"Kirk Strang is the top school law and employment law attorney in Wisconsin. He is exceptional both as general counsel and with challenging situations and transactions."
Paul Gabriel, Executive Director, Wisconsin Technical College System Foundation
General School Law
We serve as general counsel to public school districts and technical colleges throughout Wisconsin. Our experience as the primary, and often exclusive legal counsel to our clients gives us unsurpassed skills and abilities to provide counsel on managing the difficult, often multifaceted legal problems that our public education institutions confront.
Open Meetings & Public Records Law
Our attorneys have decades of experience dealing with Wisconsin’s open meetings and public records laws. Our firm’s attorneys are regularly commissioned by one of several education professionals’ organizations to present programming or provide training in open meetings and public records compliance…
Teacher & Administrator Contracts
We are skilled and experienced with teacher and administrator contracts, and genuinely love our work on school district and higher education employment contracts. Few areas of the law are more important to our clients because the work we do on educator employment contracts is directly related to our clients’ and its administrative team’s success.
Employment Relations & Litigation
There are countless employment laws, regulations, and legal principles that are central to school district and higher education management. We provide counsel and advocacy as attorneys of record for our clients in all types of employment litigation.
Labor Relations
A substantial number of Wisconsin school districts and technical colleges have one or more employee groups that are represented by labor unions. We are experienced with virtually all legal proceedings and procedures that arise under the Municipal Employment Relations Act (MERA), the legislation that establishes and defines individual employees’ right to engage in protected concerted activity, as well as the collective bargaining rights of represented employees.
Employee Benefits
We counsel school boards, technical colleges, and administrators on basic employee benefits laws. We also maintain trusted relationships with reputable vendors and legal counsel in the employee benefits area to bring additional resources to bear when more specialized services are required. We work to ensure that our clients’ employment contracts, handbooks, and policies are aligned with the benefits offered by the employer.
Construction & Real Estate
Our attorneys understand the school construction process from start to finish. We are actively involved in clients’ referendum initiatives and give counsel on election issues during the pendency of referendum elections. We make certain that election notices are properly posted/printed and that the results are obtained with painstaking attention to detail.
School Finance
We regularly provide counsel to school districts on district financial matters. We understand state laws concerning budget hearings and annual meetings, and help clients work through these processes effectively. Our attorneys are familiar with the Wisconsin Uniform Financial Accounting Requirements (WUFAR)...