Lawyer Overview

Chris represents employers in a wide range of federal, state and local employment law matters.  Chris works with companies to establish affirmative action and equal employment opportunity programs/policies, develop employee handbooks, and establish health insurance and retirement benefit plans (including defined benefit and defined contribution plans governed by ERISA). Through this compliance related experience, Mr. Rendall has acquired knowledge of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), American with Disabilities Act (ADA), Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), National Labor Relations Act, (NLRA), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Title VII, the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act (WFEA) and the Wisconsin Continuation Law.  In addition to the above, Chris also has experience drafting phantom stock plans, non-compete, confidentiality and separation agreements, and employment contracts.

Mr. Rendall is currently obtaining his Masters of Business Administration in general management from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with an expected M.B.A. in 2010.  His M.B.A. courses have assisted him in identifying legal issues that could affect his current clients.

Areas of Practice

• Business
• Estate Planning and Probate
• Labor & Employment Law

Bar Admissions

• Wisconsin, 2005
• North Carolina, 2005
• U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 2005
• U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 2007

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Wisconsin
• Dane County Bar Association
• North Carolina State Bar
• Worldwide Employee Benefits Network
• Pension Group
• Middleton-Cross Plains Master's Swimming Program
• Civitas

Honors and Awards

• Tom Aliberti Award, 2000 (varsity athlete recognized for distinguished accomplishments in academics and athletics and for exemplary character and loyalty to Emory athletics)
• Jeff D. McCord Award, given to the most outstanding individual athlete at Emory
• President, Chicago-Kent Intellectual Property Law Society 2004
• Team Captain: Emory University Men's Swim Team 2000

Education

• Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 2004
  J.D.
• Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 2000
  B.A.
• University of Wisconsin - Madison, M.B.A. Expected 2010

Address

33 East Main Street
Suite 500
Madison, WI 53703

Phones

(608) 268-5598

Faxes

(608) 257-2508

Emails

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Websites

http://www.murphydesmond.com