KATHLEEN A. RINEHART

KATHLEEN A. RINEHARTArbitration, Mediation & Alternative Dispute Resolution(414) 978-5333 / krinehart@whdlaw.comEXPERIENCE PROFILEKathleen A. Rinehart is a partner and leads the firm’s Education Law practice, which regularlyfocuses on the wide range of issues that affect colleges, universities and K12 schools inWisconsin and Illinois. Ms. Rinehart’s experience and practice also encompasses the wide rangeof issues that affect and define the employer/employee relationship, including, for example,investigations; hiring/firing; evaluations; open meetings/public records; contract administration;labor negotiations, contract implementation and interpretation; policy development andinterpretation; and dispute resolution.The effective and creative resolutions developed for our clients reflect a thorough understandingof each client’s Mission and Vision; expertise regarding the manner in which the law applies toeducational institutions, public and private sector clients; and a clear appreciation of the remediesthat will best serve the needs of those clients.Ms. Rinehart currently serves as General Counsel to several colleges, universities and K12schools. She has been a featured speaker at local, regional and national education seminars, andserved on the Board of Directors of the National Association of College and UniversityAttorneys (NACUA) from 2005-2008. Ms. Rinehart also has been a featured speaker atmunicipal, employment and human resources seminars and in-services. She currently also iscompleting a post-graduate degree in dispute resolution, and will be teaching the course, DisputeResolution in the Educational Setting, in Marquette University's graduate program in DisputeResolution. A focus of Ms. Rinehart's work as a professional practitioner in dispute resolution isthe design of effective dispute resolution systems for use in higher education and the workplace;conflict coaching for campus and corporate leaders, and the effective management of conflictduring pre-tenure review. Ms. Rinehart’s law practice was preceded by a career as an educatorand Master Teacher at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, and as law clerk toWisconsin Supreme Court Justice (Ret.) Janine P. Geske.On a daily basis, Ms. Rinehart, and the other dedicated attorneys who support this practice,provide counsel, seminars and legal in-services regarding such education and business–relatedissues as:

KATHLEEN A. RINEHART, continuedExperience Profile, continued• Academic program closure• Campus governance and Trustee issues• Collective bargaining, contract implementation and interpretation• Compliance with federal legislation, such as ADA, FMLA, HIPAA, Title IX, Title VII andthe ADEA• Construction, real estate and environmental law• Contract administration• Contracts and performance• Copyright and fair use• Dispute resolution• Effective risk management• Effective supervision, hiring/firing, evaluation• Employee hiring, performance, evaluation, discipline and separation• Faculty reappointment, tenure and promotion• First Amendment rights of students, faculty and staff• Intellectual property rights• Investigation and preparation of responses to discrimination and harassment complaints, filingof position statements with state and federal agencies• Open meetings, Public Records

KATHLEEN A. RINEHART, continuedExperience Profile, continued• Privacy rights, student records and FERPA• School finance• Shared governance• Student access to programs, discipline and due process• Succession planning, executive compensation, institutional audits and legal compliancePROFESSIONAL PROFILEEducation• Marquette University, Master's/Dispute Resolution (in process)• Marquette University Law School, J.D.• University of Chicago, M.A.T. in History• Marquette University, B.A.Admissions• State Bar of Wisconsin• U.S. Court of Federal Claims• U.S. District Court, Eastern & Western Districts of Wisconsin• U.S. Supreme CourtProfessional Associations• American Bar Association• National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA): Member, Board ofDirectors (2005-2008)• State Bar of Wisconsin: Member, Board of Directors, Dispute Resolution Section (2008-2011), Chair (2010-2011)• United Educators: Legal Advisory Committee (2008-2011)• Wisconsin School Attorneys Association, Inc.Articles and Presentations• Best Practices in Hiring and Evaluation, The Council of Independent Colleges 2011Workshops for Department and Division Chairs (April 2011)• HR Responses to Difficult Economic Times, NACUA CLE Workshop (March 2011)• Using Dispute Resolution to Enhance One's Leadership Skills, Cardinal Stritch UniversityLeadership Center African-American Leadership Program (March 2011)

KATHLEEN A. RINEHART, continuedArticles and Presentations, continued• Managing Toxic Campus Conduct: Legal and Strategic Imperatives, Magna OnlineSeminar (January 2011)• Dispute Resolution Tools in Academe: Effective Tools to Manage Campus Conflict,Valencia Community College Conference on Legal Issues (January 2011)• Supervisory Best Practices: Concepts and Checklists, Valencia Community CollegeConference on Legal Issues (January 2011)• Cyberbullying: How Do We Protect Our Staff?, Wisconsin Association of SchoolPersonnel Administrators (November 2010)• The Importance of Strong Relationships When Dealing With Sticky Personnel Issues,Wisconsin Association of Personnel Administrators (November 2010)• Managing Difficult Employees in a Troubled and Very Wired World, MichiganUniversities Self-Insurance Corporation Risk Manager/General Counsel AnnualWorkshop (October 2010)• Toxic Employees in the Workplace: Managing Your "Frien-emies", NACUA VirtualSeminar (September 2010)• Developments in Employment Law: Social Media, New ADA Regulations and Pay Equity,United Educators Telephone Roundtable (September 2010)• Employee Separations: Best Practices to Ensure Legal Compliance, NACUA OnlineCourse (July 2010)• Surviving an ADA Accessibility Audit: Best Practices for Policy Development, NACUA50th Annual Conference (June 2010)• Toxic Employees in the Workplace: Managing Your "Frien-emies", NACUA 50thAnnual Conference (June 2010)• Managing Multiple Roles and Responsibilities, 2010 Council of Independent CollegesWorkshops for Department and Division Chairs (June 2010)• Trends in Dispute Resolution Today and the Impact of the Changing Economy on theADR Profession: Discussion of Dispute Resolution from Multiple Perspectives,Wisconsin Association of Mediators Emerging Issues in Dispute Resolution Conference(April 2010)• Furloughs: The New Normal to Address Economic Challenges on Campus?,NACUANOTE (March 2010)• Dispute Resolution Tools to Manage and Resolve Conflict Between High StakesEmployees, WHD Corporate Counsel Forum Series (February 2010)• Human Resources Compliance Obligations, Part II: The Top Five in Non-EEOCompliance, NACUA Compliance CLE (November 2009)• Preventive Law for Challenging Times and Legal Fundamentals for Campus Leaders,Council of Independent Colleges 37th Annual Institute for Chief Academic Officers

KATHLEEN A. RINEHART, continuedArticles and Presentations, continued• Are You Looking At Me? Building a Functional and Effective Relationship With YourBoard, NACUA 46th Annual Conference (June 2006)Teaching Positions• Adjunct Faculty: "American Law and the Educational Institution," Marquette University,Graduate School of Education• Lecturer: "Dispute Resolution in Education," Marquette University, Graduate School ofProfessional Studies