Quarles & Brady: Launches stimulus task force

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Attorney Jeff Peelen

(414) 277-5773

jdp@quarles.com

MILWAUKEE (February 16, 2009) – The law firm of Quarles & Brady is pleased to announce the formation of a national Stimulus Legislation & Opportunities Task Force dedicated to assisting clients with evaluating and taking advantage of the opportunities arising under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The firm’s Stimulus Legislation & Opportunities Task Force is segmented into specialty areas in which the billions of dollars in targeted spending will have the most impact, such as municipalities, construction, funding for states, local governments and school districts, healthcare, American Indian tribal infrastructure projects, tax relief for individuals and businesses, and energy and science projects. The task force reflects a range of expertise across practice groups and the cities in which the attorneys are based.

“The targeted investments in the federal bill, as well as state legislation designed to funnel federal funds to state projects, will have a direct impact on many of our clients as well as present enormous opportunity,” said John Daniels, chairman of Quarles & Brady LLP. “Recognizing that our clients would need support to traverse this legislation and help seize the opportunities it presents, we formed this special task force weeks ago to assure we’d be ready to help clients as soon as the legislation passed.”

The new task force augments the firm’s existing Financial Services Task Force and its new Lender Liability Task Force, both formed to assist clients in the financial sector. In the days ahead, the Firm will be providing ongoing industry-specific, practical updates to clients, discussing developments regarding the programs and projects funded by the final stimulus legislation, according to Daniels.

“We are a national firm and the task force reflects our national focus as well as diversity of expertise,” said Daniels.

For more information, contact Charlie Herf, chair of Quarles & Brady’s Stimulus Legislation & Opportunities Task Force Task Force, at 602-230-5581 or cherf@quarles.com.

Quarles & Brady LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 450 attorneys practicing from offices in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Chicago, Illinois; Naples, Florida; and Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin. The Firm offers an array of legal services to corporate and individual clients that range from small, entrepreneurial businesses to Fortune 100 companies. Additional information about the Firm may be found at http://www.quarles.com.