The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that four of its Phoenix associate attorneys have been admitted as partners as a result of excellent performance and the promise of generating strong future value for the firm and its clients.
The new partners are:
Michael Catlett, who practices in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group and also is a member of the appellate practice subgroup.
Kathryn Moore, who practices in the Real Estate Practice Group, emphasizing the representation of financial institutions and the representation of local, national, and international lenders.
Ryan Patterson, who practices in the firm’s Product Liability Practice Group specializing in the areas of commercial litigation and product liability defense.
James Ugalde, who practices in the firm’s Commercial Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Group and focuses on the representation of businesses and their needs for contract enforcement, restructuring, insolvency matters and related litigation.
“Quarles & Brady has been around for almost 125 years, and we owe much of our success to attracting the best and brightest to join us and then investing in their professional development throughout their careers,” said Firm Managing Partner Fred Lautz, who supervises the partnership across the firm’s nine nationwide locations from its founding office in Milwaukee. “We see our future in the faces of these young and successful lawyers, and I’m confident that we’ll be around for at least another 125 years.”
“Given the intensely competitive nature of the modern legal industry, it’s more important than ever to promote associates with extreme care,” added Firm Chair Kimberly Leach Johnson. “All new partners must be outstanding representatives of the profession, so we’re excited to add these 17 exceptional achievers to our ranks.”
The attorneys’ new status as partners became effective October 1.
