Scott Beightol is a partner whose practice includes representation of management in all aspects of employment and labor law, with special emphasis in counseling and defending employers in employment discrimination and other litigation before federal and state courts, the NLRB, and arbitrators. Mr. Beightol is an elected member of the firm's Management Committee and is co-chair of the firm’s Local Government Special Practice Group. Mr. Beightol served as an elected Trustee for the Village of Whitefish Bay from 1998 through 2004, and co-chaired a $2 million capital campaign to raise private funds for the Whitefish Bay Public Library. Mr. Beightol is listed in the 2005/2006 Best Lawyers in America directory, a publication widely regarded as the most well-respected referral source of attorneys in practice.


Representative Work

Akrabawi v. Carnes Co., 152 F.3d 688 (7th Cir. 1998); Barker v. YMCA of Racine, et al., NO. 01-1109 (7th Cir. Aug. 27, 2001); Shirk v. Bowling Inc., 119 F.Supp.2d 876 (E.D.Wis. 2000); Shirk v. Bowling Inc., 242 Wis.2d 153, 624 N.W.2d 375 (2001); Aurora Medical Group v. Dept. of Workforce Development, 236 Wis.2d 1, 612 N.W.2d 646 (2000); Miller v. Vesta, Inc., 946 F. Supp. 697 (E.D. Wis. 1996); Harper v. Godfrey Co., 839 F. Supp. 583 (E.D. Wis. 1993); Harper v. Godfrey Co., 45 F.3d 143 (7th Cir. 1995); EEOC v. St. Michael Hosp. Of Franciscan Sisters, 6 F. Supp. 2d 809 (E.D. Wis. 1998); Pluskota v. Roadrunner Freight Sys., 188 Wis. 2d 288, 524 N.W.2d 904 (Ct. App. 1994); Jicha v. DILHR, 169 Wis. 2d 284, 485 N.W.2d 256 (Wis. 1992); and Richland Sch. Dist. v. DILHR, 174 Wis. 2d 878, 498 N.W.2d 826 (Wis. 1993).


Professional Activities

Board Member, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce

Board Member, Friends of the Milwaukee Public Museum

Advisory Board, Young Professionals of Milwaukee

Elected Trustee, Village of Whitefish Bay (1999-2004)

Board of Directors, Wisconsin State Bar, Labor and Employment Section (President, 2001-2002)

Member, American Bar Association, Wisconsin State Bar and Milwaukee Bar Association

Co-chair of $2 million capital campaign to raise private funds for the Whitefish Bay Public Library.