Terrence M. Gherty, age 64, Hudson, WI, surrounded by his loving family was welcomed home to the arms of the Lord on October 7, 2014, following a long journey that resulted from a traumatic brain injury and subsequent coma.

 Terry was born October 30, 1949, the second son of Lawrence and Geraldine Gherty.  He attended St. Patrick School, Hudson and graduated from St. John’s Preparatory School, Collegeville, MN, 1967; University of Wisconsin- River Falls, 1971 (B.S.); and the University of South Dakota – School of Law 1974 (J.D.).  He was admitted to practice law in the State of Wisconsin and Minnesota and before the U.S. District Courts in Wisconsin and Minnesota, the U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, and The Supreme Court of the United States.

Terry practiced law with his father Lawrence Gherty from 1974 to April 1980, when Lawrence died.  He continued to practice with his brother Mark and wife Sue at Gherty & Gherty, S.C.

Terry spent his entire career as a trial lawyer.   He learned his trade as a criminal defense attorney. One of his criminal cases helped set the standard to be applied for the use of  expert psychiatric testimony specifically in a criminal case.  He was an esteemed family-law lawyer who, along with his wife Sue helped establish the legal standard of grandparents’ visitation rights.  But it was the last 30 years he spent as an attorney representing individuals in the area of personal injury and insurance disputes that he found his passion.  He was once quoted “I am honored to represent an individual who has been injured, or an insurance company who represents another’s interest.”  He was an innovative and aggressive trial lawyer who embodied character of Atticus Finch. 

He was Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, as a Civil Trial Specialist. He has held Martindale Hubble’s highest AV Pre-eminent ranking since 1992.  For more than 20 years he has been invited to teach at the  Lawyering Skills  Course at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Portions of his courtroom arguments are identified and published as Specimens of Eloquence in the treatise Stein’s “Closing Arguments.” His biography is also published in the 9th Edition of “Who’s Who in American Law.””””  He was chosen a “Super Lawyer” from 2005 – 2012.