Jacob Sosnay serves the clients at Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols S.C. as a civil rights and civil law litigation attorney. He primarily tackles cases at the federal court level and works with clients in the Milwaukee metro area. Some of the types of cases he handles include civil rights, insurance defense, appeals, products liability, torts, premises liability, trucking accidents and construction defects.
In 2003, Mr. Sosnay completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He then earned his law degree at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, formerly The John Marshall Law School, in 2006. The following year, he passed the state bar exam and was admitted to practice in Wisconsin. He is also admitted to practice in Illinois state courts. His federal admissions include the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; and the Northern, Eastern and Western District Courts of Illinois.
Before joining Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols S.C., Mr. Sosnay worked at a prestigious insurance litigation firm. He successfully tried insurance defense and personal injury cases, which gives him useful insights on both sides of the legal aisle. Some of his wins include dismissals for lack of sufficient evidence and the plaintiff’s failure to exhaust existing remedies for dispute.