Randal J. "Randy" Brotherhood

Randal J. "Randy" Brotherhood

Milwaukee, WI recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2011
Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols SC

11 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Biography

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.

Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols SC

11 Best Lawyers awards

Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols SC logo

Overview

  • Washington University in St. Louis, J.D., graduated 1981
  • Marquette University, BA, graduated 1978

  • United States, American Bar Association
  • United States, American Society of Association Executives
  • Wisconsin, State Bar of Wisconsin

  • 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
  • United States, American Bar Association
  • United States, American Society of Association Executives
  • Wisconsin, State Bar of Wisconsin
  • 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
  • Washington University in St. Louis, J.D., graduated 1981
  • Marquette University, BA, graduated 1978

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Corporate Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Information Technology Law
  • Nonprofit / Charities Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Securities Regulation
  • Trademark 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)

Case History

Transactions
  • Business & Corporate
Represented avionics manufacturer in sale of business to a publicly-traded strategic buyer
  • Securities Law
Worked with various types of closely held businesses seeking to raise funds in various types of transactions with respect to qualifying for registration exemptions under federal and state securities law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
Represented national 501(c)(3) organization in proposed merger with another national 501(c)(3) organization
  • Banking & Financial Institutions
Represented registered investment adviser in sale of portion of its stock to national investment firm and subsequent buy-back transaction
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  1. Represented technology company in acquisition by publicly-traded buyer

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