Firm News

August 1, 2025

Attorney Shana Lewis will be presenting School District Governance: Balancing Legal Compliance, Progress, Transparency, and Productivity at the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators (WASDA) 2025 Summer Legal Issues Seminar in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.

July 31, 2025

Attorney Tess O’Brien-Heinzen will be presenting From FAPE to Discipline: Examining Special Education and Section 504 in an Uncertain Era at the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators (WASDA) 2025 Summer Legal Issues Seminar in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.

July 23, 2025

Attorneys Tess O’Brien-Heinzen and Laura Pedersen will be presenting Cracks in Charter Contracts at the Wisconsin Resource Center for Charter Schools (WRCCS) 2025 Annual Conference.

July 17-18, 2025

Attorney Jenna Rousseau will be presenting at the WASPA Summer Legal Conference on the topic of “Tricky Terminations.”

July 9, 2025

Attorney Shana Lewis will be presenting Top Tips & Tricks to Survive and Thrive as an HR Director and participating in the Ask the Experts: Attorney & HR Director Q&A at the Wisconsin Association of School Personnel Administrator (WASPA) 2025 HR Foundations Academy in Madison, Wisconsin.

May 29, 2025

Attorneys Chad Wade and Laura Pedersen presented Legal Update: Hot Topics in School District Legal Obligations at the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants (WICPA) School District Audit Conference. 

May 16, 2025

Attorney Jenna Rousseau presented “Under the Hood of Wage and Hour Laws: Keeping Your District in Compliance” at the spring conference hosted by the Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials (WASBO).

May 2, 2025

Attorney Chad Wade presented “Legal Hot Topics: Panel Discussion” at the 2025 Wisconsin Council of Administrators of Special Services (WCASS) Spring Conference.