mbialzik@kmksc.com
414-961-4839
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A graduate of Harvard Law School, Melinda returned to her native Wisconsin to establish her law career. Melinda has developed a practice focused on trial and appellate representation of businesses and business leaders faced with critical litigation challenges. Her experience encompasses all phases of the litigation process, from investigation through discovery, motion practice and trial and appeal as well as alternative dispute resolution.
rbillings@kmksc.com
414-961-4800
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Ryan Billings is a Wisconsin native who practices complex litigation, representing business entities in civil litigation, appeals and alternatives to litigation. Mr. Billings earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Ivy-League institutions before practicing for several years with Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City. He brings substantial experience to clients in business-critical litigation in regional, national and international settings.
kmksc@kmksc.com
414-962-5110
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David has been at the forefront of commercial finance and transactions law for over 30 years, both as an attorney and as practice group chair in the specialized area of collections law and the enforcement of creditors’ rights throughout Wisconsin. During this time, he has gained deep experience in all aspects of commercial finance counseling and in the representation and protection of business interests in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts on issues involving contract law, checks, construction lien/bond law, the Uniform Commercial Code and general business and consumer credit law, and any litigation relating thereto. If a legal issue relating to commerce arises, the chances are that David has been there and done that before.
sdraver@kmksc.com
414-961-4810
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Samuel M. Draver is an associate attorney in Kohner, Mann, & Kailas’s Business and Financial Services Practice Group, which represents lenders and commercial creditors in a wide variety of matters, including commercial real estate foreclosure, loan workouts, debt recovery and enforcement, proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code and Wisconsin Chapter 128, defense of preferential transfer claims, and equipment recovery and repossession matters.
lduroni@kmksc.com
414-961-4857
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Lance Duroni is a valued member and rising star of KMK’s Litigation Department, representing businesses in civil litigation, mediation, arbitration and appeals. His keen attention to detail and tireless efforts help KMK's clients successfully resolve disputed matters, through or in lieu of litigation, in an efficient, cost-effective, and timely manner.
LEARN MORE ABOUT LANCEdgengler@kmksc.com
414-961-4821
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David Gengler is a creditors’ rights attorney who resolves the commercial debt recovery challenges for business creditors. David is entirely focused on liquidation of commercial debt. He achieves this through negotiating out-of-court settlements or by managing arbitration or litigation in whatever locations necessary to secure the optimal recovery for our client.
ageorge@kmksc.com
414-961-4826
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Alexander George is a creditors’ rights attorney dedicated to helping businesses recover what they are rightfully owed while protecting the legal rights and remedies available to them. His practice focuses on efficient, results-driven strategies designed to maximize recovery on both commercial and consumer claims. He represents companies of all sizes, providing clear guidance through every stage of the collections process—from pre-litigation demand through judgment enforcement. With experience in pursuing claims across the country, he brings a strong familiarity with varying state laws, court procedures, and enforcement mechanisms, allowing him to navigate collection matters efficiently and effectively in multiple jurisdictions.
mgerdisch@kmksc.com
414-962-5110
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Matthew Gerdisch, long-time president of the firm, retired at the end of 2025. He had a distinguished career representing the interests of creditors, providing counsel to a national client base in the areas of business and banking, bankruptcy, secured transactions, commercial transactions, and construction bond and lien law. He represented secured and unsecured creditors, receivers, trustees and formal and informal creditors’ committees, securing many millions of dollars and the full enforcement of their rights for clients and creditors.
sgranderson@kmksc.com
414-961-4856
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Samuel E. Granderson is an associate attorney in Kohner, Mann, & Kailas’s Commercial Collections Group, which provides an array of services to our business clients to effectively, promptly, and successfully resolve all aspects of commercial collections matters. Mr. Granderson works diligently to protect our clients’ rights as creditors and help them combat and control business losses in Wisconsin, throughout the United States, and internationally.
dhenry@kmksc.com
414-961-4813
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David M. Henry is an AV-Rated Attorney with over 20 years of experience representing many large, mid-size, and smaller businesses. Mr. Henry concentrates his practice on the resolution of construction, commercial bankruptcy and secured and unsecured commercial claims. He places construction liens and enforces construction liens and construction bond claims throughout the 50 states. David manages liquidation of commercial debt directly and, when required, by the management of selective local counsel throughout the U.S. and beyond. He was an invited speaker on optimizing lien and bond process at the 30th Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting in 2012.
kmksc@kmksc.com
414-962-5110
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Steve Kailas was originally a litigator dealing with the representation of business interests in commercial bankruptcy cases. His activities delivered contractual desserts for his creditor clients in bankruptcy and reorganization venues. Representing creditors and creditors’ committees, Steve had a rich history of exposing, litigating and reversing fraudulent transfers to recover for creditors. His victories delivered handsome dividends to creditors.
plucht@kmksc.com
414-961-4811
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Philip is the primary business development and client liaison for KMK. In that role, Phillip is the point of contact for incoming requests for service from existing and potential clients. This work involves triaging incoming requests for legal services, identifying the legal issues involved, and conferring with the various departments at KMK in evaluating potential claims. For accepted matters, Philip reviews intake materials to ensure they are complete and contain all proper documentation, and ensures that matters are assigned to an appropriate attorney at KMK. Phillip serves as the first line of review for nearly every matter KMK handles, and plays a critical role in ensuring clients are timely served by the right counsel.
evonhelms@kmksc.com
414-961-4830
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Eric von Helms is an experienced creditors’ rights lawyer who specializes in the representation, protection and assertion of business and commercial claims of secured and unsecured creditors. He is experienced in all facets of creditor representation and protection, and certified by the American Board of Certification in business bankruptcy law.
zwhitney@kmksc.com
414-961-4854
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Zach came to KMK with substantial first-chair trial experience. A former Law Clerk to the Hon. John L. Coffey, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, he earned his spurs as a litigator as Assistant District Attorney in Milwaukee County, handling investigation and prosecution of some of the most serious criminal behavior.
swisotzkey@kmksc.com
414-961-4831
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Samuel Wisotzkey, President of the firm and Chair of the firm’s Finance Department, focuses his practice on commercial, business bankruptcy and creditors’ rights law. He has extensive experience assisting secured and unsecured business clients in solving the problems associated with financially troubled customers, tenants, and vendors, both prior to and within formal insolvency proceedings in both state and Federal courts.
dzall@kmksc.com
414-961-4815
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Mr. Zall concentrates on solving practical business problems for clients in all areas of contracts, creditor’s rights and corporate financial services. He is accomplished at resolving client problems, including the liquidation and collection of commercial debt, by early definition of the legal and practical issues involved and the strategy calculated to deliver the best result. He applies this results-orientated approach to out-of-court negotiation, court action, or the use of informal mediation and arbitration, to deliver the best solutions for clients in a cost-effective manner.
