Firm News

October 9, 2024

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.

September 25, 2024

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.

August 31, 2024

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

August 1, 2024

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.

July 25, 2024

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.

July 24, 2024

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

July 24, 2024

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.

July 23, 2024

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.