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THE BEGINNING

It was the Great Depression, and more than anything else, people needed a hand. They just needed to know that somewhere there was someone out there who could help. Maybe it’s fitting that in 1930, Jesse Habush began the practice of law in Milwaukee.

THE GROWTH OF THE FIRM

The firm continued after the Depression, through World War II and the Korean War. By that time Jesse Habush had become one of the best attorneys in the state representing injured persons. In 1961 the trajectory of the firm changed when Bob Habush, Jesse’s son, decided to join his father in the practice of law.

THree RECORD SETTING CASES

In the late 1990’s, the firm was chosen by a Republican governor and Democratic attorney general to be the lead law firm to prosecute the State of Wisconsin’s claims arising from the conduct of big tobacco. Individuals had been trying to sue the tobacco companies for decades, but none had been successful.

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About Robert

Robert Habush received his undergraduate degree and his juris doctor from the University of Wisconsin. He is admitted to practice in the state of Wisconsin and has been admitted pro hac vice in many courts around the country. Now as the Chairman of the Board of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C., one of Wisconsin's oldest and largest law firms, Mr.

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