Contact


Location:    Madison, WI

Email:          psilver@borgelt.com

Phone:         608-310-4402

Fax:              414-276-0172

Assistant:    Lori Boyles

Education


Boston University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2000

Carnegie Mellon University, M.A., 1996

Vassar College, A.B. General Honors and Departmental Honors, 1985

Areas of Practice


Court Admissions


  • All Wisconsin State Courts
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Organizations


  • State Bar of Wisconsin
  • Wisconsin Defense Counsel

Verdicts and Published Decisions


Published Appellate Decisions

  • Cargill Feed Div. v. LIRC, 2010 WI App 115, 329 Wis. 2d 206, 789 N.W.2d 326
  • Milwaukee Area Tech. College v. Frontier Adjusters, 2008 WI App 76, 312 Wis. 2d 360, 752 N.W.2d 396
  • Meriter Health Services, Inc. v. Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co. of Am., 2008 WI App 132, 313 Wis. 2d 660, 758 N.W.2d 112

Unpublished Appellate Decisions

  • 3303-05 Marina Road, LLC v. West Bend Mut. Ins. Co., 2009AP001629 (Sept. 8, 2010)
  • Woskoski v. True, 2009AP000020 (Mar. 16, 2010)
  • Estate of Ju Her v. Joshua Scolman, 2008AP000979 (Mar. 13, 2009)
  • Pollard-Badji v. Federal Ins. Co., 2005AP002664 (Oct. 24, 2006)
  • Hartenstein v. Pekin Ins. Co., 2005AP001596 (July 26, 2006)

Fed. Ct. Decisions

  • Southland Mgmt. Co. v. RSUI Indem. Co., 2008C920 (Wis. E.D. July 13, 2011)

Wisconsin Circuit Court Decisions

  • Cody v. Target, Dane County Cir. Ct., 2009CV6168 (Aug. 27, 2011)
  • CSI v. IDS, Dane County Cir. Ct., 2010CV4627 (Aug. 23, 2011)
  • Borchardt v. Stohl, Dane County Cir. Ct., 2010CV5426 (June 29, 2011)
  • Sandhill Condo v. Sandhill Homes, Dane County Cir. Ct., 2010CV3175 (May 19, 2011)
  • Town of Johnstown v. Wellens Pearson, Rock County Cir. Ct., 2009CV2574 (Oct. 11, 2010)
  • Pridham v. IDS, Dane County Cir. Ct., 2009CV5983 (Aug. 2, 2010)
  • Conlon v. Chard, Walworth County Cir. Ct., 2009CV666 (July 27, 2010)
  • Lunda v. Fischer-Fischer-Theis, Milwaukee County Cir., 2008 CV 12038 (May 27, 2010)
  • Equity v. Diaz, Dane County Cir. Ct., 2007CV2514 (Feb. 5, 2010)
  • Stephanie v. Am. Fam. Mut. Ins. Co., Columbia County Cir. Ct., 2008CV165 (Feb. 25, 2009)
  • Stevens v. Big Boy, Jr., Ashland County Cir. Ct., 2008CV89 (Feb. 23, 2009)
  • Komplin v. Kohlenberg, Grant County Cir. Ct., 2006CV91 (Jan. 1, 2007)
  • Am. Fam. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Midbon, Rock County Cir. Ct., 2005CV346 (Mar. 6, 2007)
  • Meriter Health Servs. Inc. v. Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co., Dane County Cir. Ct., 2005CV3891 (June 14, 2007)
  • Riegel v. Brian’s Diner, Dane County Cir. Ct., 2006CV2522 (Aug. 22, 2007)
  • Condon v. Weihert, Jefferson County Cir. Ct., 2006CV671 (Oct. 3, 2007)
  • Carney v. Childs, Dane County Cir. Ct., 2006CV1665 (Dec. 13, 2006)
  • Waite v. Harbor House, Dane County Cir. Ct., 2005CV0754 (Oct. 31, 2006)
  • Hubbard v. Nooyen, Rock County Cir. Ct., 2004CV1344 (June 1, 2006)
  • Stuart v. Nguyen, Dane County Cir. Ct., 2004CV2384 (March 22, 2006)
  • Marcus v. West Bend Mut. Ins. Co., Milw. County Cir. Ct., 2005CV7555 (Jan. 5, 2006)
  • Smith v. Am. Fam. Mut. Ins. Co., Dane County Cir. Ct., 2003CV2275 (Jan. 27, 2006)
  • J.W. Jung Seed v. Pankow, Dodge County Cir. Ct., 2003CV98 (Oct. 6, 2005)
  • Mockler v. Lee, Dane County Cir. Ct., 2005CV1296 (Sept. 29, 2005)
  • Fisher v. Castleberg, Dane County Cir. Ct., 2004CV3242 (Sept. 16, 2005)
  • A.J.O. v. Am. Fam. Mut. Ins. Co., Grant County Cir. Ct., 2004CV309 (Sept. 15, 2005)
  • Kellercrest v. Laufenberg, Dane County Cir. Ct., 2002CV794 (July 27, 2005)
  • Greeno v. Clay, Monroe County Cir. Ct., (Aug. 24, 2004)
  • A.A.F. v. Kuhnle, Rock County Cir. Ct., 2003 CV1434 (June 10, 2004)
  • Leitner v. Firari, Dodge County Cir. Ct., 2002CV386 (May 12, 2004)
  • Baker v. Jackering, Grant County, 2003CV163 (Feb. 9, 2004)
  • Fuhrman v. General Casualty Ins. Co. of Wis., Sauk County Cir. Ct., 2002CV687 (Jan. 14, 2004)
  • Kessler v. Aurit, Dane County Cir. Ct., 2001CV3567 (Aug. 27, 2003)
  • Cooper v. State Farm Ins. Co., Dane County Cir. Ct., 2002CV2036 (Aug. 18, 2003)
  • Severson v. Sentry Ins., Dane County Cir. Ct., 2002CV0889 (June 11, 2003)
  • Ludlum v. Mauerman, Green County Cir. Ct., 2001 CV95 (Dec. 27, 2002)
  • Milwaukee County v. Juneau County, Dodge County Cir. Ct., 2001CV350 (Sept. 12, 2002)
  • Pekin Ins. Co. v. Audiophile, Dane County Cir. Ct., 2003CV762 (July 9, 2004)
  • Rabe v. Rural Mut. Ins. Co., Winnebago County Cir. Ct., 20101CV906 (June 20, 2002)
  • Wangen  v. Lease, Vernon County Cir. Ct., 2001CV88 (June 3, 2002)
  • Fruth v. Am. Fam. Mut. Ins. Co., Dane County Cir. Ct., 2001CV2465 (April 25, 2002)

Other


  • Editor-in-Chief, Annual Review of Banking Law, 1999-2000
  • U.S. Navy 1977-81