• More than 250 attorneys in 6 office locations.
  
• Ranked fourth among "Largest Milwaukee-Area Law Firms" according to the The Business Journal's Book of Lists 2007.
  
• The Wisconsin State Journal, Book of Business 2007 ranks Michael Best's Madison office as the third largest law firm in Dane County.
  
• Madison's In Business magazine's 2007 “Book of Lists” ranks Michael Best third based on the number of attorneys in the firm's Madison office.
  

• One of America's Best Corporate Law Firms in Milwaukee according to the 2007 Corporate Board Member/FTI Consulting Survey results (July/August 2007)
  
• The Madison office of Michael Best was voted best law firm in Dane County by the readers of In Business Magazine, as part of the publication's annual Executive Consumer Choice Awards (December 2006).
• Global Counsel 3000 (8th Edition), a leading guide to the law and lawyers in over 70 jurisdictions worldwide, recommends Michael Best’s Milwaukee office for its strong corporate, employment and intellectual property expertise. The 9th Edition lists the firm as a “Highly Recommended” firm in Milwaukee.
  
• The 2007-2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward/White, Inc., includes 56 Michael Best attorneys among its rankings of “the best and the brightest” of today’s legal practitioners. Attorneys listed in the book are selected by their peers in the legal community, and constitute only the top one percent of all lawyers practicing in America today. In addition, Michael Best has more lawyers listed in Best Lawyers in the following areas:
  • In Wisconsin: Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Land Use & Zoning Law.
  • In Madison: Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Energy Law
  • In Milwaukee: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
  • In Waukesha: Construction Law
  
  
  
• Eight out of the eight years it has been published, a Michael Best attorney has been selected for Law Bulletin Publishing's list of "40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty Years Old to Watch". This award is based on an attorney's professional skills; what the attorney does for the overall good of the legal profession; and what the attorney has done for society overall.
  
• Six attorneys from the law firm of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP were named to the “InBusiness Executive Register” in the July 2006 issue of the Greater Madison InBusiness Magazine.
  

• According to the 2007 issue of Chamber & Partners Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, a guide to the best practitioners in all the main areas of business law, Michael Best has "a well established national reputation for expertise in the technology sector, as well as in venture capital fund business strategy…"
  

• According to the 2007 issue of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, a guide to the best practitioners in business law, "this impressive outfit provides supreme quality advice, and impresses clients with its firm and efficient handling of everyday employment matters in front of administrative law bodies and at both a federal and state level."
  

• Michael Best has been named as a Go-To Law Firm© in a 2006 and 2007 survey by Corporate Counsel magazine. Less than one-half of one percent of all law firms in the U.S. and abroad are included in this prestigious listing. Michael Best was nominated for this honor by our client, Levi Strauss & Company in 2006, and by our client, Medtronic, in 2007.
  
• IP Law & Business (July 2007) ranked Michael Best among the top 30 law firms in the nation for patent litigation in terms of number of cases filed in 2006 and in the number of cases in which we represented the defendants.
• For the past four years, Michael Best has received the NameProtect® “Trademark Insider Award” for the number one Milwaukee Trademark Law Firm. The firm is also ranked as one of the top 25 in the nation for trademarks filed.
  
• Michael Best was ranked as one of the top 25 trademark firms in the nation by Intellectual Property Today (May 2008).
  
• In March 2008, Intellectual Property Today ranked Michael Best as one of the top 100 patent firms in the nation based on the number of patents filed in 2007.
  
• In June 2007, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business ranked Michael Best’s intellectual property practice number one in Wisconsin.
  

• According to the 2007 issue of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, a guide to the best practitioners in all the main areas of business law, the Litigation Practice Group is described by clients as being "known for its absolute dedication…" and …"is esteemed for handling client concerns in an 'efficient and relevant manner.'"
  

• According to the 2007 issue of Chamber & Partners Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, a guide to the best practitioners in all the main areas of business law, the firm's Real Estate Practice Group is "traditionally considered to be a strong practice…"
  

• In The American Lawyer's 2006 "The Midlevel Associates Survey", Michael Best is ranked 74th, with an average score of 3.812. In Wisconsin, Michael Best ranked as the #2 firm in Milwaukee. The survey ranks job satisfaction for mid-level associates.

In addition to membership in the bars of Wisconsin and Illinois, our attorneys are licensed to practice in these other states and U.S. territories

Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Florida Georgia Illinois

Indiana Iowa Kentucky Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri

New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Texas U.S. Virgin Islands Virgina Washington Wisconsin

• The July 2007 issue of the American Lawyer ranked Michael Best 25th among all AmLaw 200 firms for pro bono work. Michael Best also received the highest ranking among local firms.