Quarles & Brady LLP: Attorney James Cole elected to Board of Directors of Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin

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Julie Cole

jcole@quarles.com

(414) 277-5212

MADISON, Wis. (June 4, 2009) – The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP is pleased to announce that James R. Cole, a partner with the Firm’s Madison office, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin.

Cole focuses his practice in the areas of intellectual property litigation, construction mediation and arbitration, as well as commercial transactions litigation, intellectual property and patent litigation. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Alternative Dispute Resolution and Chambers USA in the area of intellectual property. Cole was named as a Wisconsin Super Lawyer in the area of intellectual property litigation and listed as one of Dane County’s Top Alternative Dispute Resolution Attorneys. In Madison Magazine’s 2009 peer survey, he was named Dane County’s top Commercial Litigator. He earned his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison and graduated with a bachelor of science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quarles & Brady LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 450 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 http://www.quarles.com.