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{{Short description|United States law firm}}
{{Infobox Law Firm
| firm_name       = Quarles & Brady LLP
| firm_logo       = [[Image:Quarles Brady logo.png|Quarles & Brady]]
| headquarters    = [[411 East Wisconsin Center]]<br>[[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]
| num_offices     = 13
| num_attorneys   = 550 (2023)
| num_employees   = 
| practice_areas  = Business Law {{!}} Intellectual Property Law {{!}} Employment Law {{!}} Environment Law {{!}} Litigation {{!}} Real Estate Law {{!}} Health Care Law {{!}} Trust & Estate Law {{!}} Franchise Law.<ref name="Major Practice Areas">[https://www.quarles.com/newsroom/news/quarles-recognized-in-2023-best-law-firms-rankings]</ref>
| key_people      = Michael Aldana, Managing Partner and Chair of Executive Committee <ref name="Michael Aldana">[https://www.quarles.com/people/leadership]</ref>
| revenue         = $349M (2023)<ref name="AmLaw Quarles Revenue">[https://www.law.com/law-firm-profile/?id=248&name=Quarles-%26-Brady-LLP]</ref>
|profit_per_equity_partner=$813,000 (2023)<ref name="Quarles Profit Per Equity Partner">[https://www.law.com/law-firm-profile/?id=248&name=Quarles-%26-Brady-LLP]</ref>| date_founded    = 1892
| founder         = {{unbulleted list
 | {{nowrap|[[Joseph V. Quarles|Joseph V. Quarles Jr.]]}}, {{nowrap|[[Thomas Wilson Spence]]}} {{nowrap|& Charles Quarles}} {{nowrap|(Quarles, Spence & Quarles)}}
 | {{nowrap|William McIlvaine}} {{nowrap|& John P. Wilson}} {{nowrap|(Wilson & McIlvaine)}}
}}
| company_type    = [[Limited liability partnership]]
| firm_slogan     = 
| homepage        = [http://www.quarles.com/ Quarles.com]
| dissolved       =   <!-- Date/Reason the company dissolved, e.g., merger or bankruptcy -->
}}
'''Quarles & Brady LLP''' is a [[United States|U.S.]] [[law firm]] with thirteen offices nationwide. According to the [[National Law Journal]]'s 2012 rankings, it is the 107th largest law firm in the United States, and the second-largest firm in the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Wisconsin]] (after [[Foley & Lardner]]).  The firm also ranked 184th in [[profit (accounting)|profit]] per attorney on the 2010 [[AmLaw 200]] survey.<ref name="Major Practice Areas" />

==History==
The Quarles firm was formed in 1892.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quarles.com/historic-timeline/|title=Historic Timeline|date=2018|publisher=Quarles & Brady|access-date=28 November 2018}}</ref> In 1974, the Quarles firm & Brady firm merged.  At the time, the combined firm had 70 lawyers<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-03 |title=Firm History Timeline |url=https://www.quarles.com/firm-history-timeline |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=www.quarles.com |language=en-US}}</ref>  In 2000, the firm merged with Streich Lang, a Phoenix, Arizona law firm.  After being known in Arizona as Quarles & Brady Streich Lang LLP, the firm shortened its name and is now uniformly known as Quarles & Brady LLP.<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/quarles-brady-llp Hoover's Company Profile, courtesy of Answers.com]</ref>

==Practice areas==
Quarles & Brady has practices in commercial litigation, product liability, [[United States environmental law|environmental law]], [[regulatory compliance]], [[Corporate law]] & [[securities law]], [[mergers & acquisitions]], [[private equity]], [[United States antitrust law|antitrust]], [[tax law]], [[intellectual property]], and [[real estate]].<ref>[http://www.quarles.com/Services/ Full list of practice areas]</ref>

==Notable lawyers and alumni==
*John Daniels Jr., philanthropist, businessman and former chairman.
*[[Tony Earl]], 41st [[Governor of Wisconsin]] (1983&ndash;1986).
*[[Ron Kind]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Congressman]] who represented [[Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district]] from 1997 to 2023.
*[[Matt Flynn (politician)|Matt Flynn]], former chair of the [[Democratic Party of Wisconsin]] and candidate for governor in [[2018 Wisconsin gubernatorial election|2018]].
*[[Joseph V. Quarles|Joseph V. Quarles Jr.]], co-founder of the firm, U.S. senator (1899&ndash;1905) and U.S. district judge (1905&ndash;1911).
*[[Kwame Raoul]], 42nd [[Attorney General of Illinois]] (2019&ndash;present).
*[[David S. Ruder]], chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1987&ndash;1989)
*[[Thomas Wilson Spence]], co-founder of the firm, state legislator, died during arguments in front of the [[Wisconsin Supreme Court]] (1912).

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.quarles.com/ Homepage]
* [http://www.chambersandpartners.com/USA/Firms/65844-32533 Chambers and Partners USA profile]
* [http://www.martindale.com/Quarles-Brady-LLP/law-firm-40942.htm Profile] from [[LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell]]

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