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Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Businesses need more from a law firm than skilled advice and representation alone — they need a long-term strategic partner like Michael Best.

We’ve earned many loyal clients by understanding each one’s unique goals, opportunities, and challenges and by delivering results, year after year. Our focus is on your entire organization, not just on the legal matters we’re involved in. 

Michael Best is a full-service firm with more than 220 lawyers who provide our clients with the exceptional legal service and business acumen that have defined our firm for generations. Our practice is broadly organized into the following areas, each with its own sub-practices:

  • Banking & Financial Services
  • Corporate & Transactional
  • Energy Law
  • Environmental & Natural Resources
  • Government Relations & Public Policy
  • Intellectual Property
  • Labor & Employment Relations
  • Litigation
  • Real Estate
  • Tax

We serve regional, national, and international corporations, as well as municipalities, trade associations, nonprofits, family trusts, and individuals. Our clients range in size from small start-up ventures to global Fortune 500 companies, in many different industries. Michael Best has a long history of serving clients in the consumer and industrial products sectors. As those sectors evolve, our practice has grown to encompass a diverse range of technology and software clients.
Additionally, we have deep experience in a number of industries that are subject to unique regulatory schemes or rapidly changing market conditions, such as:

  • Agribusiness
  • Energy
  • Food & Beverage
  • Higher Education
  • Life Sciences

We work in collaborative, cross-practice teams that focus not only on legal and regulatory matters, but also on operational issues, market opportunities, and competitive advantage. We always strive to provide excellent service within a highly competitive cost structure, and clients consistently praise our responsiveness and value.

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Associate
Greg’s practice focuses on patent applications and software development and licensing agreements. He also assists with prosecuting patent applications.  
Prior to joining the firm, Greg…
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Partner, Industry Group Chair - Energy
Jordan helps energy companies and other sophisticated businesses structure and contract for large scale capital expansion and procurement, including representation in siting and…
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Managing Partner
Joel counsels start-up and growth phase companies regarding the development and protection of their intellectual property. With his background as a computer scientist, Joel is uniquely…
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Associate
Kyle’s outstanding track record in patent law is built on successful outcomes in patent litigation, drafting and prosecuting patent applications, and patent portfolio management. Clients…
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Associate
Katie helps clients navigate real estate matters including financing, leasing, and acquisitions and dispositions. She works with lenders to negotiate and document financing transactions,…
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Associate
Rhett represents clients in regard to the full spectrum of estate and business succession planning. He is a trusted advisor on the following issues:


Preparation and implementation of…
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Partner

Katrina serves as a partner and advisor to companies seeking to establish and protect intellectual property in the global marketplace. Clients value her responsiveness, as well as her…
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Patent Scientist
Rikki applies knowledge and training she received while earning a Ph.D. in neuroscience to science-based strategies for life sciences and biotechnology patent prosecution.
Her broad…
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Michael Best’s insurance coverage attorneys assist companies of all sizes with their complex insurance issues. With decades of experience for clients across a wide range of industries, our…
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Michael Best has a longstanding commitment to the pursuit, protection, and management of our clients’ intellectual…
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Michael Best & Friedrich LLP has been selected for a 2018 NLR Go-To Thought Leadership award for their articles on International Intellectual Property Law. The attorney-authors at Michael Best detailed analysis of international IP issues, specifically in South America, provide NLR readers with important information on global trademark, patent, and copyright litigation and regulatory matters. 

 
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