About Robert E Bellin
Robert E Bellin Jr earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, completing a B.B.A. in 1991. He went on to law school at the University of Minnesota, graduating with a J.D. in 1994. Those years set the course for a career centered on courtroom practice and court filings at multiple levels.
Soon after earning his law degree, he established roots in Wisconsin’s legal community. He is admitted to practice in Wisconsin and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He joined local and state bar organizations in the mid-1990s and has maintained active memberships ever since.
In 1997 he became a partner at Hammett, Bellin & Oswald, LLC. That partnership followed several years of early practice and bar involvement. At the firm he has handled matters that require appearances in trial courts and filings on appeal. Colleagues describe him as steady in the courtroom and methodical in preparing written submissions.
Longstanding ties to the profession extend beyond his firm. He has been a member of the Outagamie and Winnebago County Bar Associations since 1995 and has held membership in the State Bar of Wisconsin for the same span. He joined the Fellows of the Wisconsin Law Foundation in 2013. Since 2016 he has served on the board of the Wisconsin Association for Justice, participating in the group’s governance and programming.
Those organizational roles reflect a practice that mixes trial work with appellate matters. He has taken cases through various stages of litigation and has filed briefs in higher courts. That combination has given him repeated exposure to both factual development at trial and legal argumentation on appeal.
Clients and other lawyers encounter a practitioner who emphasizes preparation and attention to procedural detail. That approach shows in his handling of deadlines and evidentiary matters. It also shapes how he presents cases to judges and opposing counsel: measured, grounded in records, and aimed at clear legal points.
Outside of court dockets, his professional life includes mentoring younger lawyers at his firm and participating in bar events in his region. He continues to engage with county-level bar associations while serving on state-level boards. He remains based at Hammett, Bellin & Oswald, LLC, where he practices in Wisconsin and appears before the Seventh Circuit.
