Why Choose Michael Best?

We provide sound legal analysis based on 160 years of experience. Tapping into our associations and alliances around the world, we manage wide-ranging business legal matters for one-person start-ups as well as Fortune 500 companies.

Whether working one-on-one with a client or as a team, our attorneys build enduring relationships with our clients.

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is a large U.S. law firm with over 225 attorneys based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with additional offices in Madison, Waukesha and Manitowoc, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois. 

Michael Best was selected as one of the premier law firms in Wisconsin according to Corporate Report Wisconsin's "Best of Wisconsin Business" survey conducted in the spring of 2010, and our Madison office was voted "Best Local Law Firm" by the readers of InBusiness for three consecutive years.  Michael Best attorneys have been recognized among the best in the nation in a number of other publications, including Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Sixty-eight of our attorneys were ranked among “the best and the brightest” of today’s legal practitioners in the 2010-2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward/White, Inc. We are extremely proud of this accomplishment, as attorneys listed in this book are selected by their peers in the legal community and constitute the top one percent of all lawyers practicing in America today.

In addition, several Michael Best attorneys appear in the 2010 In Business Executive Register, a comprehensive guide to Dane County’s local executives who are respected civic and business leaders in the Greater Madison community.

Several Michael Best attorneys have 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, their contribution to the improvement of the legal profession and to society overall.

Michael Best is the exclusive Wisconsin member of Lex Mundi (“Law of the World”), an invitation-only network of more than 16,000 attorneys in more than 100 countries around the world.  To be a member, law firms must be among the largest and best established in their jurisdiction.

In 2003, Michael Best joined Armstrong Teasdale LLP, Butzel Long, and Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP to form the China Alliance. The China Alliance was established in response to the increasing importance of China to the global marketplace and to North American businesses. The four law firms collaborate in the development of their respective China practices to provide advice and counseling to businesses with interests and operations in the Chinese market. The office facilities in Shanghai and Beijing offer on-the-ground capabilities in China’s primary business and regulatory centers.

Real-world strategic business counsel
We are not just attorneys; we are savvy business people, too. We know the laws of the land and how to apply them in corporate America. When needed, Michael Best assigns special teams comprised of attorneys and other professionals from a cross-section of practice areas, to focus on issues affecting specific industries and business sectors.

Progressive approach
We dig. We research. We look at issues from many angles and find opportunities for our clients. Sometimes we use conventional wisdom. Other times we look beyond the traditional. Because each client is unique, we vary our approach to fit the specific challenge. Many of the industries we serve—renewable energy, biotechnology and life sciences, healthcare, and others—require us to come up with highly original ideas to address their challenges.

Commitment to serving our clients’ needs
Clients consistently give us high marks for being an invaluable asset. The reason? We devote ourselves to creating relationships based on the bedrock of trust, honesty and a zeal for our clients business. Whatever legal matters our clients face, we work diligently to resolve them.