Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is a U.S. national law firm with more than 230 attorneys and 12 offices. The firm ranked 180th on The American Lawyer's 2016 AmLaw 200 rankings of U.S. law firms.
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History
Michael Best & Friedrich was founded in 1848 by Edward George Ryan, a Wisconsin trial attorney who later served as Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Over the course of more than a hundred and sixty years, the firm expanded throughout Wisconsin and across the country through a series of expansions and mergers, eventually growing from a small legal practice to a full-service business law firm that serves clients in the United States and across the globe.
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Practice Areas
Michael Best & Friedrich's primary practice areas include labor and employment, intellectual property, tax, and healthcare. Other areas of practice the firm is known for include banking & financial services law, corporate & transactional work, energy, environmental & natural resources law, government relations & public policy work, commercial litigation and real estate.
Affiliations
Michael Best & Friedrich is affiliated with various global law organizations, including Lex Mundi, a network of 160 law firms with over 21,000 attorneys in more than 100 countries; the Employment Law Alliance (ELA), a global network of employment and labor law firms; and the American Property Tax Counsel (APTC), a national affiliation of property tax law firms that provides major portfolio owners with a single source of tax advice.
Michael Best has been involved in the defense of the 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 legislation on behalf of Scott Walker.
Notable alumni
- William A. Bablitch, Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (1983-2003)
- Steven M. Biskupic, former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- David J. Cannon, former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- Matthew H. Carpenter, United States Senator (1869-1875; 1879-1881)
- Stephen L. Crocker, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin (1992-Present)
- Michelle L. Jacobs, former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- Reince Priebus, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (2011-2017) and White House Chief of Staff (2017)
- Edward George Ryan, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (1874-1880)
References
External links
- Official website
- Michael Best & Friedrich LLP at Crunchbase
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