Anderson, Brian L., et al. Family Limited Partnerships in Wisconsin. Eau Claire, WI: National Business
Institute, 1996.
Location: KFW/2607.5/A75/F36/1996
Anderson, Brian L., et al. A Guide for Wisconsin Nonprofit Organizations. 2nd ed. Madison: State Bar
of Wisconsin CLE Books, 2001- (With current supplements.)
Location: KFW/2611/G85/2001
Bartzen, Jeffrey J., et al. Limited Liability Companies in Wisconsin. Eau Claire, WI: National Business
Institute, 1999.
Location: KFW/2607.5/L56/1999
Bartzen, Jeffrey J., et al. LLCs and LLPs for the Wisconsin Paralegal. Eau Claire, WI: Institute for
Paralegal Education, National Business Institute, 2001.
Location: KFW/2607.5/L55/2001
Berry, Douglas K., et al. Wisconsin Nonprofits: Tax and Business Answers. Eau Claire, WI: National
Business Institute, 2002.
Location: KFW/2611/A75/B38/2002
Boucher, Joseph W., et al. LLCs and LLPs: a Wisconsin Handbook. 3rd ed. Madison: State Bar of
Wisconsin, 2007- (With current supplements.)
Location: Reserve Collection KFW/2607.5/W572/2007 & Loislawschool.com (Available at UW Law
Library)
Chiarelli, Luke J., et al. Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies in Wisconsin. Eau
Claire, WI: National Business Institute, 2003.
Location: KFW/2607.5/A75/F37/2003
Chiarelli, Luke J., et al. Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships in Wisconsin.
Eau Claire, WI: National Business Institute, 2003.
Location: KFW/2607.5/L56/2003
Colley, Stephen A., et al. Limited Liability Companies: The Entity of Choice Wisconsin. Eau Claire, WI:
National Business Institute, 1995.
Location: KFW/2607.5/A75/L56/1995
Dortzbach, Kenneth R., et al. Counseling the Small Business Client in Wisconsin. Eau Claire, WI:
National Business Institute, 2003.
Location: KFW/2634/C68/2003
Olson, John M. and Mary E. St. Ville. Wisconsin Corporations. 2nd ed. Rochester, NY: Lawyers
Cooperative Pub. Co., 1995. (With current supplements.)
Location: Reserve Collection KFW2613/P67/1995
Patch, Douglas J., et al. Choice of Business Entity in Wisconsin: How to Do It Right. Eau Claire, WI:
National Business Institute, 2002.
Location: KFW/2605/A75/C48/2002
The American Bar Association Legal Guide for Small Business: Everything a Small-Business Person Must
Know, from Start-Up Employment Laws to Financing and Selling a Business. New York: Three Rivers
Press, 2000.
Location: KF/1659/Z9/A43/2000
Associations and the Law. Edited by Jerald A. Jacobs. Washington, DC: American Society of Association
Executives, 2002.
Location: KF/1388/A75/A85/2002
Attorney Liability in Bankruptcy. Edited by Corinne Cooper. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association,
General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division, 2006.
Location: KF/313/A989/2006 (Accompanying CD-ROM available at Circulation Desk)
Branch, Ben, Hugh Ray, and Robin Russell. Last Rights: Liquidating a Company. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2007.
Location: KF/1475/B73/2007
Block, Dennis J., Nancy E. Barton, and Stephen A. Radin. The Business Judgment Rule: Fiduciary Duties
of Corporate Directors. 5th ed. New York: Aspen Law & Business, 1998. (With current supplements.)
Location: KF/1423/B5853/1998/v.1-2
Blumberg, Phillip I. The Law of Corporate Groups: Problems in the Bankruptcy or Reorganization of
Parent and Subsidiary Corporations. Boston: Little, Brown, 1985. (With current supplements.)
Location: KF/1544/B58/1985
Blumberg, Phillip I. The Law of Corporate Groups: Problems of Parent and Subsidiary Corporations
Under Statutory Law of General Application. Boston: Little, Brown, 1989. (With current supplements.)
Location: KF/1465/B564/1989
Blumberg, Phillip I. The Law of Corporate Groups: Procedural Problems in the Law of Parent and
Subsidiary Corporations. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983. (With current supplements.)
Location: KF/1465/B58/1983
Blumberg, Phillip I. The Law of Corporate Groups: Tort, Contract and Other Common Law Problems in
the Substantive Law of Parent and Subsidiary Corporations. Boston: Little, Brown, 1987. (With current
supplements.)
