Heath Straka is a partner at Gingras, Cates & Luebke. His practice focuses on personal injury, medical malpractice, bad faith insurance claims and also complex litigation and class actions involving wage and hour violations.
Heath is fluent in Spanish and also volunteers with the Dane County bar for non-English speaking legal services. Heath has successfully argued two cases in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, both involving medical malpractice; Otto v. PIC and Bubb v. Brusky, et. al.
Heath is married with three children. In his free time he enjoys coaching youth soccer and hockey.
Bar Admission:
Wisconsin, 2001
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
U.S. District of Colorado
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
Education:
J.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000,
B.A., Spanish and International Relations, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994
Professional Associations and Memberships:
State Bar of Wisconsin
Dane County Bar Association
American Association for Justice
Wisconsin Association for Justice
- Program Committee (Co-Chair)
- Membership Committee
- People's Law School Committee
- Past Chair of New Lawyers Section
- Board of Governors
- Executive Committee, Regional Officer
- Legislative Committee
- Employment Law/Civil Rights Committee member
- Contributing Editor of “The Verdict”
James E. Doyle American Inn of Court
Madison Festivals, Inc., Board Member
McClellan Park Neighborhood Association Board Member - 2003-2005
Honors and Awards:
Wisconsin Super Lawyer - Rising Star, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
Foreign Languages:
Spanish
Abogado Straka información en español
