Michael J. Bauer

Michael J. Bauer is a Wisconsin attorney and a partner at Hopp Neumann Humke LLP, who focuses on real estate, business law, and municipal law. He has worked with clients on property purchases, sales, development projects, business acquisitions, and business sales. His career includes decades of service to counties, cities, villages, and towns. He gives legal guidance on zoning, land use, utilities, property taxes, and assessment issues. His work helps public bodies and private clients make decisions with clear legal direction, steady planning, practical counsel, sound judgment, and insight.

Michael earned a B.A. in Government from Beloit College. He earned a J.D. from Marquette University Law School. He is admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin. He is also admitted before the U.S. Eastern District Court of Wisconsin and the U.S. Western District Court of Wisconsin. This education and licensing support his work in complex local government, real estate, and business matters. His background helps him explain legal choices in a clear and practical way for clients in practice.

Michael has built a long legal career by helping clients understand rules that can affect land use, development, and local government action. Municipal law often involves procedures that differ from private transactions. He helps elected officials, appointed officials, business owners, and individuals manage those steps. His work includes planning for mixed-use development, medical center development, tax incremental districts, and development agreements. He aims to give clients concise advice, clear communication, and practical strategies for successful projects and lasting results overall.

Michael J. Bauer helps people by guiding them through legal issues that can shape property, business, and community plans. He has assisted local governments with major development projects involving housing, commercial space, public recreation, and medical services. He also helps clients address zoning, utility, and assessment concerns. His approach values client input, practical communication, and careful planning. Through this work, he supports decisions that serve public needs while also helping private clients move projects forward with confidence and structure when needed most.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Hopp Neumann Humke LLP
• Member, State Bar of Wisconsin
• Member, Wisconsin Towns Association
• Member, Sheboygan County Bar Association
• Volunteer Legal Counsel, United Way of Sheboygan County
• Board of Directors, Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation

Licensed State

• Wisconsin

Education

• Marquette University Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Beloit College
  Bachelor of Arts

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