Milwaukee Office
411 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
53202
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Professional Experience
Jim Friedman is chair of the Quarles & Brady Financial Institutions Practice Group. His practice includes the representation of:
- Financial institutions of all types and sizes and their holding companies, in all aspects of their business, including regulatory, merger and acquisition, corporate and securities matters.
- Manufacturers, service businesses and health care providers in a full array of corporate, transactional and international matters.
- Businesses, boards of directors and independent directors or committees of directors in corporate governance, audit or transactional matters.
Education and Honors
- University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D., 1972)
Managing Editor, Notre Dame Law Review, 1971-1972.
- Marquette University (A.B., 1969)
Outstanding Senior, College of Liberal Arts, 1969.
Bar Admissions
Illinois,
1996
Wisconsin,
1972
Court Admissions
U.S. Tax Court, 1997
U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, 1989
U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 1976
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1973
Professional Recognition
- Martindale-Hubbell AV® Peer Review Rated.
- Listed in The Best Lawyers In America® (1995-present: Banking Law).
- Listed in Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in the Midwest, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World and Who’s Who in Finance and Business.
- Wisconsin Law Foundation (Life Fellow).
- American Bar Foundation (Life Fellow).
- Wisconsin Law Journal, 2006 Wisconsin Leader in the Law.
- Selected for inclusion in the 2006-present Wisconsin Super Lawyers® lists (Banking).
Professional and Civic Activities
- American Bar Association (Banking Law Committee of the Business Law Section, 1985-present; Member, House of Delegates, 1980-1982).
- Wisconsin Bankers Association and Community Bankers of Wisconsin (Associate member).
- Director: Wisconsin Association of Manufacturers and Commerce (2008-present) Finance Committee (2011-present); Audit Committee (2012-present); Executive Committee (2012-present); Concours Motors, Inc. (1998-present); Partners Advancing Values in Education, Inc. (1987-present); Weyenberg Public Library Foundation, Inc. (1983-present; President 1983-current); Wisconsin Law Foundation (1998-present; President 2007-2008); Wisconsin’s Equal Justice Fund, Inc., (1998-2008; President, 2006).
- Wisconsin Supreme Court Office of Lawyer Regulation (Member and Vice Chair Preliminary Review Committee, 2000-2007).
- State of Wisconsin, (Member, Department of Financial Institutions, 2000 Task Force on Financial Competitiveness, 2005).
- State of Wisconsin Legislative Council Special Study Committee on the Regulation of Financial Institutions (Member, 1986-1987).
- Governor's Advisory Council on Judicial Selection of the State of Wisconsin, 2002.
- State Bar of Wisconsin (Chair, Board of Governors, 1999-2000. Member, Board of Governors, 1996-2000; Member, Executive Committee, 1998-2000; Member, Finance and Investment Committees 1997-1998; Director, 1984-1999, Chair, 1989-1990, International Practice Section).
- Center for the Study of Entrepreneurship, Marquette University (Member, Board of Visitors, 1987-1995).
- Alderman, City of Mequon, Wisconsin 4th & 7th Districts, 1979-1983; President, Common Council, (1980-1982); Chair (2008-present) and Member, Board of Ethics (1996-1998 and 2000-present); Chair, Blue Ribbon Visioning Committee, 1998-2000).
Selected Presentations/Publications
Recent Presentations:
- Presenter, “Banking Law Case Developments: Where Things are Headed and Lessons Learned from Recent Court Decisions,” Wisconsin Bankers Association Legal Clinic, November 4, 2009.
- Co-authored, “Change is Coming to the Financial Services Industry,” BizTimes Milwaukee, October 30, 2009.
- “Bank Directors Responsibility for Oversight of Management,” Wisconsin Bankers Association Bank Directors Workshops, October 2007.
- “Recent Developments in Fiduciary Case Law and Litigation,” Wisconsin Bankers Trust Conference, October 2007.
- “Electronic Document Retention: The Requirements and Litigation and Discovery,” Wisconsin Bankers Association Technology Conference.
- “Sound Compensation Planning: Achieving Long Term Corporate Goals,” Wisconsin Bankers Association Bank Directors Workshops.
- Corporate Governance and the Responsibilities of Directors after Enron.
- Update on the Wisconsin Department of Revenue Position on Nevada Subsidiaries.
- Documentation of Corporate Process, Diligence and Action - Making History while Avoiding Risk.
Recent Publications:
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