James Fergal

James M. "Jim" Fergal is of counsel at Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. His practice focuses on medical malpractice, and he is the former head of the firm's malpractice team.

Fergal earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1972 and his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1969. He is admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin (1973), the New York Bar (1978), the United States Supreme Court, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth and Seventh Circuits. He has been certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Before his current role, Fergal served as a Public Defender in Brooklyn, New York from 1972 to 1977, as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Wisconsin from 1977 to 1980, and previously practiced as a medical malpractice defense attorney. He has been selected to the Wisconsin Super Lawyers list from 2005 through 2025.