Quarles & Brady LLP: Merrell Named to Women’s Fund of Greater Milwaukee Board

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MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that Sally Merrell, a partner with the Firm, has been named to the Women’s Fund of Greater Milwaukee Inc.’s board for 2006.

Merrell focuses her practice in the areas of estate planning, probate and charitable gift planning. Her experience includes representing families in transferring assets from one generation to another, developing charitable giving plans, representing clients before the Internal Revenue Service and other state taxing authorities and more.

Merrell is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, Planned Giving Council of Eastern Wisconsin, Association of Women Lawyers, Professional Dimensions, National Committee on Planned Giving and is a fellow with the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

Merrell earned her law degree from the University of Virginia. She is a resident of Milwaukee.

Quarles & Brady LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 400 attorneys practicing from offices in Milwaukee and Madison, Wis.; Chicago, Ill.; Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; and Naples, Fla. The Firm offers an array of legal services to corporate and individual clients that range from small, entrepreneurial businesses to Fortune 100 companies. Quarles & Brady represents clients in a broad range of industries and practice areas, including, but not limited, to the following: antitrust, trade regulation & franchising; bankruptcy & creditors’ rights; commercial transactions litigation; corporate services; municipal & public finance; employee benefits; environmental; financial institutions; federal Indian & gaming law; government relations; health; immigration; e-commerce & information technology; insurance regulation; intellectual property; international business; labor & employment; product liability; toxic tort litigation; real estate; school; tax; tax-exempt organizations; estate planning; and white-collar criminal and governmental investigations. Additional information about the Firm may be found at www.quarles.com.