Firm News

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 Law – Management

Geoffrey A. Lacy, Employment Law – Management, Immigration Law, Labor Law – Management

Shana R. Lewis, Education Law, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Labor Law – Management, and Employment Law – Management

Tess O’Brien-Heinzen, Education Law

Also recognized as a Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch”: Alana Leffler, Education Law, Labor and Employment – Management

Attorney Shana Lewis presented at the CESA 11 Legal Summit in Turtle Lake, Wisconsin on the topic of Managing Difficult Issues Involving Employee Medical Conditions and Leaves of Absence.

Attorneys Alana Leffler and Tess O’Brien-Heinzen presented Special Education Legal Update and Reminders at the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators’ summer legal seminar in Sturgeon Bay, WI.

Attorney Alana Leffler co-presented You Make the Call at the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators’ summer legal seminar in Sturgeon Bay, WI.

Attorney Tess O’Brien-Heinzen presented In the Room Where it Happens: What Administrative Assistants Need Know to Comply with Law and Policy at the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators‘ 2024 Administrative Assistants Conference in Madison, WI.

Attorney Geoffrey Lacy presented The Role of a Coordinator – Title IX, ADA/504, Affirmative Action, Clergy Compliance, etc. at the Wisconsin Technical College System’s 2nd Annual Compliance Collaborative Symposium in Madison, WI.

Attorneys Tess O’Brien-Heinzen and Laura Pedersen presented Knowing Your Policies at the WI Resource Center for Charter Schools 2024 Conference, which will be held virtually. 

Attorney Shana Lewis presented on Discipline Standards, Performance Improvement Plans, and Grievance Procedures during the Wisconsin Association of School Personnel Administrator’s 2024 Human Resources Leadership Conference in Green Bay, Wisconsin.