The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that Ted Barthel has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group as a partner in its Milwaukee office. Barthel joins the firm from the Milwaukee office of Husch Blackwell. More >>

Michael Best is pleased to announce it has added Jennifer L. Ciralsky to its Milwaukee office as a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment Relations Practice Group. More >>

Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that it has signed a Letter of Intent with J. Jeffers & Co. to occupy the top three stories of a new development located at 511 N. Broadway in downtown Milwaukee. The nine-story building is planned as a mixed-use development containing commercial real estate, retail and parking. It is scheduled for completion during the third quarter of 2020. According to terms set forth in the Letter of Intent, Husch Blackwell will lease its new office space for a term of 15½ years. More >>

Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that Derek J. Taylor has joined as a partner in the firm’s Financial Services & Capital Markets industry group. More >>

Michael Best is pleased to announce that Lisa M. Gingerich has joined the Transactional Practice Group as a partner. Gingerich will be based out of the firm’s Milwaukee office, focusing her practice on healthcare law. More >>

Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that Michael L. Riopel has joined the firm’s Milwaukee office as an associate. More >>

Michael Best is pleased to announce it has added Bethany C. McCurdy to its Milwaukee office as senior counsel in the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group. McCurdy will concentrate her practice on management side employment law. More >>

Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Christopher Johnson as a shareholder in the firm’s Milwaukee office. Johnson joins Ogletree Deakins from Jackson Lewis P.C., where he handled a broad range of labor and employment law matters. More >>

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, begins the year by opening an office in Milwaukee with a group of nine experienced and highly regarded attorneys. Tim Costello will serve as the managing shareholder of the Milwaukee office and is joined by four other shareholders, one of counsel, one special counsel, and two associates. In addition to Costello, the shareholders joining Ogletree Deakins’ Milwaukee office are Robert Bartel, Timothy Kamin, Kevin Kinney, and Brian Radloff. David Loeffler joins as special counsel, Keith Kopplin joins as of counsel, and Mark Johnson and Dean Kelley join as associates. By opening in Milwaukee, Ogletree Deakins now has 47 offices and extends a growth trajectory that includes 13 new offices since 2010 and international expansion into Europe and Mexico.

“Milwaukee has been an attractive market for the firm for years and has a number of synergies with our Chicago and Minneapolis offices,” said Kim Ebert, managing shareholder of Ogletree Deakins. “We are excited to expand into Milwaukee and have found a great group of talented professionals who fit our culture and share our values.”

“Ogletree Deakins is a first-class organization, and we are excited to be a part of the firm,” said Costello. “Our clients will immediately benefit from the firm’s depth of knowledge, boundless resources, and culture of unparalleled client service.”

“Both the firm and I have similar approaches in providing value and service to our clients,” said Kinney. “I’m eager to offer these combined with the enhanced capabilities that a firm like Ogletree Deakins possesses.”

Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the largest workplace law firms in the world representing management, is pleased to announce Christopher J. Johnson has joined the firm’s Milwaukee office as Shareholder. Mr. Johnson, who joins the firm from Beck, Chaet, Bamberger & Polsky, S.C., brings with him over two decades of experience in employment and labor law.
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