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Kyle J. Gulya

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Kyle J. Gulya

Attorney

  • Telephone

    (608) 316-3177

    (414) 287-1377

  • Fax

    (414) 238-6557

  • Email

  • Office

    Madison
    10 East Doty Street
    Suite 900
    Madison, WI 53703
    Milwaukee
    411 East Wisconsin Avenue
    Suite 1000
    Milwaukee, WI 53202

Kyle Gulya is a Shareholder and Chair of the Government Law Group. Kyle advises both public and private sector employers with employment- and labor-related issues including regulatory compliance, antidiscrimination practices, contractual and workplace policy matters, and personnel management. He handles numerous aspects of labor-management relations from advising clients during union organizing campaigns to serving as chief negotiator during collective bargaining negotiations. He also advises clients regarding complex internal investigations and effectively resolving personnel disputes. Kyle frequently advises clients regarding employment agreements, independent contractor agreements, covenants not to compete, and confidentiality agreements. Kyle also assists clients with crisis communications and effectively handling crisis situations, and he regularly advises clients regarding Wisconsin’s Public Records Law and Open Meetings Law.

Kyle has extensive experience involving the unique employment- and labor-related issues faced by Police Departments, Fire Departments, Sheriff’s Departments and Police & Fire Commissions. Kyle works closely with public-safety professionals regarding management-side labor- and employment-related issues. Kyle is very proud of his relationships with the Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association, the Wisconsin Fire Chiefs Education Association, and the Wisconsin Police Leadership Foundation.

Kyle frequently presents on labor- and employment-related issues and public records and open meetings law issues throughout Wisconsin and nationally. Kyle has authored numerous articles regarding labor- and employment-related issues, Wisconsin’s Public Records Law, and Wisconsin’s Open Meetings Law.

Kyle also advises educational institutions regarding student records and discipline, contract renewal and nonrenewal, and other unique issues affecting school boards and school districts. Kyle served as President and on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin School Attorneys Association, and he has presented to School Administrators and Board Members on numerous education-law related topics.

In 2011, the National Public Employer Labor Relations Association awarded Kyle with the NPELRA Pacesetter Award for his work in conducting supervisor training programs for the Wisconsin Public Employer Labor Relations Association. Kyle has served on the Board of Directors for the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin. During law school, Kyle was Senior Managing Editor and Malt & Barley Editor for Wisconsin Law Review, a member of the University of Wisconsin Moot Court Board, and a judicial intern for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Diane Sykes.

  • University of Wisconsin, J.D., cum laude
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, B.A.

  • Wisconsin
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin 

  • Wisconsin School Attorneys Association (WSAA)

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Labor Law - Management (2021-2025), Employment Law - Management (2022-2025)

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