Michael Best & Friedrich LLP: 68 attorneys from Michael Best & Friedrich LLP included in 2011 edition of the Best Lawyers in America

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Milwaukee, WI (August 11, 2010) – Michael Best is proud to announce that 68 of its attorneys have been named to the 2011 edition of Best Lawyers®, the oldest and one of the most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession.

Attorney Practice Area

John L. Barlament Employee Benefits Law

Steven R. Battenberg Tax Law

Scott C. Beightol Labor and Employment Law

Paul E. Benson Product Liability Litigation; Commercial Litigation

J. Donald Best Intellectual Property Law

Linda H. Bochert Environmental Law

Jeffrey H. Brown Entertainment Law; Advertising Law

Amy O. Bruchs Labor and Employment Law

John A. Busch Commercial Litigation

David J. Cannon White-Collar Criminal Defense

Peter L. Coffey Mergers & Acquisitions Law

David A. Crass Environmental Law

David W. Croysdale Labor and Employment Law

Luke W. DeMarte Entertainment Law

John D. Finerty, Jr. Commercial Litigation

John E. Flanagan Antitrust Law

Alexander P. Fraser Corporate Law

Joshua L. Gimbel Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Law

Robert L. Gordon Tax Law

Julie Gorens-Winston Trusts and Estates

Charles P. Graupner Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Commercial Litigation

Michael S. Green Real Estate Law

F. William Haberman Trusts and Estates

Nancy Leary Haggerty Real Estate Law

David J. Hanson Energy Law; Health Care Law; Government Relations Law

Jordan J. Hemaidan Communications Law; Energy Law

Eric E. Hobbs Labor and Employment Law

Paul G. Hoffman Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law

W. Charles Jackson Banking Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Robert J. Johannes Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Amy Schmidt Jones Labor and Employment Law

Jerome H. Kringel Corporate Law; International Trade and Finance Law

Raymond R. Krueger Environmental Law

David A. Krutz Construction Law

Charles A. Laff Intellectual Property Law

Richard J. Langer Trusts and Estates

Richard A. Latta Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law

James S. Levin Real Estate Law

Tod B. Linstroth Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law

Paul A. Lucey Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

K. Thor Lundgren Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Gregory J. Lynch Corporate Law

Alan H. Marcuvitz Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law

Jonathan H. Margolies Intellectual Property Law

Thomas A. Miller Intellectual Property Law

Kevin P. Moran Intellectual Property Law

Geoffrey R. Morgan Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law

Thomas E. Obenberger Labor and Employment Law

José A. Olivieri Immigration Law; Administrative Law

Charles B. Palmer Labor and Employment Law

J. Lewis Perlson Trusts and Estates

Mark S. Poker Trusts and Estates

David R. Price Intellectual Property Law

Mitchell W. Quick Labor and Employment Law

Bret A. Roge Tax Law

Susan M. Sager ` Land Use & Zoning Law

John R. Sapp Labor and Employment Law

Larry L. Saret Advertising Law; Intellectual Property Law

Timothy G. Schally Tax Law

Robert A. Schnur Tax Law

Thomas W. Scrivner Labor and Employment Law; International Arbitration

Ann Ustad Smith Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law; Commercial Litigation

David B. Smith Intellectual Property Law

Charles P. Stevens Employee Benefits Law

Sheila Boothby Stevens Trusts and Estates

Teresa J. Welch Intellectual Property Law

William F. White Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law

John D. Wilson Energy Law

Michael Best was identified overall as a “Top Tier” firm in several practice areas. In addition, Michael Best was ranked number one exclusively in terms of having the most attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the following state, cities and practices:

Wisconsin

Labor and Employment Law

Corporate Governance and Compliance Law

Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law

Madison

Corporate Governance and Compliance Law

Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law

Milwaukee

Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law

Land Use & Zoning Law

Waukesha

IP

Trusts & Estates

Land Use & Zoning Law



About Best Lawyers®

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey. For the new U.S. edition, more than 50% of the lawyers listed in Best Lawyers cast more than 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties. Because of the rigorous and transparent methodology used by Best Lawyers, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

About Michael Best

Michael Best has earned its reputation as a leading Midwestern law firm. The firm has more than 230 attorneys in Milwaukee, Madison, Waukesha and Manitowoc, Wisconsin; and Chicago, Illinois. The firm provides a full range of legal services to clients on a local, regional, national and global basis. The firm’s main areas of practice are intellectual property and intellectual property litigation; corporate, health care, labor & employment, land & resources (environmental and real estate), litigation, tax, and wealth planning.

Michael Best is the exclusive Wisconsin member of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. Visit http://www.lexmundi.com for more information. The firm is also a member of the China Alliance. The China Alliance is a unique arrangement established by four leading independent law firms in response to the increasing importance of China to the global marketplace and to North American businesses. Visit http://www.china-alliance.com for more information.