Randal J. "Randy" Brotherhood

Randal J. "Randy" Brotherhood


Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols S.C.

Recognized since 2011

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Practice Areas

Corporate Law

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Randal J. Brotherhood has more than thirty years of experience representing businesses and their owners in a wide variety of industries and settings. He also devotes a substantial part of his practice to representing tax-exempt organizations, foundations and trade associations of all types and sizes, ranging from local charitable organizations to large national and international membership associations.

Randy represents business clients both on a day-to-day general counsel basis and as a strategic adviser for particular transactions, including acquisition transactions and joint ventures. Randy regularly functions as a member of his clients’ upper management teams in providing timely and experienced guidance to protect their interests.

As reflected by his ranking in The Best Lawyers in America®, the definitive guide to legal excellence in the country, as well as in other ranking venues, such as Wisconsin SuperLawyers®, Randy has earned an outstanding reputation among his clients and his peers in the legal community for his approach to legal issues, his skill in identifying creative, practical and business-oriented solutions, and his legal ethics and integrity.

Randy is a frequent lecturer and author on a variety of business-related legal topics.

Location
  • 111 East Kilbourn Avenue
    The Milwaukee Center, 19th Floor
    Milwaukee, WI 53202
Education
  • Washington University in St. Louis, J.D., graduated 1981
  • Marquette University, BA, graduated 1978
Bar Admissions
  • Wisconsin, State Bar of Wisconsin
  • United States, American Bar Association
  • United States, American Society of Association Executives
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • American Society of Association Executives - Past Member
  • State Bar of Wisconsin - Secretary-Treasurer, Business Law Section Board of Directors; Chair, Chapter 180 Committee, Board of Governors, Section Leaders Council Representative

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Corporate Law
Awards:
  • The Best Lawyers in America® (2011-2015)
  • Wisconsin Super Laweyrs® (2011-2013)
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
  • Wisconsin Law Journal's "Leaders in the Law" (2014)
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Information Technology Law
  • Nonprofit / Charities Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Securities Regulation
  • Trademark Law

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The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016: A New Federal Civil Cause of Action for Trade Secret Theft


by Randal J. Brotherhood

"It represents one of the most significant events in trade secret reform in years. The DTSA amends the Economic Espionage Act, which previously limited access to federal courts for trade secret theft to criminal prosecution."

Defend Trade Secrets Act

The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016: A New Federal Civil Cause of Action for Trade Secret Theft


"It represents one of the most significant events in trade secret reform in years. The DTSA amends the Economic Espionage Act, which previously limited access to federal courts for trade secret theft to criminal prosecution."

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