{"id":49,"date":"2015-05-04T12:34:53","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T17:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wisconsin.edu\/ogc\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2024-07-25T13:31:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T18:31:32","slug":"general-counsel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.wisconsin.edu\/general-counsel\/","title":{"rendered":"General Counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cfct-build-49\" class=\"cfct-build grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cfct-row-1a37f767f64554160b1a99d2b929d25d\" class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-callout\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content callout standard grey-bg\">\n    <h3 class=\"cfct-mod-title\">Process of Service<\/h3><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">All legal documents to be served on the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System should be delivered in person to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-listid=\"2\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">1220 Linden Drive<br \/>Madison, WI 53706<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please email <a href=\"mailto:counsel@wisconsin.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">counsel@wisconsin.edu<\/span><\/a> or call 608-262-2995 to schedule a time for a member of our staff to meet you.<\/p>\n<p>For federal lawsuits served by mail; please include a waiver of personal service form pursuant to FRCP 4.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mailing Address<br \/>1852 Van Hise Hall<br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">1220 Linden Drive<br \/>Madison, WI 53706<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you have questions, please email <a href=\"mailto:counsel@wisconsin.edu\">counsel@wisconsin.edu<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0or call 608-26<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-2995<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><p>The Office of General Counsel (OGC) provides legal advice and representation to the Board of Regents of the UW System, UW System Administration, 11 UW System institutions, and UW System administrators and staff, and serves as liaison to state government offices and agencies, including the Wisconsin Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>The UW System attorneys have expertise and practice in a number of general legal subject areas, such as discrimination law and employment law. Because higher education law is complex, Office of General Counsel attorneys also specialize in certain areas.<\/p>\n<p>For information\u00a0about a particular legal topic, please visit our &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.wisconsin.edu\/general-counsel\/legal-topics\/\">Legal Topics<\/a>&#8221; page. \u00a0If you have specific questions, please see the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.wisconsin.edu\/general-counsel\/attorney-areas-of-expertise\/\">Attorney Areas of Expertise<\/a>&#8221; page for the appropriate attorney to contact.<\/p>\n<p>UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee have their own legal offices. \u00a0Links to their websites can be found below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-4 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-callout\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content callout standard grey-bg\">\n    <h4>UW-Milwaukee Legal Office<\/h4><p><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm \" role=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/\">Visit website<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-callout\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content callout standard grey-bg\">\n    <h4>UW-Madison Legal Office<\/h4><p><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm \" role=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/legal.wisc.edu\/\">Visit website<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 cfct-block\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-3 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-recent-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"listing-module post-list grey-bg\">\n    <h3>Updates<\/h3>        <p class=\"no-items\">No posts to display.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module cfct-supplemental\">\n\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"cfct-mod-content\">\n<h3 class=\"cfct-mod-title\" id=\"title-cfct-module-dcfe2d3511ac2fbd6ddc7a86bf3450ce\"\">Quick Links<\/h3>  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Institutions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>    <\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-9 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-callout\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content callout standard no-bg\">\n    <h3 class=\"cfct-mod-title\">Accessing Legal Services<\/h3><p class=\"xxmsonormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: #333333;background: white\">The Office of General Counsel does not represent or provide legal advice to students, employees, or the general public on personal matters, including challenges to institutional decisions.<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: #333333;background: white;font-weight: normal\"> If you are seeking advice for a personal matter, you may contact the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisbar.org\/forpublic\/ineedalawyer\/pages\/i-need-a-lawyer.aspx\">State Bar of Wisconsin<\/a> at (800) 362-9082 for a lawyer referral.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxmsonormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: #333333;background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';background: white\">O<span style=\"color: #333333\">ur attorneys represent the Board of Regents of the <\/span>UW<span style=\"color: #333333\"> System, UW System Administration, and 11 UW System institutions.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: #333333;background: white;font-weight: normal\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxmsonormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: #333333;background: white\">UW System provides an avenue for reporting activities that may involve waste, fraud, or abuse.<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 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