Hawks Quindel, S.C.

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  Timothy E. Hawks

  Of Councel / Employment & Labor Attorney

  Timothy E. Hawks is a Milwaukee employment and labor law attorney, representing workers and unions throughout Wisconsin. Representative clients include AFT-Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Education Association Council, the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, the Green Bay Education Association, and local affiliates of the International Association of Fire Fighters. Attorney Hawks is the author of Future Damages in ADEA Cases, Marquette Law Review (1986), and is a frequent lecturer on the topics of union and employment law. Prior to engaging in private practice, he served on the staff of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission. A member of the Iowa and Wisconsin State Bars, Attorney Hawks is a past chair and a Union representative director of the State Bar’s Labor and Employment Law Section. Experience Attorney Hawks is a contributing author to Wisconsin Employment Law, a three-volume treatise published by the State Bar of Wisconsin in 1994. He taught “Industrial Relations in the Public Sector” for students enrolled in the Masters in Human Resources/Labor Relations Program at the University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee, and is an adjunct professor at Marquette Law School teaching “Public Sector Labor and Employment Law.”

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  Aaron Halstead

  Of Counsel / Employment & Worker's Compensation Attorney

  Aaron Halstead is of counsel to Hawks Quindel’s Madison office, which he co-founded in 1995. From 1990 to 2025, Attorney Halstead specialized in litigation of employment, labor and work injury cases. During those 35 years, he litigated every variety of employment dispute, including discrimination and retaliation cases, non-competition and non-solicitation disputes, and breaches of employment contracts. He also handled hundreds of work injury cases before both the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and Wisconsin Division of Hearings and Appeals, including terminations of employees following work injuries. In 2025, Attorney Halstead began transitioning his practice to mediation of employment and worker’s compensation cases. He now focuses solely in providing mediation services to attorneys involved in litigation of those claims. Attorney Halstead served as a Member of the Board of Directors for the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Labor and Employment Section (1998-2005, 2007-2010), including as the Board’s Chairperson (2003-2004), and was the co-chair of the State Bar’s annual Employment Law Update seminar (2012-2018). He is one of ten active Wisconsin workers compensation attorneys selected to be a Fellow in the national College of Workers Compensation Lawyers. During his litigation career, Attorney Halstead tried cases in Wisconsin’s circuit courts and in the United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Wisconsin. He argued cases before the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. His practice also included representation of clients before Wisconsin’s Equal Rights Division, Labor and Industry Review Commission and Employment Relations Commission.

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  Daniel Schoshinski

  Shareholder / Workers' Compensation Attorney

  If you had to use one word to describe Attorney Daniel Schoshinski’s breadth of knowledge about workers' compensation, “vast” would not do him justice. Having practiced almost exclusively in this area for over twenty years, there are very few issues Attorney Schoshinski hasn’t come across. In fact, he prides himself on being able to identify every unique aspect of each client’s injury, in order to gain the maximum amount of benefits available. When he isn’t busy litigating cases on behalf of his many clients, he can be found trying to keep up with his two daughters as they attempt to take over the world one Irish dance festival and horse show at a time. Attorney Schoshinski is a member of the Milwaukee Bar Association, State Bar of Wisconsin, and the American Bar Association. Attorney Schoshinski has litigated over 1,000 workers' compensation cases in the course of his career. He has represented clients in administrative hearings, Wisconsin Circuit courts, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He has also enjoyed the opportunity to teach Workers Compensation courses at Milwaukee Area Technical College and Marquette Law School, and to speak to employee groups statewide.

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  David Zoeller

  Shareholder / Social Security Disability Attorney

  Attorney David Zoeller is a Madison social security disability attorney and a wage and hour lawyer, who has a passion for representing workers. He is an experienced litigator who will fight for your wages and benefits. Attorney Zoeller is a Shareholder at Hawks Quindel. His practice focuses on helping employees recover unpaid wages, including overtime wages, through both individual and class action cases. Beyond this, he is an experienced Madison social security disability attorney, who regularly represents disabled workers at all levels of the SSI and/or SSDI application and appeals process, including claims in federal court. Madison Social Security Disability Attorney At Hawks Quindel, we strive to offer clients personal, thorough, and highly effective legal representation. As a social security disability client, you will work with a team of Madison staff and attorneys with the depth and breadth of experience needed to see your claim through, from application to approval. Attorney Zoeller will work directly with you at each step of the process, and is an experienced advocate with a track record of success in social security disability hearings. Our Madison social security attorney team has both the compassion and persistence to see your claim through what can be a difficult process. Madison Wage and Hour Litigator Attorney Zoeller represents both individuals and classes of employees in recovering wages. Through class and collective actions, Attorney Zoeller has helped thousands of workers recover millions of dollars in unpaid overtime wages. Additionally, Attorney Zoeller frequently litigates wage and hour claims on behalf of one or a handful of individuals. Because wage and hour laws provide a right to recover attorney’s fees, Hawks Quindel is typically able to take these claims without any upfront payment of attorney’s fees or costs, and with no recovery of attorney’s fees unless we recover wages for you. Recognition & Experience Attorney Zoeller has been selected as a Super Lawyer every year since 2016, and was selected as a Rising Star from 2011 to 2016. He has also been named a Best Lawyer every year since 2016. Attorney Zoeller was also recognized by the Wisconsin Lawyer as an Up and Coming Lawyer in 2012 and by Best Lawyers as a Lawyer of the Year in 2021. Attorney Zoeller has served as class counsel in numerous successful class action wage and hour claims (see below). He has spoken on wage and hour issues at the University of Wisconsin Law School, Marquette University Law School, and on behalf of the Wisconsin State Bar. Attorney Zoeller is a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives, and has brought Social Security disability cases to hearing throughout the state of Wisconsin. He has helped countless individuals gain approval of social security disability benefits, both at hearing and, in some cases, without the necessity of a hearing. Attorney Zoeller graduated with honors from Colgate University in 2002, and received his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School with honors in 2007.

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