Ron Kuehn is a senior government consultant and attorney whose law practice focuses primarily on government relations, administrative law and corporate law.

Clients seek Mr. Kuehn to represent their interests before state and federal administrative agencies, as well as the Wisconsin Legislature and U. S. Congress. Industries and issues that Mr. Kuehn has represented are diverse and include agri-business, biotechnology and medical devices, insurance, environmental issues, taxation, and transportation. Some of Mr. Kuehn's representative clients include BioForward, EnviroTest Systems Corp., Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association, Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association, Murphy Oil Company, and the Wisconsin Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries. His well regarded negotiating skills have been tapped for everything from developing a state administrative rule for right-of-way access for telecoms and other utilities, to establishing environmental regulatory structures. Due to his work, Mr. Kuehn has been included in Madison Magazine's list of the area's "Top Lawyers."  He also has been designated a Wisconsin Super Lawyer by Law & Politics magazine, and named to the national publication The Best Lawyers in America.

Active in several civic and professional organizations, Mr. Kuehn has served on the InvestWisconsin Advisory Board of the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, and on the board of Forward Wisconsin, under auspices of the Wisconsin Department of Commerce.

A former U.W. athlete, Mr. Kuehn is active in the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department's National "W Club." Mr. Kuehn's hobbies include hunting, fishing (with three fly fishing world records), and water and snow skiing.

Mr. Kuehn has represented clients in the following types of matters:

• Biotechnology and medical devices: State and federal government initiatives on financing high tech industries and venture and angel capital development.
   
• Health: Medical assistance waivers from federal Department of Health and Human Services; grant authorizations from FEMA; contract negotiations with HICFA; funding grants from the National Institutes of Health.
   
• Agriculture: State statute and administrative rule negotiation (i.e., Great Lakes Compact and non-point source pollution) and legislative initiatives (i.e., wetlands, groundwater protection, pesticide regulation).
   
• Corporate Taxation: Grass receipts tax on oil-based products; taxation of usher business services and products.
   
• Insurance: Revision of the insurance laws to: protect the role of insurance agents in marketing of insurance products; place limits on overages mandated in insurance products law.
   
• Transportation: Regulation of truck weight and length limitations.