JOHN R. SAPP

	100 East Wisconsin Avenue Suite 3300 Milwaukee, WI 53202-4108 Telephone: 414.271.6560 Facsimile: 414.277.0656 jrsapp@michaelbest.com

LAW PRACTICE
John Sapp is Senior Partner at Michael Best & Friedrich.  For 13 years, Mr. Sapp served as the firm’s Managing Partner.  Mr. Sapp practices in employment relations law and has worked with many employers on all facets of employment law, including collective bargaining, equal employment and wrongful termination suits.  A significant portion of his practice involves representing retail employers on a national basis particularly with regard to collective bargaining.  Mr. Sapp has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America every year since 1989.  He has spoken to numerous state and national groups on employment law topics.

PUBLICATIONS

• Author, Making Partner:  A Guide for Law Firm Associates, American Bar Association, 2002
• Chapter Author, “The Rules of Being a Good Lawyer,” Firm Leadership:  Leading Lawyers on the Art & Science of Managing a Law Firm, Aspatore Books, 2003

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Member, President’s Council, Children’s Hospital Foundation
• Past Board Member, Junior Achievement of Wisconsin, Inc.
• Past Board and Executive Committee Member and Treasurer, Lex Mundi
• Board President-Elect, Zoological Society of Milwaukee County (2005-2007)
• Board and Executive Committee Member, Zoological Society of Milwaukee County
• Board Member and Past President, Milwaukee County Council, Boy Scouts of America
• Board Member and Past Executive Committee Member, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
• Member, Greater Milwaukee Committee

ADMISSION
Wisconsin, 1969

EDUCATION
Duke University Law School (J.D., with distinction, 1969)
University of Kansas (B.A. 1966)

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