Renato, a partner at Siskinds, was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1974. He received his education at the University of Western Ontario (King's College) (B.A. 1969), (LL.B. 1972).

Renato is a recognized leader in his field of libel and slander law. He has been a seminar leader in the Bar Admission Course for the Law Society of Upper Canada, London (90-96), and an occasional lecturer in Libel and Media Law at the Ryerson School of Journalism, Fanshawe College and to the editorial staff of the Western Gazette.