No. of offices 8 Major practice areas General practice Revenue 114.5 million USD (2015) Number of attorneys 220 Number of offices 8 | No. of attorneys 220 Headquarters Wisconsin, United States Founded 1848 Founder Edward George Ryan | |
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Key people David A. Krutz,
(Managing Partner) Date founded 1848; 169 years ago (1848) Company type Limited liability partnership | ||
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is a U.S. national law firm with more than 220 attorneys and eight 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.
Practice Areas
Michael Best & Friedrich's primary practice areas include labor and employment, intellectual property, tax, and health care.
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.