Location: KF/1414/B58/1987
Blumberg, Phillip I. and Kurt A. Strasser. Problems of Parent and Subsidiary Corporations Under State
Statutory Law. Boston: Little, Brown, 1995. (With current supplements.)
Location: KF/1465/B563/1995
Blumberg, Phillip I. and Kurt A. Strasser. Problems of Parent and Subsidiary Corporations Under
Statutory Law Specifically Applying Enterprise Principles. Boston: Little, Brown, 1992. (With current
supplements.)
Location: KF/1465/B566/1992
Brickey, Kathleen F. Corporate Criminal Liability: a Treatise on the Criminal Liability of Corporations,
Their Officers and Agents. 2nd ed. Deerfield, IL: Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1991. (With current
supplements.)
Location: KF/9236.5/B75/1991/v.1-3
Callison, J. William and Maureen A. Sullivan. Limited Liability Companies: A State By State Guide to
Law and Practice. Eagan, Minn.: Thomson/West, 2007. (With current supplements.)
Location: KF/1380/Z95/L537
Cohen, Berwin; Duffy, Robert T.; and Langdon, Larry R. Protecting a Public Company's Confidences.
Washington, D.C.: National Legal Center for the Public Interest, 2005.
Location: KF/8959/A7/C64/2005
Conference Board. Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise. The Conference Board
Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise: Findings and Recommendations. New York, 2003.
(Each part includes “Specific Best Practice Suggestions.”)
Location: http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/sr-03-04.pdf
Corporations and Other Business Organizations: Statutes, Rules, Materials, and Forms. Edited by Melvin
Aron Eisenberg. 2007 ed. New York: Foundation Press, 2007.
Location: KF/1413/C673/2007
Eisenberg, Melvin Aron. An Introduction to Agency, Partnerships, and LLCs. 4th ed. New York:
Foundation Press, 2005.
Location: KF/1366/E38/2005
Finnegan, Sheila. The First 72 Hours of a Government Investigation: A Guide to Identifying Issues and
Avoiding Mistakes. Washington, D.C.: National Legal Center for the Public Interest, 2007.
Location: KF/5422/Z9/F56/2007
Fletcher, William Meade. Corporate Practice Deskbook. (Volume 19 of Fletcher Cyclopedia of the Law
of Private Corporations.) St. Paul, MN: West Group. (With current supplements.)
Location: KF/1384/F56/vol.19
Fletcher, William Meade. Cyclopedia of the Law of Private Corporations. Chicago: Callaghan, 1931-
(With current supplements.)
Location: KF/1384/F55
Folsom, Ralph Haughwout, et al. International Business Transactions in a Nutshell. 7th ed. St. Paul, MN:
Thomson/West, 2004.
Location: Reserve Collection K/3943/W54/2004
Folsom, Ralph Haughwout. International Trade and Investment in a Nutshell. 3rd ed. St. Paul, MN:
Thomson/West, 2004.
Location: Reserve Collection K/3943/F64/2004
Haas, Jeffrey, J. Corporate Finance in a Nutshell. St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West, 2004.
Location: Reserve Collection KF/1428/Z9/H33/2004
Hamilton, Robert W. The Law of Corporations in a Nutshell. 5th ed. St. Paul: West Group, 2000.
Location: Reserve Collection KF/1414.3/H35/2000
Hynes, J. Dennis and Mark J. Loewenstein. Agency, Partnership, and the LLC: The Law of
Unincorporated Business Enterprises. 7th ed. Newark, NJ: LexisNexis, 2007.
Location: KF/1365/H962/2007
Internal Corporate Investigations. Edited by Barry F. McNeil and Brad D. Brian. 3rd ed. Chicago, IL:
ABA Section of Litigation, 2007.
Location: KF/1416/I58/2007
Jones, Ronald J. How To Counsel Corporate Clients: Ten Reasons Business People Don't Take Legal
Advice (And What You Can Do About It). Philadelphia, PA: American Law Institute-American Bar
Association Committee on Professional Education, 2000.
Location: Law Library KF/311/ J66/2000
Jurinski, James and Zwick, Gary A. Transferring Interests in the Closely Held Family Business.
Philadelphia, PA: American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing
Professional Education, 2002.
