Quarles & Brady
United States law firm
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Quarles & Brady LLP is a U.S. law firm with thirteen offices nationwide. According to the National Law Journal's 2012 rankings, it is the 107th largest law firm in the United States, and the second-largest firm in the state of Wisconsin (after Foley & Lardner). The firm also ranked 184th in profit per attorney on the 2010 AmLaw 200 survey.[1]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| Headquarters | 411 East Wisconsin Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| No. of offices | 13 |
| No. of attorneys | 550 (2023) |
| Major practice areas | Business Law | Intellectual Property Law | Employment Law | Environment Law | Litigation | Real Estate Law | Health Care Law | Trust & Estate Law | Franchise Law.[1] |
| Key people | Michael Aldana, Managing Partner and Chair of Executive Committee [2] |
| Revenue | $349M (2023)[3] |
| Profit per equity partner | $813,000 (2023)[4] |
| Date founded | 1892 |
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| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
| Website | Quarles.com |
History
The Quarles firm was formed in 1892.[5] In 1974, the Quarles firm & Brady firm merged. At the time, the combined firm had 70 lawyers[6] In 2000, the firm merged with Streich Lang, a Phoenix, Arizona law firm. After being known in Arizona as Quarles & Brady Streich Lang LLP, the firm shortened its name and is now uniformly known as Quarles & Brady LLP.[7]
Practice areas
Quarles & Brady has practices in commercial litigation, product liability, environmental law, regulatory compliance, Corporate law & securities law, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, antitrust, tax law, intellectual property, and real estate.[8]
Notable lawyers and alumni
- John Daniels Jr., philanthropist, businessman and former chairman.
- Tony Earl, 41st Governor of Wisconsin (1983–1986).
- Ron Kind, U.S. Congressman who represented Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district from 1997 to 2023.
- Matt Flynn, former chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and candidate for governor in 2018.
- Joseph V. Quarles Jr., co-founder of the firm, U.S. senator (1899–1905) and U.S. district judge (1905–1911).
- Kwame Raoul, 42nd Attorney General of Illinois (2019–present).
- David S. Ruder, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1987–1989)
- Thomas Wilson Spence, co-founder of the firm, state legislator, died during arguments in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (1912).