P. Renée Wicklund

P. Renée Wicklund is co-founder of Richman Law & Policy. Renée has more than 25 years’ experience in complex litigation and specializes in motion practice, appeals, and oral argument. She teaches and lectures consistently on legal writing and procedural issues in class actions. Her current work focuses on the domestic food supply, including issues of pesticide use, environmental impact, and the welfare of farmed animals. Her recent successes include defense of class action settlements from district courts to the Supreme Court, as well as appeals resulting in new interpretations of consumer protection law.

Before joining RLP, Renée worked more than a decade as a litigator with one of the nation’s largest law firms. She also clerked for the Hon. Fortunato P. Benavides, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Renée received her J.D. from The Yale Law School, where she was a Coker Fellow, managing editor of The Yale Law Journal, and executive editor of Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities. She holds an MFA in writing from Sarah Lawrence College; a master’s degree in religious studies from the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, where she was a graduate fellow; and her bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in religion, German literature, and magazine from Syracuse University, where she was class marshal.

Outside of RLP, Renée dedicates herself to cheering for the Utah Mammoth and the Buffalo Bills. She enjoys skiing, hiking, playing softball, and exploring the Wasatch Range.

Renée is admitted to practice in California, the District of Columbia (pending), and Illinois.