Peter Ritz


Peter Ritz

Contact:

5271 Grainger Hall
975 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-3532 or
pritz@bus.wisc.edu

Senior lecturer, real estate law, 1995-present.

J.D. cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1976.
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, economics, 1973.

Academic positions
Senior lecturer, UW-Madison School of Business, Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics, 1995-present. Teach real estate law, including land use controls, aspects of municipal law and selected subjects in real estate taxation.

Instructor, UW Land Tenure Center and private sector real estate training programs.

Professional experience
Shareholder, Ritz & Caflisch, S.C., Madison, Wisconsin. 1994-present.
Partner, Doyle & Ritz, Madison, Wisconsin. 1982-1994. Associate, Foley & Lardner, Madison, Wisconsin. 1980-1982.
Associate, O'Connell, Govak & Ball, Portland, Oregon, 1978-1980.
Assistant Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, 1976-1978.

Honors and Awards
Rated "AV" (highest rating) by the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review System for Attorneys.

Professional Memberships
Dane County Bar Association.
State Bar of Wisconsin (Taxation and Property/Probate Sections).
American Bar Association (Real Property, Probate and Trust Section).