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Our Firm

Our firm’s attorneys have decades of experience serving Wisconsin’s educational institutions and we’ve designed our firm’s practice for the clients we serve.  

School districts and institutions of higher learning need lawyers that understand who they really are. Their counsel must appreciate educational institutions’ role in our law, public policy, and culture. Educational institutions are multifaceted and complex; they provide students an outstanding education, but they are also important employers, governmental bodies, childcare centers, health care managers, food distribution centers, and mass transit companies, to name only a few. It is only in this context that schools’ importance to our children and our communities can be fully understood.

Our clients need lawyers dedicated to scholarship, especially when negotiating administrator contracts. Countless areas of law have developed unique principles and standards for cases related to public education. Constitutional law, contract law, and laws concerning employee discipline and discharge, for example, are often reshaped or refined—sometimes modestly, but sometimes more seriously—by statutes, rules, and legal principles that are uniquely related to school districts. For us, learning and understanding this body of law that we call “school law” is a lifelong pursuit.

Education institutions need lawyers with meaningful experience. Attorneys Kirk Strang and Erin Kastberg have 50 years of collective experience in school law. We have the wisdom and judgment—that ability to see over the horizon for our clients—that only a lifetime commitment to this field can bring.

This is where we work. The law of public education is our foundation. Mastering its application to our schools’ challenges—large or small—is our practice. Our experience is our distinction.

 

Why Choose Us

  • "Kirk Strang is the top school law and employment law attorney in Wisconsin. He delivers wise counsel based on deep experience and up-to-the-moment advice by staying current as the law and client needs change. Kirk is exceptional both as general counsel and with challenging situations and transactions. For more than thirty years, he’s been there for me and my team without fail in both public and private client settings."

    Paul Gabriel, Wisconsin Technical College System Foundation

  • "Committed to and exceedingly adept at securing the best legal outcomes for his clients by-way-of a vast knowledge base coupled with years of invaluable experience. Kirk Strang has a knack for school law that few in the State of Wisconsin can match. His belief in conscientious and thorough preparation of his cases is completely evident when you discuss legal matters with him. You would be significantly challenged to find a better lawyer and/or team to represent your school district's interests. I highly recommend his services!"

    Jeff Holmes, Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District Superintendent

  • "Our District has faced several unexpected challenges over the past years. It has been comforting to know that Kirk is there to support us, guide us, and represent us. We can always depend on Kirk's knowledge and professionalism to protect the interests of our District."

    Dr. Heidi Eliopoulos, Superintendent of the School District of Altoona

  • "Attorney Kirk Strang listens, problem solves, and advises on critical legal issues that help protect our college and tax payers. Our confidence in Strang Law’s legal expertise is absolute."

    Roger Stanford, President of Western Technical College