Robert K. Sholl

Robert K. Sholl


Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C.

Recognized since 2006

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Practice Areas

Employment Law - Management

Labor Law - Management

Litigation - Labor and Employment

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Robert K. Sholl is an experienced attorney in the Litigation and Labor & Employment Practices at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. He is licensed in both Wisconsin and Illinois.

Representing management exclusively, Mr. Sholl advises and defends employers in the full range of labor and employment law matters. His employment practice encompasses employment discrimination, workplace harassment, noncompete agreement, whistleblower, wage/hour, and breach of employment contract lawsuits before federal and state agencies and courts. He defends employers in unemployment and worker's compensation hearings and in employee safety disputes before OSHA. His traditional labor practice includes collective bargaining, unfair labor practice hearings before the National Labor Relations Board, and labor arbitrations.

Mr. Sholl earned an A.B. degree, magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College, where he graduated with highest distinction and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He ?earned an M.A. degree in Industrial Relations from the University of Warwick Business School (Coventry, England), and his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago Law School.

Mr. Sholl is coauthor of two State Bar of Wisconsin treatises, Wisconsin Employment Law and Hiring and Firing in Wisconsin. He also authored "Age Discrimination and the Modern Reduction in Force" (Marquette Law Review), and three articles in the Wisconsin Lawyer: "Plant Closing Legislation," "Family & Medical Leave Acts: Where Lie the "Greater Rights'?," and "Agreements to Arbitrate Statutory Employment Claims".

He is a Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, and a Member of the Trial Law Institute.

Mr. Sholl is Vice President of the Wisconsin Labor and Employment Relations Association and a former Director of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Wisconsin State Bar.

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Location
  • 1000 North Water Street, Suite 1700
    Milwaukee, WI 53202
Education
  • University of Chicago, J.D., graduated 1981
  • Dartmouth College, AB, graduated 1977
Bar Admissions
  • Illinois, United States
  • Wisconsin, State Bar of Wisconsin
Affiliations
  • Rotary Club of Milwaukee - Chair
Court Admissions
  • U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Wisconsin; U.S. District Court for Western District of Wisconsin; U.S. District Court for Northern District of Illinois; Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Employment Law - Management Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2021 - Employment Law - Management Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2017 - Litigation - Labor and Employment
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Employment Law - Management, Milwaukee (2025)
  • Employment Law - Management, Milwaukee (2021)
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment, Milwaukee (2017)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
Special Focus:
  • Contract Disputes
  • Covenants Not to Compete
  • Defense
  • Discrimination
  • Litigation
  • Management
  • National Labor Relations Board
  • State and Federal
  • Wage-Hour Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Workers' Compensation Law

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