We recognize the need for businesses to focus on growing and protecting their operations and assets.  With the ever-changing policymaking and regulatory landscape in Madison, businesses need a voice and a team to advocate on their behalf even if the State Capitol is hundreds of miles away.

Given our diverse client base, we understand advocacy needs are unique and specific to a business or industry. As a result, our approach is tailored to understanding goals and crafting a strategy designed to achieve a client’s public affairs objectives.

Services offered by our team include:

Monitoring and Bill Tracking: Thousands of bills are introduced each legislative session; Ruder Ware will monitor and track specific topics or proposals as they relate to an area of client interest.

Advocacy: Ruder Ware’s Public Affairs team divides their time between Madison and Eau Claire and is poised to utilize our relationships to advocate positions to lawmakers and state leaders.

Association management:  From annual events and Capitol Advocacy Days to association publications and press releases, we can assist with amplifying members’ voices and enhancing an association’s benefits.

Ruder Ware has a long history of effective public engagement and community involvement. This has afforded the opportunity to cultivate meaningful relationships in state and local government, campaigns, media, and the private sector.

• A past president served as Secretary of the Department of Financial Institutions, chair of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, and served as a member of the Public Service Commission of the State of Wisconsin where he was ultimately appointed Chairman.
• Our previous Government Relations Director transitioned into an Assistant Deputy Secretary position with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
• Our current Director of Public Affairs held positions in both state and local government. Most recently, he served as the government relations director for a taxpayer association, where he represented the diverse interests of that group’s statewide membership in the State Capitol.

Founded in 1920, Ruder Ware provides business, employment, estate planning, and litigation services. A full-service law firm, over 45 attorneys provide clients with a one-stop approach to their legal needs. Ruder Ware, Business Attorneys for Business Success.