Hale Skemp Hanson Skemp & Sleik

What Hale Skemp Hanson Skemp & Sleik does

Hale Skemp Hanson Skemp & Sleik is a privately held regional law firm headquartered at 505 King Street, Suite 300, La Crosse, Wisconsin, founded in 1919/1920. The firm operates as a partner-owned professional partnership with no external private equity or parent-company ownership, and is self-described as the largest law firm in the La Crosse area with over 100 years of continuous service to clients in western Wisconsin and the broader Tri-State Area (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa). The firm employs 15-16 attorneys supported by 7 paralegals, organized around a horizontal segmentation model that serves both individual/family clients and small-to-mid-size businesses, with a smaller secondary footprint in schools and municipalities.

The firm offers 22-23 practice areas organized into litigation (business litigation, general/civil litigation, personal injury), transactional matters (business/corporate law, real estate, tax, banking and financing), family law (divorce, custody, support), estate planning and probate, elder law, workers' compensation, employment law, intellectual property, and specialized niches including school/municipal law, professional malpractice, and Social Security Disability. Its core delivery model is direct attorney-client engagement through office consultations, toll-free and local phone access, and a content marketing program consisting of a multi-author blog and webinars covering estate planning and other practice areas. Multiple attorneys have earned consecutive recognition on Best Lawyers in America (since 2009 for senior partners), Wisconsin Super Lawyers, and Rising Stars lists, and the firm has held Tier 1 and Tier 2 rankings in U.S. News Best Law Firms across Personal Injury Litigation, Family Law, Insurance Law, and Workers' Compensation Law in the Eau Claire area from 2021 through 2024.

Revenue is generated entirely through professional service fees billed to clients, with hourly billing typical for litigation matters. Indicative rate data for family law in western Wisconsin shows attorney hourly rates of $175-$275 depending on experience, with initial retainers of $3,000-$5,000 and additional Guardian ad Litem or Custody Assessment fees layered on for custody disputes. Pricing is not publicly disclosed on the firm website. Distribution relies on direct client engagement from the La Crosse office and the firm's regional referral network built over its century of operation; no API, SDK, mobile app, or technology platform product is offered.

Name

Hale Skemp Hanson Skemp & Sleik

Legal name

Hale, Skemp, Hanson, Skemp & Sleik

Website

https://haleskemp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1920

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hale Skemp Hanson Skemp & Sleik is the largest law firm in the La Crosse, Wisconsin area, providing full-service legal representation across 22 practice areas to individuals, families, businesses, schools, and municipalities throughout the western Wisconsin Tri-State region.

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Headquarters

HQ city

La Crosse

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Professional Fees: The firm generates revenue through professional legal fees for individuals, families, and businesses. Fee structures typically include hourly billing for litigation matters. One source indicates attorneys in western Wisconsin charge $175-$275 per hour depending on skill level and experience, with initial retainers typically $3,000-$5,000.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

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Product overview

Hale Skemp Hanson Skemp & Sleik is a regional law firm providing comprehensive legal services through 23 distinct practice areas. The firm offers legal counsel across litigation (business litigation, general/civil litigation, personal injury), transactional law (business/corporate, real estate, tax), family law (divorce, custody, support), estate planning (wills, trusts, probate), elder law, employment law, and workers' compensation. The portfolio includes specialized services such as appellate practice, banking and financing, construction law, intellectual property, professional malpractice, school and municipal law, and Social Security Disability. The firm's practice areas are not modular software products but rather distinct legal service offerings provided by attorneys with different specializations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Schumacher-Kish Funeral HomesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 June 2020Collaborative partnership for advance planning education. Hale Skemp worked with Schumacher-Kish Funeral Homes to present a webinar on estate planning basics, covering wills, trusts, and other estate planning tools. Sarah E. Fortune served as the second presenter on the webinar.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• LegalZoom: National online legal services platform offering templated wills, estate planning, business formation, and other commoditized legal services. Emerging-player comparison because it competes with Hale Skemp's lower-complexity transactional practices (estate planning, business formation) through low-cost digital delivery, though not a substitute for litigation or family-law representation.

Broad incumbents

• Husch Blackwell LLP: Large Midwest-based national law firm (formerly Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek) with Wisconsin offices and overlapping practices in litigation, business, real estate, and family law. Comparable as a much larger incumbent operating broadly in Hale Skemp's geography with overlapping capabilities.

Direct peers

• Axley Brynelson, LLP: Madison-based full-service Wisconsin law firm covering business, litigation, family, real estate, and municipal law. A comparable Wisconsin full-service competitor in the same state with overlapping practice areas, particularly municipal and school law exposure.
• von Briesen & Roper, s.c. Milwaukee-based Wisconsin full-service firm with litigation, business, employment, family, and estate practices. Comparable as a Wisconsin full-service law firm competitor; differs in scale and urban orientation.
• Boardman & Clark LLP: Madison-based Wisconsin full-service firm with significant municipal, school law, business, and litigation practices. Comparable to Hale Skemp's school and municipal law segment and broader Wisconsin full-service positioning.
• DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C. Madison-based Wisconsin full-service firm with strong corporate, litigation, employment, and municipal practices. Comparable as a regional Wisconsin full-service competitor; differs in being larger and Madison-anchored versus La Crosse-anchored.
• O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C. Milwaukee-based full-service Wisconsin firm with similar breadth including litigation, business, family, personal injury, real estate, and employment law. Comparable as a Wisconsin-based full-service competitor, though operating at larger scale and broader geography.
• Hopkins & Huebner, P.C. Regional Iowa-based full-service firm with offices across eastern Iowa including communities adjacent to the Tri-State Area Hale Skemp serves. Comparable as a Midwestern regional full-service competitor, particularly relevant where Iowans cross into Hale Skemp's territory.
• Weld Riley Prenn & Pier S.C. Eau Claire–based full-service Wisconsin firm covering family law, personal injury, workers' compensation, estate planning, business law and litigation. Comparable to Hale Skemp as a regional Wisconsin competitor with overlapping practice mix in the same Tri-State Area geography.
• Mallery s.c. Regional Wisconsin law firm headquartered in Eau Claire with overlapping practice areas including family law, personal injury, business law, estate planning, and litigation. Direct peer because it serves the same western Wisconsin corridor (Eau Claire/La Crosse region) with a comparable full-service model and similar tier rankings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/haleskemp
• Facebookfacebook.com/HaleSkempLaw

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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