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On April 24, 2025, Attorney Shana Lewis will be presenting Act 10. What we know and what Superintendents Should Consider at the WASDA Spring Education Convention in Madison.

Attorney Tess O’Brien-Heinzen will be presenting at the 2025 Middle and High School Principals Convention, hosted by the Association of Wisconsin School District Administrators in Milwaukee, WI.

Attorney Tess O’Brien-Heinzen will be presenting at the 2025 Associate Principals Conference, hosted by the Association of Wisconsin School District Administrators in Elkhart Lake, WI.

The attorneys of Renning, Lewis & Lacy will present on Title IX, book banning, social media and other controversial issues impacting public school districts during the 2025 Wisconsin State Education Convention on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee with a reception to follow.

Dear Clients/Colleagues/Friends: It is with a profound sense of sadness and loss that we must inform our clients, colleagues, and friends that founding shareholder Tony Renning passed away last evening after a courageous battle with cancer. Tony was a great lawyer and colleague, a trusted and dependable advisor to his clients, but most of all,…

Attorneys Shana R. Lewis and Laura Pedersen presented a legal update at the Wisconsin School Public Relations Association’s Annual Fall Conference in Wisconsin Dells.

Attorney Shana Lewis presented a Legal Update for the Superintendents attending the CESA 4 November PAC meeting.

Attorney Tess O’Brien-Heinzen co-presented Elementary Principals Legal Seminar at the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators’ 2024 Elementary Principals Convention in Elkhart Lake, WI.

Attorneys Tess O’Brien-Heinzen and Shana Lewis presented at the WASDA Fall Superintendents Conference in Madison.  Shana presented The Role and Responsibilities of the Public School Board in Wisconsin. Tess presented Avoiding the Landslide of State Complaints and Due Process Hearings.

Renning, Lewis & Lacy, s.c. is pleased to announce that the following attorneys have been named to the 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession: Robert W. Burns, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management James M. Kalny, Municipal Law, and Labor…