Milwaukee Now a national firm with thirteen offices and more than 340 legal professionals, Michael Best is proud to hail from the thriving city of Milwaukee. Founded in 1848, our downtown Milwaukee office is the firm’s largest, serving the broad legal needs of a distinct client base within and beyond Wisconsin. Our clients range from small start-up ventures to Fortune 500 companies; we guide clients as diverse as manufacturers, banks, nonprofits, educational institutions, and high-tech entities through a wide variety of business transactions, litigation, and other critical matters. Though our presence is concentrated most heavily in the Midwest, our practice can handle pressing legal issues across the country and around the globe. Yet our work is not limited to success in the legal arena. Committed to sustaining the city’s cultural diversity and revitalized economy, our lawyers are enthusiastic supporters of community groups and charitable entities, from engaging in frequent volunteer activity to forging rewarding relationships with prominent service organizations like the United Way of Greater Milwaukee and the United Performing Arts Fund. Related People Preview Attorney's BiographyThomas is a trademark attorney in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. His practice focuses on the acquisition, enforcement, and litigation of intellectual property rights, particularly related to trademarks and copyrights, both domestically and internationally.
 Preview Attorney's BiographyVictor represents clients in a broad scope of litigation matters in both state and federal courts. His experience in all facets of pre- and post-trial litigation encompasses pre-suit investigations and discovery, mediation, motion practice, and collecting on judgments.  Preview Attorney's BiographyClients across multiple industries turn to Michael to coordinate their more complex business transactions. They value his quick assessment of issues and their implications, as well as his creative yet effective solutions to the many issues that arise during the course of a transaction.Michael’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, buyout transactions, securities regulation, and venture capital investment transactions.  Preview Attorney's BiographyPatrick assists clients with a wide variety of tax and estate planning matters, focusing on achieving clients’ personal and business goals while preserving and transferring wealth for future generations.  Preview Attorney's BiographyLuis represents employers in a range of labor and employment matters and has developed a significant practice focusing on employee defection and recruitment, including litigating injunction and damage actions relating to: covenants not to compete, non-solicitation and non-disclosure agreements, unfair competition, trade secrets, duty of loyalty, the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, and state trade secrets and unfair competition statutes.  Preview Attorney's BiographyClients look to Brent for help obtaining patent protection for their innovations as well as avoiding infringement of competitors’ products.  Preview Attorney's BiographyChris is a partner focusing his intellectual property practice on domestic and international patent matters relating to mechanical, electro-mechanical, medical, materials science, software, and business method technologies. He also helps clients acquire and enforce United States and foreign trademark rights, copyrights and trade secrets, negotiates intellectual property licenses and technology transfers, and prepares patentability and non-infringement opinions. His work applies strategic planning to intellectual property protection to help clients achieve their business goals.  Preview Attorney's BiographyMarie counsels clients in a broad range of complex business litigation matters, including commercial contract disputes, business torts, real estate matters, trademark infringement, and class action defense. She also has substantial property tax litigation experience at both the trial court and appellate levels.  Preview Attorney's BiographyKristi has a broad range of experience in both patents and trademarks, and is involved in all stages of U.S. and international patent/trademark filing, prosecution, and maintenance. Frequently serving as a key contact for clients, she handles a number of responsibilities including filing domestic and international patent applications, office action responses, and appeal briefs; preparing and filing domestic and international trademark applications; and more. Kristi L. Behnke* Intellectual Property Administrator *Names that appear with an asterisk indicate a Michael Best professional not admitted to practice law.
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