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Renning, Lewis & Lacy, S.C. is a management-side labor and employment law firm representing public, private, and non-profit employers, with extensive experience representing public schools, higher education institutions, and other public entities with their unique needs in labor, employment, and as general counsel. To best serve our clients, we provide legal representation in other areas as well including real estate law, general business, immigration, and creditor’s rights. Our team of attorneys bring years of experience in representing our clients in all areas of their operations, and for our public entity clients, we understand their unique needs as government entities, employers, businesses, property owners, creditors, and so much more.  With offices in Green Bay, Madison, Oshkosh, and Milwaukee, we are able to assist clients throughout Wisconsin.

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We bring years of experience in representing our clients in all areas of their operations, and for our public entity clients, we understand their unique needs as government entities, employers, businesses, property owners, creditors, and so much more.

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In March, the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) issued Special Education Informational Bulletin 24.01 regarding the use of shortened school days.  Bulletin 24.01 replaces...
On February 28, 2024, in Halter v. Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals concluded: (1) the WIAA is a state actor...
On March 15, 2024, the United States Supreme Court (Court), in a unanimous opinion, articulated a two-part test for determining whether a public official...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision on March 7, 2024, in a case involving a challenge to a...
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Our attorneys are recognized and accomplished for representing the needs of clients, but just as important, the attorneys at Renning, Lewis & Lacy, S.C., are committed to involvement in the legal profession and in the communities we serve and live. We believe in being part of the communities in which we live and work, which includes aiding the professional organizations that enhance the offerings we provide to clients and dedicating time to non-profit organizations that improve the lives of our neighborhoods and regions.

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The firm was a proud sponsor of the Women in Leadership Retreat Living & Learning in Leadership: Courage Over Comfort: Emotional Agility, Vulnerability, Sharing Our Stories, which is a collaboration between Lifeline for Courageous Leadership and the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators (WASDA), and which took place in Madison on April 25-26, 2023.

Attorneys Shana Lewis and Laura Pedersen presented Accommodating Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students at the 20th annual Wisconsin Association of School Superintendents Assistants (WASSA) Spring Conference in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

Attorney Jenna Rousseau published an article in the Wisconsin School News Magazine (April 2023) regarding “Key Considerations in School District Real Estate Transactions.”

Attorney Geoffrey Lacy presented a webinar on employing foreign national educators to public school administrators in a webinar hosted by the Wisconsin Association of School Personnel Administrators (WASPA).

Starting in March 2023, Attorneys Shana Lewis and Chad Wade will teach the Inclusive School District course for Edgewood College’s Educational Leadership Graduate program.

Attorney Geoffrey Lacy presented a webinar on employing foreign national educators to the University of Wisconsin System career counselors and advisors in a webinar hosted by the Wisconsin Association of School Personnel Administrators (WASPA).

Attorney Jenna E. Rousseau was recently elected by the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin School Attorneys Association to serve as President-elect. 

Attorney Chad Wade presented on Confidentiality in the School Environment and Other Ethics Topics at CESA 5’s SLP Institute.