Water Innovation, Technology and Sustainability (WITS) Group
A cross-disciplinary team of attorneys and consultants with specialized experience in assisting water-related organizations comprises Reinhart's Water Innovation, Technology and Sustainability (WITS) Group. The team helps organizations to grow and prosper as part of Milwaukee's regional initiative to raise the city's profile as the freshwater capital of the world. While the team's focus is Milwaukee, our service to organizations having water interests extends far beyond. Water is truly a global concern and the WITS Group includes representatives from all of our office locations.
Our firm has a history of assisting the companies and organizations that have been at the forefront of freshwater and environmental issues. Our specialized WITS Group of lawyers and other professionals with water-related experience and expertise cohesively work to support community leaders and businesses by offering legal insight into many of the issues surrounding their objectives. We provide fresh ideas for the fresh coast.
We represent a number of key companies that are actively involved in the initiative to develop Milwaukee into the freshwater capital of the world. These companies include venture capital funds and leading manufacturers that produce water-related products for use worldwide. WITS attorneys connect water-related organizations with venture capital and other sources of funding. We provide business-related legal counsel to a number of organizations, both in the public and private sector, that have a vested interest in the successful realization of Milwaukee's water-related objectives. Attorneys in the WITS group advise clients on possible deals and cooperative opportunities, stimulus funding and the potential for tax credits.
Reinhart attorneys also provide assistance with facility and compliance auditing, environmental due diligence, site investigation and remediation, permits and reporting, contracts and right-to-know compliance. WITS team members are regarded as go-to lawyers by their peers and a number have impressive industry-related credentials in scientific and technical fields. Two Reinhart attorneys are licensed professional engineers (with civil and chemical backgrounds) and one has a Ph.D. in chemistry. Reinhart's WITS Group further includes two patent attorneys: One with a background in agricultural engineering and another with an LL.M. in Intellectual Property and an electrical engineering background. Reinhart also has three technical consultants on staff: Two regulatory specialists and one hydrogeologist.
Reinhart's work in water-related fields has included the following
- Major water supply design and construction (pipelines, water pumping and treatment)
- Aquifer storage recovery systems
- Economic feasibility and design of water conveyance and treatment systems, including ground water wells, aquifer recharge
- Scientific and legal analysis relating to water resource protection and use, wetlands protection and the public trust doctrine
- Analysis of the water supply options for southeast Wisconsin, including the shallow and deep aquifers, surface waters and the Great Lakes