Ben H. Cross
Top rated Employment & Labor attorney in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Practice Areas:
Employment & Labor,
Administrative Law,
Employee Benefits,
Employment Law - Employee,
Sexual Harassment,
Wage & Hour Laws,
Whistleblower
Education Qualification:
Marquette University Law School
Practice Areas:
Employment & labor,
Administrative law,
Employee benefits,
Employment law - employee,
Sexual harassment,
Wage & hour laws,
Whistleblower
Lawyers' Building, 845 North 11th StreetMilwaukee, Wisconsin, 53233
First Admitted: 2019, Wisconsin
Professional Webpage: https://www.crosslawfirm.com/attorney/ben-h-cross/
Bar / Professional Activity:
- Wisconsin
- LifeWays Early Childhood Center, Board Member
- National Employment Lawyers Association, Member
- National Lawyers Guild, Member
Videos:
- Former City of Milwaukee police officer, now Amery Chief of Police Steve Heinzl terminated police aide Bethany Eskro minutes after interrogating Ms. Eskro over a Facebook post that Ms. Eskro did not write. The post used a photograph of an agenda for an Amery public meeting posted in a public area of their city hall. Ms. Eskro and others filed ethics complaints against several city employees for their role in hiring Mr. Heinzl, who admits he has no leadership experience. Apparently, Mr. Heinzl and his wife, Anne Marie Navarette like to photograph and post themselves, particularly on Instagram. Some raised the issue because the posts did not seem fitting for a police chief, especially of a small Wisconsin city. Chief Heinzl shutdown the account, apparently losing thousands of dollars each month. Chief Heinzl maintains that his loss of income and the complaint have nothing to do with his termination of Ms. Eskro., Eskro V. Amery 3: Police Chief loses all credibility under Hitchcock Cross Examination, 2023
- Bethany Eskro challenged the police chief and a city council - and didn’t back down when her rights were violated. Power games are part of city politics and Eskro never faltered. Eskro is what courage looks like when citizens stand up for what is right., On Eskro and Courage, Government, 2023
- Former City of Milwaukee police officer, now Amery Chief of Police Steve Heinzl terminated police aide Bethany Eskro minutes after interrogating Ms. Eskro over a Facebook post that Ms. Eskro did not write. The post used a photograph of an agenda for an Amery public meeting posted in a public area of their city hall. Ms. Eskro and others filed ethics complaints against several city employees for their role in hiring Mr. Heinzl, who admits he has no leadership experience. Apparently, Mr. Heinzl and his wife, Anne Marie Navarette like to photograph and post themselves, particularly on Instagram. Some raised the issue because the posts did not seem fitting for a police chief, especially of a small Wisconsin city. Chief Heinzl shutdown the account, apparently losing thousands of dollars each month. Chief Heinzl maintains that his loss of income and the complaint have nothing to do with his termination of Ms. Eskro., Eskro v Amery 2 Hitchcock Cross Examination of Police Chief, Government, 2023
Representative Clients:
- Deborah Kuether is a whistleblower from MPS.I-Team uncovers another discrimination complaint against MPS administratorMPS faces another internal violation based on State Agency’s probable cause statementMPS whistleblower claims retaliation, report appears to validateMPS faces another internal violation based on State Agency’s probable cause statementMPS administrator files retaliation complaint against the district, state board finds probable cause, 2023
- https://wisconsinwatch.org/2023/03/wisconsin-freedom-of-information-council-names-opee-winners-4/ Whistleblower of the Year (“Whoopee”): Mike Meier This member of the Wauwatosa School Board alleged that the board met improperly to discuss how to respond to a records request and that he was punished by the board president for being more open than necessary. Meier is a quoted source in several articles about a school administrator who helped steer a contract to consultants who employed her husband. In the end, both the administrator and board president resigned. Pushing back against the charge that he revealed too much, Meier said, “Our whole system counts on the elected officials being watched in the public square as to how they conduct their business.” https://www.fox6now.com/news/wauwatosa-school-board-discussed-public-records-in-secret, 2023
Educational Background:
- St. John's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico, B.A., Bachelor of Arts in Math, Languages & Philosophy
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Ben Hitchcock Cross created a Youtube Channel deliberate Indifference Wisconsin to advocate on behalf of government employees., 2023
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