University Research Park, PO Box 5510, 440 Science Drive, Suite 300, Madison, WI 53705-0510
Phone: (608) 661-4500 Fax: (608) 661-4510

 

 

jboucher
@neiderboucher.com
608.661.4535

Joseph W. Boucher


PLACE OF BIRTH:

Menominee, Michigan

 

AREAS OF PRACTICE:
Business Law, Tax Matters Complex legal transactions including contracts of all types, mergers and acquisitions,taxation, ownership and business entity structure planning including limited liability companies, corporations, including non-profits, and limited liability partnerships.

 

FOCUS WITHIN PRACTICE:
Business Entity Planning and Formation -- Early Stage Business Formation


PRACTICE SINCE:
1978


EDUCATION:
MBA, University of Wisconsin-Madison; J.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (Cum Laude); B.A., St. Norbert College(Magna Cum Laude)


OTHER:
CPA; Seminars and teaching at the UW-Madison Business School; co-authored several books and articles on LLCs; Weinert Applied Venture Board of Director at the UW-Madison School of Business


PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT:
Chairing Limited Liability Company legislation and continuing work on it


CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT: WISCONSIN, 1982

 

FOUNDING SHAREHOLDER - NEIDER & BOUCHER, S.C.;

President, 1998 - 2002

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

UW-Madison School of Business--Senior Lecturer, Business Law 1980 to current undergraduates and graduate students including regular MBA, evening and excutive MBA and Management MBA

 

UW-Madison Law School--Business Organizations I, Fall, 2007, Entrepreneurship, Spring, 2008, General Practice Course 1981, 1982, 1992, 1993 and 2006 (Business Entities)

 

SEMINARS

Numerous seminars on limited liability companies, 1993 - present

Burrill Success Seminars February 2004-2008

Lorman Seminar -- LLCs, Fall 2003

WICPA Annual Tax Seminar LLPs, 1996

CLEW Annual Tax Seminars, 1988-1994

 

PUBLICATIONS 

Books:

Co-Author: 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 Wisconsin Limited Liability Company Handbook, State Bar, Revisions.

Co-Author: 1991, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2007,2008 Organizing a Wisconsin Business Corporation, State Bar.

Co-Author: 1986, 1987 and 1993 Wisconsin Condominium Manual, State Bar.

Reviser: 1982 Tax Guide for Wisconsin Legislators published by Wisconsin Institue of CPAs

Co-Author 1981 and 1983 Supplement: Wisconsin Probate Manual Published by State Bar;

 

Other Publications/Articles:

Co-Author: Shedding Light On Recent Developments Affecting LLCs, Wisconsin Lawyer, Vol. 81, No. 8, August 2008

Author: LLC Transactions Must Be Fair For All Members, Capital Region Business Journal, September 2005

Co-Author: The First LLC Case, Wisconsin Lawyer, Vol. 78, No. 9, September 2005

Co-Author: 2005 Supplement: LLCs and LLPs Revisions, CLE Books, State Bar

Co-Author: Legislation: Next Economy, Wisconsin Lawyer, February 2002; with detailed article explaining law scheduled for October 2002, Wisconsin Lawyer

Co-Author: LLC and Corporation Law Revisions, October 1996

Co-Author: LLCs: A Hot Topic, State Bar Journal, December 1993

Co-Author: LLCs: Why it Should Pass, State Bar Journal, July, 1993

Co-Author: May, 1988 Journal of Taxation on farm corporations

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Bar Associations: American, State and Dane County

Accounting Associations: National and Wisconsin.

HONORS RECEIVED:

2005 U.S. Small Business Administration “Wisconsin 2005 Small Business Legal Champion” Award

2008-2005, Milwaukee Magazine, “Super Lawyers”, One of the Best Business Lawyers in Wisconsin

Since 1994 Madison Magazine: One of the Best Business Lawyers in Madison

2004 St Norbert College Distinguished Achievement Award for Public Service

Currently: Who's Who in American Lawyers

Currently: Who's Who in Finance and Industry1993 State Bar Award for Limited Liability Company Legislation

 

PROUDEST COMMUNITY ACCOMPLISHMENT
Coaching kids' sports and chairing Edgewood High School's Board of Trustees

 

GUIDING MOTTO
Give more than you get