The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP is pleased to announce that thirty-eight of its attorneys have been named by Wisconsin Super Lawyers^® magazine as among the top attorneys in Wisconsin for 2009. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers^®. Seventeen Milwaukee-based attorneys and one Madison-based attorney have been named to the 2009 Wisconsin Rising Stars list as well.

Attorneys from the Firm’s Milwaukee and Madison offices who were selected for inclusion in the 2009 Wisconsin Super Lawyers magazine are:

            Valerie Bailey-Rihn – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

            Patricia K. Ballman – Family Law

            John T. Bannen – Estate Planning & Probate

            David B. Bartel – Personal Injury Defense: Products

            Jeffrey B. Bartell – Business/Corporate

            Kathryn M. Buono – Mergers & Acquisitions

            James R. Cole – Alternate Dispute Resolution

            Daniel E. Conley – Business Litigation

            Gerald E. Connolly – Real Estate

            David R. Cross – Intellectual Property Litigation

            James F. Daly – Estate Planning & Probate

            John W. Daniels Jr. – Real Estate

            Jeffrey O. Davis – Business Litigation

            Robert H. Duffy – Employment & Labor

            Matthew J. Flynn – General Litigation

            James D. Friedman – Banking

            Michael J. Gonring – Personal Injury Defense: Products

            Kathleen A. Gray – Estate Planning & Probate

            David B. Kern – Employment & Labor

            Daniel J. La Fave – Personal Injury Defense: Products

            Fredrick G. Lautz – Mergers & Acquisitions

            Ely A. Leichtling – Employment & Labor

            Kevin M. Long – Construction Litigation

            Thomas P. McElligott – Environmental

            Mary Pat Ninneman – Employment & Labor

            Kristin Graham Noel – Intellectual Property Litigation

            Michael J. Ostermeyer – Real Estate

            Nancy K. Peterson – Environmental

            Roy L. Prange Jr. – Business Litigation

            John A. Rothstein – Business Litigation

            Donald K. Schott – General Litigation

            Walter J. Skipper – Mergers & Acquisitions

            Paul J. Tilleman – Estate Planning & Probate

            Anthony A. Tomaselli – Intellectual Property Litigation

            Eric J. Van Vugt – Business Litigation

            Arthur A. Vogel Jr. – Environmental

            David D. Wilmoth – Tax

            Brian D. Winters - Utilities

Quarles & Brady attorneys from the Firm’s Milwaukee and Madison offices who were named to the 2009 Wisconsin Rising Stars list are:

            Jane E. Appleby – Business Litigation

            Keith A. Bruett – Insurance Coverage

            Jack M. Cook – Intellectual Property

            Catherine A. Faught – Personal Injury Defense: Products

            Cristina D. Hernandez-Malaby – Securities Litigation

            Patricia M. Hutter – Mergers & Acquisitions

            Bernard J. Kearney III – Real Estate

            Benjamin T. Kurten – Immigration

            Ryan P. Morrison – Securities & Corporate Finance

            Patrick S. Nolan – Personal Injury Defense: Products

            Katherine Maloney Perhach – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

            John R. Remington – Business Litigation

            John C. Schaak – Business Litigation

            Sean M. Scullen – Employment & Labor

            David A. Strifling – Environmental

            Peter A. Tomasi – Environmental

            Margaret E.M. Utterback – Business/Corporate

            Ryan L. Van Den Elzen – Business/Corporate

The selections for Super Lawyers are made by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minn. Each year, Law & Politics undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by Law & Politics' attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check.

Super Lawyers can be found online at superlawyers.com, where lawyers can be searched by practice area and location.

Quarles & Brady LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 425 attorneys practicing from offices in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Chicago, Ill.; Naples, Fla.; and Milwaukee and Madison, Wis. The Firm offers an array of legal services to corporate and individual clients that range from small entrepreneurial businesses to Fortune 100 companies. Additional information about the Firm may be found at www.quarles.com.