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| Headquarters | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| No. of offices | 12 |
| No. of attorneys | 230 |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Key people | David A. Krutz, (Managing Partner) |
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| Date founded | 1848 |
| Founder | Edward George Ryan |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
| Website | www.michaelbest.com |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is a U.S. national law firm with more than 230 attorneys and 12 offices. The firm ranked 180th on The American Lawyer's 2016 AmLaw 200 rankings of U.S. law firms.
Michael Best & Friedrich was founded in 1848 by Edward George Ryan, a Wisconsin trial attorney who later served as Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Over the course of more than a hundred and sixty years, the firm expanded throughout Wisconsin and across the country through a series of expansions and mergers, eventually growing from a small legal practice to a full-service business law firm that serves clients in the United States and across the globe.
Michael Best & Friedrich's primary practice areas include labor and employment, intellectual property, tax, and health care.
Michael Best & Friedrich is affiliated with various global law organizations, including Lex Mundi, a network of 160 law firms with over 21,000 attorneys in more than 100 countries; the Employment Law Alliance (ELA), a global network of employment and labor law firms; and the American Property Tax Counsel (APTC), a national affiliation of property tax law firms that provides major portfolio owners with a single source of tax advice.
Michael Best has been involved in the defense of the 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 legislation on behalf of Scott Walker.