Law Firms

Milwaukee-area law firms with more than 35 local attorneys/ MMAC Members in Bold labor/employment, intellectual property, insurance disputes, environmental, succession planning

Business law, transactional and securities, finance and financial institutions, litigation, intellectual property, employee benefits, labor/employment, estates and trusts, tax, real estate, environmental regulation and energy

Corporate, mergers and acquisitions, banking, securities, litigation, real estate, health care, estate planning, intellectual property, bankruptcy, environmental/ energy, tax, labor and employment, and technology operations in southeastern Wisconsin. Brookfield-based Fiserv is a leading data processing provider for financial institutions serving more than 10,000 financial institutions in more than 90 countries. FIS, the world’s largest technology solution provider, employs more than 3,000 people in the region. U.S. Bancorp Fund Services and JPMorgan Chase also have significant data processing operations in the region.

N. Broadway, Suite 1100 Milwaukee / huschblackwell.com

A business and litigation law firm that delivers solutions across major industries, including energy and natural resources; financial services and capital markets; food and agribusiness; health care; life sciences and education; real estate; development and construction; and technology, manufacturing and transportation

Several large software firms specializing in logistics have locations here, including Dematic Corporation, a supply-chain technology company that designs and builds warehouse automation systems. The region is also home to other specialty technology firms, including Astronautics Corp. of America, an international provider of flight-critical software and instruments; Penta Technologies, developer of enterprise solutions software; Connecture, Inc., a health insurance software provider; and Zywave, a leading developer of software for financial planners and insurance brokers.

N. Water St., Suite 2500 Milwaukee / michaelbest.com

Litigation; business law; mergers & acquisitions; banking, receivership & creditors’ rights; tax advice, planning & controversy; estate & business succession planning; labor & employment; inheritance litigation & will contests; family law; real estate & construction

In 2019, Northwestern Mutual, Kohl’s Corp., Rockwell Automation, Johnson Controls International, Advocate Aurora Health and Accenture launched the Milwaukee Tech Hub Coalition to strengthen Milwaukee’s tech industry. The coalition is designed to aid Milwaukee programs and initiatives that support tech workers and tech startup companies and double the number of tech workers by 2025.

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1848 Banking and financial services; construction law; corporate and transactional; energy law; environmental and natural resources; government relations, political law and public policy; health care; intellectual property; labor and employment relations; litigation; privacy and cybersecurity; real estate; regulatory; tax; and wealth planning 174 Quarles & Brady LLP 411 E. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 2400 Milwaukee / quarles.com

Significant practice areas include business law, mergers and acquisitions, securities, commercial litigation, energy law, intellectual property, real estate and land use, labor and employment, health law, trusts and estates, public finance, product liability, environmental law, tax, franchise, employee benefits, immigration, bankruptcy, and data privacy and security

201 Business and corporate, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, real estate, health care, tax, banking, employee benefits, intellectual property, labor and employment, trusts and estate planning, international, commercial and competition, bankruptcy, consumer finance, government relations, tax-exempt organizations, food and beverage, regulatory, cybersecurity, immigration law

Banking, business and corporate, construction, health, employee benefits, finance, government, intellectual property, litigation, manufacturing, labor and employment, mergers and acquisitions, nonprofit, real estate, school, tax, trusts and estates

The coalition, which now includes more than 60 firms, offers a 10-week incubator used to strengthen Milwaukee’s tech supply chain of talent, startup companies and idea generation. It also has partnered with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development to build a technology apprenticeship system.

Other support services include:

● The Technology Innovation Center, one of the largest high-tech incubators in the country

● Wisconsin’s Center for Technology Commercialization, which provides one-on-one assistance to early-stage, emerging-technology businesses

Feeding the World

Wisconsin is home to nearly 19,000 food and beverage industry businesses that employ more than 366,000 people, generating $104 billion in economic activity. The state’s concentration of food and beverage manufacturing talent ranks Wisconsin fourth in the nation.

Lauded as America’s Dairyland and well known for its beer, brats and cheese, Wisconsin’s producers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers span from local to global, big to small, start-up to legacy, nutrient-dense to decadent, and from farm to factory to fork. These businesses are strengthened and leveraged through FaB Wisconsin, a food and beverage business network that includes food, beverage, ingredients, packaging, and equipment manufacturers.

Wisconsin offers a rich operating environment for legacy brands, such as Bel Gioioso, Brownberry, Jack Links, Johnsonville, Gardetto’s, Gehl Foods, Palermo’s, Sargento, Sartori, Leinenkugel’s, MillerCoors, Nueske’s, and Usinger’s.

Global brands with major operations

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With nearly 150 member companies, FaB Wisconsin (FaBWisconsin.com) works to make Wisconsin a networked place to grow a food and beverage business and industry career. Members benefit from focus on industry leadership and outreach, talent attraction and retention, food safety, business growth, supply chain maximization, and industry marketing.

Wisconsin’s industry knowhow, garnered across the state over the past 200 years, is reflected in FaB’s member companies and in the thousands of those who bring the world Wisconsin’s food and drink. Their secret sauce is the workforce with passion and purpose to feed and quench the world.