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Biography
"Jakob Feltham is a top notch attorney in my eyes — and without any hesitation and without any doubt — I can promise, he and this law firm will go to bat for you with everything they’ve got."
Jakob Feltham is a shareholder in the Madison office of Hawks Quindel, S.C. He specializes in representing injured workers in worker’s compensation cases. He is the current President of the Wisconsin Association of Workers Compensation Attorneys.
When injured, each of us deserves to recover and adapt free from unnecessary worry. Attorney Feltham is committed to providing compassionate, responsive, and energetic representation to clients living with the aftermath of a work injury.
Attorney Feltham has dedicated his professional life to fighting for workers’ rights. He decided to pursue a legal career while representing coworkers as a union shop steward at his workplace. Before law school, he worked as a labor and community organizer in New York City and volunteered at a nonprofit legal clinic in Berkeley, California.
Attorney Feltham has been honored as a Rising Star in 2023 and 2024 by Super Lawyers and as an All Star by the Wisconsin Law Journal in 2024. He has given lectures on Wisconsin worker’s compensation law to groups including the Wisconsin State Bar Association, the Wisconsin Association of Worker’s Compensation Attorneys, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and various labor unions.
Education
- Law School J.D.University of Wisconsin Law School J.D.University of Wisconsin Law School B.A. Political Studies Bard College