Sherry is a member of Davis|Kuelthau’s Litigation Team practicing in the Green Bay office. Her practice primarily focuses on complex business litigation, with an emphasis on contract disputes, business torts, financial services litigation, real estate foreclosures and work-outs, and tax assessment appeals.
Sherry is also a member of the Intellectual Property Team representing clients in district courts across the country, as well as, in the Ninth and Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. She has litigated patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition and trade secret cases in a wide variety of industries including consumer products, food products and software development. Notable among this experience is a successful patent jury trial verdict with a finding of inducement and willful infringement by the principal defendant, and the defeat of a preliminary injunction motion filed by an on the shelf competitor.
Sherry has also represented financial institutions in state and federal court on a variety of commercial lending disputes, including defense of counterclaims raised in response to foreclosure or deficiency actions, and disputes arising from insolvent borrowers, including proceedings in bankruptcy court. In addition, she has defended manufacturers in product liability actions involving personal injury, wrongful death and property damage.
Sherry has significant trial experience, including extensive jury trial experience, in both state and federal courts. She has represented clients in appeals pending in the state appellate courts of Wisconsin and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the Ninth Circuit and the Federal Circuit.
Sherry is fluent in French.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Sherry D. Coley
- Local Safer At Home Orders Changed Rapidly After Statewide Order Struck Down; Businesses Encouraged to Review Local Orders Regularly to Ensure Compliance - (Posted On Tuesday, May 19, 2020)
- Businesses Must Be Aware of Local Safer At Home Orders, Including Those in Brown, Dane, Kenosha, and Rock Counties, Parts of Milwaukee County, and the Cities of Appleton, Madison, Milwaukee, and Racine - (Posted On Thursday, May 14, 2020)
- Governor Evers “Turns the Dial” to Begin Further Relaxing Restrictions on Businesses Categorized by the State as Non-Essential Retail - (Posted On Monday, May 11, 2020)
- Save Small Business Fund: Provides Grants to the Smallest of Small Businesses, Opens April 20 - (Posted On Friday, April 17, 2020)
- Wisconsin Offers Legal Protection for Those Manufacturing Emergency Medical Supplies - (Posted On Friday, April 17, 2020)
- Wisconsin’s New Safer At Home Order Alters Restrictions on Businesses - (Posted On Friday, April 17, 2020)
- Take Caution with Filing Deadlines During COVID-19 Crisis - (Posted On Tuesday, April 07, 2020)
- Governor Evers Orders Suspension of Evictions and Foreclosures for 60 Days During COVID-19 Crisis - (Posted On Tuesday, March 31, 2020)
- Community Organizations Create Fund to Offer Grants to Support Northeast Wisconsin Non-Profits Impacted by COVID-19 - (Posted On Thursday, March 26, 2020)
- Guidance for Businesses Resolving Multiple “Shelter in Place” Orders and Differing Definitions of “Essential Business” - (Posted On Wednesday, March 25, 2020)