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| Year of establishment | 1849 | Number of partners | 148 |
| Number of offices | 11 | Partner to associate ratio | 2.60 |
| Biggest office | Milwaukee | Percentage of women attorneys | 26.80 |
| Number of attorneys | 228 | Percentage of minority attorneys | 8.30 |
| Number of associates | 56 | Percentage of LGBT attorneys | 0.90 |
2 reviews - Reviewed on December 18, 2017
- Reviewed on July 21, 2017
Michael Best is a full service firm with more than 250 lawyers who provide our clients with the exceptional legal service and business acumen that have defined our firm for generations. Founded in 1848, Michael Best has earned a reputation as a leading law firm. Approximately 220 attorneys serve clients at our offices in Milwaukee, WI, Madison, WI, Waukesha, WI, Manitowoc, WI, Chicago, IL, Washington, D.C., Salt Lake City, UT, and Austin, TX. Michael Best's rich tradition and long history is a testament to our ability to remain dynamic and responsive to the significant changes facing businesses over the past 165+ years. Since our inception, we have remained true to the firm's longstanding goal of delivering results for our clients. That strong foundation continues to guide our work in the constantly evolving business environment facing our clients today. Michael Best is able to draw from our extensive legal and business knowledge to anticipate and meet our clients' 21st century needs. As a broad-based business law firm, we are ideally positioned to handle a wide range of business legal matters across our practice groups. From Intellectual Property, Employment Relations, Litigation and Transactional - covering wealth planning, tax, mergers and acquisitions, real estate and environmental, our legal practice groups are organized to respond to the most pressing issues facing companies today. We serve cutting-edge industries in technology, advanced manufacturing, and energy and banking and financial services.
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP practices law in the following areas and works with its clients to provide the best possible legal solutions.
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP follows the set of hiring criteria outlined below.
Demonstrated academic success; strong verbal and interpersonal skills; business development potential; proficient legal writing ability; extracurricular/community involvement.
For many years, Michael Best has taken a leadership role in making the communities we serve a better place to live and conduct business. This steadfast commitment to community development is a part of the firm's culture in all offices. Through volunteer activity and sponsorship, the firm has supported a wide variety of charitable and civic organizations. Many attorneys of all levels at Michael Best provide pro bono legal services and serve in prominent board positions in these organizations. In fact, our associates perform up to 50 hours of pro bono work annually, which count toward their billable hour requirements.
Supporting the arts is a particular focus of the firm. We believe our communities are stronger with a healthy arts community. Specifically, several Michael Best partners helped lead the effort to build the Calatrava addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum, and since that landmark was completed, the firm has supported important exhibitions inside the museum. In Madison, the firm proudly pledged the largest corporate contribution to the Great Performance Campaign, an endowment for the Overture Center's umbrella of arts organizations.
Three Michael Best Attorneys Recognized in 2014 Client Choice Awards
Michael Best Partner Receives UPAF Award
Michael Best Attorney to Receive Honorable Pro Bono Award
Michael Best Attorneys Honored as Recipients of the Women in the Law Award
Bochert Receives 2008 Honorary Recognition Award from the University of Wisconsin College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS)
Dave Crass to Speak at the 2008 Environmental Policy and Awards Conference
William F. White Selected to Receive the 2006 Wisconsin National Guard Association Recognition Award
John D. Wilson receives WCATY 2005 Volunteer of the Year Award
Billie Jean Smith Nominated for Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee (ESM) Young Engineers Award
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