Location: KF/6484/Z845/2002
Kane, Thomas E. Letters for Lawyers: Essential Communications for Clients, Prospects, and Others. 2nd
ed. Chicago, IL: General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section, American Bar Association, 2004.
Location: Reserve Collection KF/320/L48/K36/2004
Knepper, William E. and Dan A. Bailey. Liability of Corporate Officers and Directors. 7th ed. Newark,
NJ: LexisNexis Matthew Bender, 2002. (With current supplements.)
Location: KF/1423/K6/2002/v.1-2
Limited Liability Companies: State Statutes and Federal Materials. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co.
1994- (Annual)
Location: KF/1380/Z95/L56/year (Latest edition only.)
Managing Closely Held Corporations: A Legal Guidebook. By the Committee on Corporate Laws.
Chicago, IL: American Bar Association Section of Business Law, 2003.
Location: KF/1466/M355/2003
Mezzullo, Louis A. An Estate Planner's Guide to Family Business Entities: Family Limited Partnerships,
Limited Liability Companies, and More. 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association, Section of Real
Property, Probate and Trust Law, 2003.
Location: KF/1380/M39/2003
Model Business Corporation Act Annotated. 4th ed. Chicago: American Bar Association, Section of
Business Law, 2008- (With current supplements.)
Location: Reserve Collection KF/1414/A8/2008/v.1-4 (Accompanying CD-ROM available at
Circulation Desk)
Negotiating Business Acquisitions. Chicago, IL: ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education, 2007.
Location: KF/1477/Z9/N435/2007/v.1-2
Nonprofit Resources: A Companion to Nonprofit Governance. Edited by Victor Futter and Lisa A.
Runquist. Chicago: ABA Section of Business Law, 2007
Location: Reference Collection KF/1388/A1/N66/2007
Oesterle, Dale A. Mergers and Acquisitions in a Nutshell. 2nd ed. St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West, 2006.
Location: Reserve Collection KF/1477/Z9/O34/2006
O'Neal, F. Hodge. O'Neal and Thompson's Close Corporations and LLCs : Law and Practice. Rev. 3rd
ed. Eagan, MN.: Thomson/West, 2004-.
Location: KF/1466/O523/v.1-2
Pratt, Shannon P. The Lawyers' Business Valuation Handbook: Understanding Financial Statements,
Appraisal Reports, and Expert Testimony. Chicago, IL: Section of Family Law, American Bar
Association, 2000.
Location: KF/1416/P73/2000
Ribstein, Larry E. and Robert R. Keatinge. Ribstein and Keatinge on Limited Liability Companies. 2nd ed.
St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West, 2004- (With current supplements.)
Location: KF/1380/R522 (Accompanying CD-ROM available at Circulation Desk)
Risius, Jeffrey M.. Business Valuation: a Primer for the Legal Profession. Chicago, IL: American Bar
Association, 2007.
Location: KF/1416/R57/2007
Rodriguez, Sabino and Knuts, Robert. Representing the Public Company: A Post-Sarbanes-Oxley
Governance Paradigm for In-House Lawyers and Outside Counsel. Washington, D.C.: National Legal
Center for the Public Interest, 2004.
Location: KF/306/R63/2004
Rotunda, Ronald D. Legal Ethics in a Nutshell. 3rd ed. Eagan, MN: Thomson/West, 2007.
Location: Reserve Collection KF/306/Z9/R688/2007
Shade, Joseph and David G. Epstein. Business Structures in a Nutshell. St. Paul, MN: West Group, 2003.
Location: Reserve Collection KF/1355/S52/2003
Shaffer, Thomas L. and Elkins, James R. Legal Interviewing and Counseling in a Nutshell. 4th ed. St.
Paul, MN: Thomson/West, 2005.
Location: Reserve Collection KF/311/S5/2005
Webb, Daniel, Robert W. Tarun and Steven F. Malo. Corporate Internal Investigations. New York: Law
Journal Seminars-Press, 1993- (Not kept up to date after #13, 2000.)
Location: KF/1416/W33
Welch, Edward P. Folk on the Delaware General Corporation Law. 5th ed. New York, NY: Aspen
Publishers, 2006- (Updated to 2007-1)
III. Forms
Location: KFD/213/F59/2006/v.1-3
Batman, Jean. Advising the Small Business: Forms and Advice for the Legal Practitioner.Chicago, IL:
American Bar Association, 2007.
