Quarles & Brady

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Quarles & Brady LLP
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Headquarters 411 East Wisconsin Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
No. of offices11
No. of attorneys500 (2017)
Major practice areasPrimarily business/regulatory
Key peopleKimberly Leach Johnson, Firm Chair [1]
Revenue$194M (2006) [2]
Date founded1892
Company type Limited liability partnership
Website Quarles.com

Quarles & Brady LLP is a U.S. law firm with eleven 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. [2]

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History

Quarles & Brady was formed in 1892. [3] 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. [4]

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. [5]

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References

  1. "Quarles & Brady names Aldana managing partner". Milwaukee Business Journal. 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  2. 1 2 AmLaw200 Performance Statistics, 2007 Archived October 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Historic Timeline". Quarles & Brady. 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  4. Hoover's Company Profile, courtesy of Answers.com
  5. Full list of practice areas