Attorney Ronald T. Skrenes

Ronald T. Skrenes, Partner

"I enjoy working with clients to develop practical and effective solutions to address their business and estate planning needs. I believe it is important for an attorney to explain how the law applies to a client’s facts and what options and alternatives are available, so he or she may make an informed decision.”

Mr. Skrenes is a business attorney who represents large, middle-sized and small businesses located throughout central Wisconsin. He has been directly involved in the largest merger and acquisition transactions in Portage County. As an attorney and Certified Public Accountant, he understands the complexities and the tax ramifications of business transactions. His business law services include general business law, taxation, and mergers and acquisitions.

Ron is one of only five attorneys in Wisconsin who have achieved the Estate Planning Law Specialist designation. Ron is the only attorney in Wisconsin who simultaneously holds designations/certifications as an (1) Attorney, (2) Certified Public Accountant, (3) Accredited Estate Planner, (4) Certified Financial Planner and (5) Estate Planning Law Specialist. Consumers' Research Council of America has also listed Ron in its guide as one of America's top financial planners. Consumers' Research Council of America, a Washington, D.C. based research organization, provides consumers' information guides for professional services throughout America.

Ron provides a full range of estate planning services (including sophisticated tax strategies) for large and medium-sized estates. His estate planning services include: wills, trusts (revocable and irrevocable) property agreements, powers of attorney, advance care directives, buy-sell agreements, business succession planning, procedures to avoid probate and tax saving techniques.

At the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Ron majored in Accounting and graduated in 1976 with highest honors (summa cum laude) in only three years. He graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1979.

Admitted to Practice
State Bar of Wisconsin
U. S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Certifications
• Certified Public Accountant (Wisconsin)
• Certified Financial Planner
• Estate Planning Law Specialist, as certified by the Estate Law Specialist Board, Inc.
• Accredited Estate Planner, designated by the National Association of Estate
Planners and Councils
• Personal Financial Specialist, designated by the American Institute of
Public Accountants

Professional Activities
State Bar of Wisconsin
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants
National Association of Estate Planners & Councils

Community Activities
United Way of Portage County (President, Finance Committee and Resource
Development Committee)
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (Worship Committee)
East Central Synod ELCA Church (Treasurer, Executive Committee and Council)