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Steven Botzau

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Milwaukee, WI37 years experienceAdmitted 1988

About Steven Botzau

Steven T. Botzau is the managing attorney of the Racine and Kenosha offices of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C., where he focuses his practice on personal injury litigation.

Botzau earned his Juris Doctor from Marquette University Law School in 1988, where he served on the Marquette Law Review from 1987 to 1988. He earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 1984. Botzau is admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin.

Botzau joined Habush Habush & Rottier in 1991 and has completed over 100 civil jury trials. He was certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in 1997 and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has been recognized as a Wisconsin Super Lawyer since 2005, has been ranked among the top 50 attorneys in Wisconsin since 2011, and was among the top 25 attorneys in the Milwaukee area in 2011 and from 2013 to 2022. Before practicing law, Botzau was a teacher.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$14.49 millionVerdict

A Kenosha County jury awarded Joseph Barsuli $14.49 million after a radiologist employed by Virtual Radiologic Corporation read his cervical spine CT as normal. A second radiologist found a cervical epidural abscess on the same film the next day, and by then the damage to Barsuli's spinal cord could not be undone.

Kenosha County Circuit Court, Wisconsin (Case No. 2017-CV-000163) · 2019Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
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Practice areas

Education

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Wisconsin, admitted 1988
American Board of Trial Advocates

Awards & recognition

Civil Trial Specialist - National Board of Trial Advocacy (1997)
Wisconsin Super Lawyers (2005-present)
Top 50 Wisconsin Super Lawyers (2011-present)
Top 25 Milwaukee Super Lawyers (2011, 2013-2022)

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