Milwaukee Magazine has repeatedly listed Attorney Arthur Heitzer among its “Best<br />Lawyers” in the employment field, and he also was named among “Wisconsin Super<br />Lawyers” (2005). Since 1975 he successfully litigated non-competition and other<br />employment contracts. Heitzer advised & negotiated a wide range of employment<br />and housing discrimination issues, representing employees in both the private<br />and public sectors.<br /><br />Attorney Heitzer won significant victories in some very difficult areas of<br />discrimination where few cases have prevailed, such as discrimination based on<br />criminal conviction and alcoholism. He represented victims in two of the most<br />publicized cases of alleged employment harassment in southeastern Wisconsin and<br />has appeared on national television, including the Oprah Winfrey Show. Employees<br />he represented won record settlements against Milwaukee Public Schools. With<br />Atty. Brenda Lewison, Heitzer won the first reported finding of illegal<br />harassment based on sexual orientation in Wisconsin. They also won a federal<br />court case which found that the State of Wisconsin’s anti-discrimination agency<br />illegally discriminated against a key employee based on his race.<br /><br />Attorney Heitzer has lectured and chaired numerous programs and was invited by<br />the UWM Departments of Sociology and Africology to design and teach courses on<br />“The Relationship between the Black Liberation and Labor Movements,” and on “The<br />Constitution and African-Americans.”<br /><br />He and Atty. Lewison have been honored by the Wisconsin Employment Lawyers<br />Association and by the 7th Circuit Section of the National Employment Lawyers<br />Association, and many other recognitions.<br /><br />Attorney Brenda Lewison joined the Law Office of Arthur Heitzer in April 2006,<br />having been in practice since 1995. Since graduation from law school, Ms.<br />Lewison has primarily worked representing individuals in employment<br />discrimination cases and other employment-related matters. Notable cases include<br />Najieb, et al. v. Bardes Products, Inc.(federal court litigation over race<br />discrimination and retaliation with jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs),<br />Schroeder v. Hamilton School District, et al.,(federal court litigation over<br />sexual orientation discrimination under federal law), Boles v. Candy II, Inc.,<br />d/b/a Eve,(state court litigation over race discrimination in public<br />accommodations with court decision in favor of plaintiff).<br /><br />Ms. Lewison is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association and the<br />National Lesbian & Gay Lawyers Association. She helped found and served on the<br />first Boards of Directors for the Washington Heights Rainbow Association and the<br />Human Rights League Political Action Committee. Attorney Lewison also helped<br />found and served on the first Board for Marquette Law School Unemployment<br />Appeals Clinic.<br /><br />In 2006, her colleagues at the 7th Circuit National Employment Lawyers<br />Association conference awarded Ms. Lewison a Spirit Award for successfully<br />Litigating on a Shoe String Budget.<br /><br />.
Recent articles on significant cases and victories won by our firm:
State Equal-Rights Officer Suffered Discrimination,Court Rules:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/87074052.html
Harassment Decision Called a Legal First:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/harassment-decision-called-a-legal-first-af36cd0-134653163.html
Walker Appointee says Workplace Harassment of Gays is Legal in Wisconsin:
http://www.wisconsingazette.com/milwaukee-gaze/walker-appointee-says-workplace-harassment-of-gays-is-legal.html