Subrogation and the Economic Loss Doctrine: A 50 State Survey

2006

NASP Subrogator, Winter Health Insurance and ERISA Subrogation: Part 5: ERISA Preemption and the Common Fund Doctrine

2006

NASP Subrogator, Fall Workers' Compensation Subrogation: Which Payments Can Be Recovered?

2006

NASP Subrogator, Spring/Summer Where's The Deductible? A Survey of Laws Regarding Reimbursement of an Insured's Deductible In All 50 States

2006

NASP Subrogator, Winter Workers' Compensation Subrogation In Construction Settings: In All 50 States

2006

NASP Subrogator, Fall Contracting Away Made Whole: Does the Made Whole Doctrine Appy If Your Policy/Plan Says It Doesn't

2006

NASP Subrogator, Spring/Summer Sweating the Small Stuff: Arbitrating Workers' Compensation Subrogation Files

2006

Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. Where's The Beef? Subrogating Livestock/Vehicle Collisions In All 50 States

2005

NASP Subrogator, Winter Where's The Luggage? Subrogating Lost or Damaged Luggage

2005

NASP Subrogator, Spring/Summer Where's The Paint? Subrogating Paint Overspray Claims

2004

NASP Subrogator, Fall Subrogating South of the Border: Increasing Recovery Opportunities In Mexico

2004

NASP Subrogator, Spring/Summer Subrogating On The Waterfront: Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Subrogation

2003

NASP Subrogator, Winter Health Insurance and ERISA Subrogation: Part 4: ERISA Preemption and the Made Whole Doctine

2003

NASP Subrogator, Fall The Negligent Employer: Obstacle or Advantage In Workers' Compensation Subrogation

2003

NASP Subrogator, Winter Subrogating Against God II

2003

NASP Subrogator, Spring/Summer The Paper Chase: Subrogating In A Paperless World

2002

NASP Subrogator, Spring/Summer Health Insurance and ERISA Subrogation: Part 3: ERISA Subrogation Rights

2002

NASP Subrogator, Fall Subrogating Against God

2002

NASP Subrogator, Spring/Summer The Many Faces of Workers' Compensation

2002

NASP Subrogator, Winter Health Insurance and ERISA Subrogation: Part 2: What Is An ERISA Plan?

2001

NASP Subrogator, Issue III, Vol. II, Summer Health Insurance and ERISA Subrogation: Part I: History and Scope of ERISA

2001

NASP Subrogator, Issue II, Vol. II The Erosion of ERISA: Subrogation Rights

2001

NASP Subrogator, Issue I, Volume II Where is the Beef?

2001

NASP Subrogator, Issue I, Volume II Medical Record Privacy: HIAA and Its Effect on Subrogation

2000

Contractual Risk Transfer: Waivers of Subrogation Chapter 3 on Waivers of Subrogation

2000

NASP Subrogator, November Understanding Waivers of Subrogation

2000

NASP Subrogator, November Subrogating Defective Firestone Tires

2000

NASP Subrogator Premier Issue Can Workers Compensation Carriers Subrogate Against Uninsured Motorists Benefits?

1996

Texas Corporate Counsel Law Review Understanding Experience Modifiers

1995

Texas Corporate Counsel Law Review, Fall Subrogation and the Self-Insured

1995

Bests Review Many Insurers Overlook Advantages of Subrogation

1994

Trial Lawyers Forum, Volume 28, Number 2 I Am An Expert Witness

1994

Trial Lawyers Forum, Vol. 28, No.2 Statutes of Repose: A New Defense for Product Liability

1990

Texas Bar Journal, Vol. 53, No 8 The Houston Lawyer, Vol. 27, No.5 Apportioning Attorneys Fees in Workers Compensation Third Party Actions: The Need for Legislative Reform

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Posted by anonymous | June 08, 2009 | Lawsuits & Disputes

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Gary iand his firm are an excellent group of subrogation attorneys. Very responsive and knowledgeable.

Posted by anonymous | June 08, 2009 | Workers Compensation

Excellent Resource for the subrogation professional

I highly depend on Mr. Wickert's "Workers Compensation Subrogation in All 50 States"....also known here in the office as my "Bible". His knowledge in the area of WC subrogation is unparalleled & he always personally responds to any email questions I might submit. I trust his knowledge and experti...se in all areas of subrogation .

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Gary is a superb lawyer providing excellent knowledge of subrogation laws in multiple states. We have used him and his firm exclusively for subrogation claims and find them to be extremely responsive and informative.

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