Resources

Resources, Distinctions, and Honors

Education

University of Minnesota Law School
Creighton University
Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy Certificate in Education Finance

Experience

Professional

Lewis Law Office, LLC – Attorney | Principal
Strang, Patteson, Renning, Lewis & Lacy, s.c. – Senior Legal Counsel
Nowlan & Mouat, LLP – Partner
Prent/GOEX Corporations – Legal Counsel and Human Resources Director
State of Missouri – Labor Counsel and Chief Labor Negotiator
Northwest Airlines – Managing Director

Academic

Winona State University – Adjunct Faculty Legal Studies Department
University of Missouri – Columbia School of Law – Teaching Fellow

Admissions

State Bar of Wisconsin
State Bar of Minnesota
United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Professional Service

Chair, State Bar of Wisconsin, Labor and Employment Law Section Board of Directors, July 2019 to June 2020; Vice-Chair, 2018/19, Secretary-Treasurer 2017/18
Governing Council Member, Minnesota State Bar Association, Employee Benefits Section, June 2022 to present, member 2018 to present
President, Wisconsin School Attorneys Association Board of Directors, February 2021 to present, member 2013 to present
Founder and Attorney, Rock County Pro Bono Project and Domestic Abuse Restraining Order Project, 2015-2016; 2007-2008

Non-Profit Service

Community Action of Rock and Walworth Counties – Board of Directors 2013 to present, Board Chair 2018/20
Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce – Board of Directors 2015 to present, Board Chair 2020/21
Rotary Botanical Gardens, Janesville, Wisconsin – Board of Directors 2014 to 2018
Stateline Literacy Council, Beloit, Wisconsin – Board of Directors 2018 to present
Rock-Walworth Comprehensive Family Services – Board of Directors 2015 – 2016; Legal Advisor 2017 to present

Public Speaking

Minnesota State Bar Association, Advanced Employee Benefits Workshop, “Building, Funding and Investing for Public Employer Defined Contribution Plans” with PMA Asset Management, LLC, February 9, 2023
Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials Spring Accounting Conference, “Fringe Benefits” and “ADA/FMLA/Worker’s Compensation,” co-presenter March 2021
Wisconsin School Bus Association Regional Meetings, “Legal Compliance Relating to Camera/Video,” Presenter, March 2021
Wisconsin School Bus Association Annual Convention and Trade Show, “Managing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace,” Presenter, June 23, 2021
Wisconsin Association of School Boards/Wisconsin School Attorneys Association Annual School Law Conference, “Request for Proposals – Best Practices”, co-presenter with CESA 6, February 20, 2020
Wisconsin State Education Convention 2020, “Fringe Benefits for School Districts,” co-presenter, January 22, 2020
Association of School Board Officials International 2019 Annual Convention, “ADA, FMLA, Worker’s Compensation” and “Fringe Benefits for School Districts,” co-presenter, Washington, D.C., October 27, 2019
Wisconsin Association of School Board Officials Spring Conference May 2018, “Sustainable Strategies for Retiree and Early Retiree Health Care Plans”, co-presenter, May 15, 2018
Wisconsin Association of School Board Officials Accounting Conference March 2018, “Sustainable Strategies for Retiree and Early Retiree Health Care Plans”, co-presenter, March 15, 2018
Wisconsin Association of School Board Officials Accounting Conference March 2018, “IRS Payroll Tax Audits”, presenter, March 14, 2018
Wisconsin Association of School Boards/Wisconsin School Attorneys Association School Law Annual Conference October 2017, “Health Law Update”
State Bar of Wisconsin Annual Meeting, presenter, “What’s the Plan? ACA Remedies Update” June 2015
John Marshall Law School Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits, 12th Annual Employee Benefits Symposium, presenter, “At the Intersection of Insurance and Tax – Title I of the ACA and the ERISA Equity Expansion” April 2014