Location: KF/1659/B38/2007
Boucher, Joseph W., Charles E. Neider and Kent L. Schleiger. Organizing a Wisconsin Business
Corporation: Articles, By-Laws and Other Forms. Madison, Wis.: State Bar of Wisconsin, CLE Books,
1998.
Location: Reserve Collection KFW/2613.5/A65/O74/1998 & Loislawschool.com (Available at UW
Law Library)
Contemporary Corporation Forms CD-ROM. New York: Aspen Law & Business, 2000- (Supplements
cancelled after Spring 2001.)
Location: Circulation Desk KF/1410/C672
Corporations and Other Business Organizations: Statutes, Rules, Materials, and Forms. Selected and
edited by Melvin Aron Eisenberg. New York : Foundation Press, 2007.
Location: Reserve Collection: KF/1413/C673/2007
Fletcher, William Meade. Fletcher Corporation Forms Annotated. 4th ed., rev. Chicago: Callaghan,
1981- (Not kept up to date after 3/2001.)
Location: Reference Collection KF/1411/F54
Lieberman, Paul. West's Legal Forms. Business Organizations, with Tax Analysis. (Volumes 1-6A of
West's Legal Forms.) 3rd ed. St. Paul: West Group, 2000- (With current supplements.)
Location: Reference Collection KF/170/W47/2000
Model Asset Purchase Agreement: With Commentary. Chicago, IL: Committee on Negotiated
Acquisitions, Section of Business Law, American Bar Association, 2001.
Location: KF/1355/M63/2001/v. 1-3 (Accompanying CD-ROM available at Circulation Desk)
ALI -ABA's Practice Checklist Manual on Advising Business Clients II: Checklists, Forms, and Advice
from The Practical Lawyer. Philadelphia: American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee
on Continuing Professional Education, 2000.
Location: Law Library KF/1414/A725/2000 (Accompanying forms disk available at Circulation
Desk)
Tannenbaum, Frederic D. Organizing, Financing, Growing, and Selling Businesses: Forms and Advice for
Lawyers. Philadelphia, PA: American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing
Professional Education, 2002.
Location: Reserve Collection KF/1411/T36/2002 (CD-ROM available at the Circulation Desk)
Wisconsin Legal Forms: Business Enterprises. David J. MacDougall, editor. Rochester, NY: Lawyers
Cooperative Pub., 1994. (With current supplements.)
Location: Reserve Collection KFW/2468/W57/vol.2
The following is a selected list of journals of interest to the business lawyer. Unless otherwise indicated,
all titles are available in the Law Library Periodicals Collection, located on the third floor and are
arranged alphabetically by title.
Business Law News. Madison, WI: State Bar of Wisconsin, Business Law Section, 1989- Vol. 8, no. 3
(Fall 1989)-
Business Law Today. Chicago, IL: ABA, Section of Business Law, 1992- Vol. 1, no. 1 (March/April
1992)-
The Business Lawyer: A Bulletin of the Section on Corporation, Banking, and Mercantile Law. Chicago,
IL: ABA, Section on Corporation, Banking, and Mercantile Law, 1946- Vol. 1, no. 1 (1946)- (Also
available electronically - See MadCat record for link)
Columbia Business Law Review. New York, NY: Columbia University School of Law, 1986-
Vol. 1986, no. 1 (Also available electronically - See MadCat record for links)
Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Wilmington: Delaware Law School of Widener College, 1976-
Vol. 1, no. 1 (1976)- (Also available electronically - See MadCat record for link)
Journal of Corporation Law. Iowa City: University of Iowa, College of Law, 1975- Vol. 1, no. 1 (fall)-
(Also available electronically - See MadCat record for links)
To locate specific journal articles on counseling the business client, try searching one of the databases of
or indexes to legal periodicals available at the Law Library. Some of these indexes are only available in
print and are located at the Periodicals Index Tables in the Grand Reading Room. Other indexes are
available electronically through the Campus Libraries and Law Library Web Sites. Links are available
at http://library.law.wisc.edu/elecresources/databases/articles.php.
| Name of Index | Location | Dates of Coverage |
| Index to Legal Periodicals (and Books) | Periodicals Index Tables, Grand Reading Room | Index: 1880's to present |
| Index to Legal Periodicals Full-Text | Campus and Law Library Web Sites |
Index: August 1981 to present Full-text (selected): 1990's to present |
|
Hein Online |
Campus and Law Library Web Sites | Full-text: First volume to most current allowed under contract |