The Office of Legal Affairs represents the University and is not able to provide legal counsel to faculty, staff, or students regarding personal legal matters.
Students seeking personal legal advice may visit Law for Learners.
UWM employees seeking personal legal advice may contact UWM’s Employee Assistance Program.
Individuals seeking personal legal advice may contact the State Bar of Wisconsin or the Milwaukee Bar Association for a lawyer referral.
UWM employees with legal questions arising in the scope of their employment are welcome to contact the Office of Legal Affairs for legal counsel. OLA attorneys rotate the handling of new matters on a weekly basis and each attorney handles a wide variety of legal matters.
For advice regarding a new, UWM-related legal matter, or to schedule a meeting with an attorney, please call (414) 229-4278 or email nehringb@uwm.edu. Please provide our staff with all relevant background information and documentation to ensure that the intake attorney is best prepared to respond to your inquiry. Our legal support staff member is able to receive any information you consider to be confidential.
- If you receive a subpoena to appear as a witness regarding a matter which involves your position at UWM, contact our office for further assistance.
- If the matter is unrelated to UWM, you should contact your personal attorney.
- If you receive a “subpoena duces tecum” asking you to turn over University-related documents, contact our office immediately. You should not respond or turn over any documents prior to consulting our office.
- If you are named individually in a lawsuit that is related to your position at UWM, you may accept service of the summons and complaint or make arrangements for our office to accept service on your behalf.
- If you are not individually named, you should not accept service of the complaint for either UWM or any other individual named as a defendant. Do not sign any acknowledgment or waiver of service forms that come with the summons and complaint.
- Any time you receive a copy of a summons and complaint relating to your position at the University, contact our office immediately, gather any materials received, and forward them to our office. We will request representation for the named defendant from the Attorney General. Under section 165.25, Wis. Stats., the Attorney General and Department of Justice may represent UWM and its employees in UWM-related lawsuits filed in state and federal court.
UWM’s Human Resources Office offers notary services during business hours.
The UW Credit Union located in the Student Union offers notary services to members.
The State of Wisconsin’s Department of Financial Institutions has information regarding remote notarization.