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MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that James D. Friedman, a partner with the Firm, will serve as president for Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund, Inc. His term begins March 1, 2006, and runs through February 2007.
The Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund helps to provide legal services to more than 20,000 low-income Wisconsinites. The organization was formed in 1997, and since that time it has raised more than $1.3 million for Wisconsin legal services. Additional information about the organization can be found at www.e-justice.org.
“We are pleased that Jim will be serving as president of this very worthy organization that helps thousands of Wisconsinites receive important legal services,” said Pat Ryan, chairman and managing partner of Quarles & Brady. “He is an outstanding attorney and his continued involvement in this organization is just one of the many ways in which Jim gives back to the legal profession.”
Friedman serves as Chair of the Firm’s Regulated Business Practice Section and the Financial Institutions Practice Group. He has experience representing financial institutions and their holding companies, manufacturers, service businesses, health care providers and others.
Friedman is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in the Midwest, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World and Who’s Who in Finance and Business. He is also a Life Fellow of the Wisconsin Law Foundation and a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Friedman is a member and vice chair of the Preliminary Review Committee for the Wisconsin Supreme Court Office of Lawyer Regulation, Director of Partners Advancing Values in Education and president of the Weyenberg Public Library Foundation, Inc. He also serves as a Director for Concours Motors, Inc.
Friedman earned his bachelor’s degree from Marquette University and his law degree from the University of Notre Dame. He is a resident of Mequon.
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 and franchising; bankruptcy and creditors’ rights; commercial transactions litigation; corporate services; municipal and public finance; employee benefits; environmental; financial institutions; federal Indian & gaming law; government relations; health; immigration; e-commerce and 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.
