Michael Best

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Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
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Headquarters Milwaukee, Wisconsin
No. of offices19
No. of attorneys350
Major practice areasGeneral practice
Key peopleDavid A. Krutz
(Managing Partner)
Revenue$156,964,000 (2021) [1]
Profit per equity partner$677,000 (2021) [1]
Date founded1848;176 years ago (1848)
Founder Edward George Ryan
Company type Limited liability partnership
Website www.michaelbest.com

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP (commonly, referred to as "Michael Best") is a U.S. national law firm with more than 400 legal professionals, including more than 300 attorneys in 19 domestic offices. [1] The firm ranked 166th on The American Lawyer 's 2024 Am Law 200 rankings.

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History

Michael Best was founded in 1848 by Edward George Ryan, a Wisconsin trial attorney who later served as Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. [2] Over the course of more than a hundred and seventy 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. [2] [3] [4]

Practice areas

Michael Best's primary practice areas include corporate, government relations, public policy, political law, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, privacy & cybersecurity, real estate, regulatory, tax, and estate planning. [5] Other areas of practice the firm is known for include banking & financial services law, energy, environmental & natural resources law, and life sciences.

Attorney compensation

Unlike most U.S. national law firms, Michael Best does not generally disclose compensation offered to Associates. [6] However, as mandated by the Colorado Equal Pay Act, the lateral attorney job openings posted on the firm's website indicate that, "[f]or Colorado applicants only," the starting associate salary is $150,000 per year. [7] Numerous sources further report that base salary of Michael Best Associates based in other major markets (i.e., Austin, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., where Associate salaries typically start at $205,000 for new law school graduates), also start at $150,000. [8] [9] [10]

Affiliations

Michael Best 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; [11] the Employment Law Alliance (ELA), a global network of employment and labor law firms; [12] 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. [13]

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  2. 1 2 "Michael Best & Friedrich LLP | Our Firm |". www.michaelbest.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Firms entering Chicago market see opportunity to grow" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  4. ↑ Kirchen, Rich (2013-11-20). "Michael Best & Friedrich buys Salt Lake City's Vantus firm" . Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  5. ↑ "Practices".
  6. ↑ https://www.nalpdirectory.com/content/OrganizationalSnapshots/OrgSnapshot_9048.pdf
  7. ↑ https://www.michaelbest.com/Careers/Lateral
  8. ↑ "Salary Wars Scorecard: Which Firms Have Announced Raises? (2021) - Above the LawAbove the Law".
  9. ↑ https://www.lawcrossing.com/lawfirmprofile/K7VaW/Michael-Best-and-Friedrich-LLP/salary-benefits
  10. ↑ https://www.bcgsearch.com/bestlawfirms/K7VaW/Michael-Best-and-Friedrich-LLP/salary-benefits
  11. ↑ Lex Mundi
  12. ↑ Employment Law Alliance
  13. ↑ American Property Tax Counsel
  14. ↑ Rabideau, Amy (2011-02-17). "Bablitch a longtime public servant". Jsonline.com. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  15. 1 2 "Biskupic, Jacobs leave Michael Best, form own firm - Milwaukee - Milwaukee Business Journal". Archived from the original on 2015-02-09.
  16. ↑ Rabideau, Amy (2011-08-02). "Cannon served as Milwaukee County DA, U.S. attorney". Jsonline.com. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  17. ↑ http://judgepedia.org/Stephen_Crocker
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