History/Overview

The firm originated in 1894 when William Kaumheimer began to practice law in Milwaukee. In 1919, he formed a partnership with Reginald Kenney under the name of Kaumheimer & Kenney. Mr. Kaumheimer was president of the Milwaukee Bar Association in 1919 and 1920. In 1925, his son, Leon E. Kaumheimer, joined him; Mr. Kenney then left the firm and the firm name was changed to Kaumheimer & Kaumheimer. Gifford Alt joined the firm in 1927 and George Likert in 1930. In 1938, after the death of William Kaumheimer, the firm of Kaumheimer, Alt & Likert was formed. 

The firm continued without any new partners or any continuing associates until 1949 when John Reinhart became associated with Kaumheimer, Alt & Likert. Roger Boerner joined the firm in 1954 and both Richard Van Deuren and Richard Norris arrived in 1956.

The firm maintained its offices in the Wells Building at 324 East Wisconsin Avenue until 1962. In that year, it moved to the southeast corner of the 18th floor in the then-new Marine Plaza and changed its name to Kaumheimer, Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren & Norris. 

At about this time, the firm expanded its recruiting efforts and began visiting a significant number of law schools. There were 15 attorneys in 1970, 22 by 1974 and by the end of 1979 there were 39 attorneys. The firm incorporated as a service corporation under the name of Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren & Norris, s.c. in 1969 and added "Rieselbach" to its name in 1974. By the end of 1979, 13 law schools were represented by graduates in the firm and less than half the attorneys were from Wisconsin. 

In 1985, the firm's first female attorney and first female shareholder moved to Denver to lead Reinhart's office there. 

In 1992, Reinhart moved to a new office location at 1000 North Water Street, where it became the anchor tenant, taking the top 5 1/2 floors of the building with 108 attorneys and 160 full- and part-time support staff personnel.    

The firm expanded west into Madison and established an office there in 1993. Two more offices have been opened; one in Waukesha in 2002 and one in Rockford, Illinois in 2005. In 2008, the Waukesha office moved into a new state-of-the-art building to accommodate the growing demand for our services in the western suburbs. Also in that year, the Milwaukee location renovated and expanded onto the 17th floor of the 1000 North Water Street building. Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. currently employs more than 200 attorneys and more than 250 support staff.

Seeing an opportunity to better serve our clients in the Southwest, Reinhart opened an office in Phoenix in 2011, bringing the total number of offices to six.

Today the firm is an international service corporation offering a wide range of services to small and large businesses, individuals, nonprofit organizations and other entities.