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Milwaukee, WI-based Quarles & Brady Promoted Richard Raether as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
For 125 years, Quarles & Brady LLP has provided quality legal services to a wide range of industries on a national stage. We`ve strived to learn our clients` businesses—to see the horizons through their eyes. We don`t just counsel, but invest in the success of each client, partnering with them to achieve their business goals. This dedication and investment is what sets Quarles & Brady apart: we provide a true partnership, in every sense of the word. Quarles & Brady is a multidisciplinary AmLaw 200 legal services provider with approximately 475 attorneys practicing at the top of the profession in Chicago, Indianapolis, Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Naples, Phoenix, Tampa, Tucson, and Washington, D.C. Our national presence allows us to draw upon a group of highly skilled attorneys from all across the country to ensure the right people are working on our clients` matters. We have extensive experience working with the full industrial gamut, from cutting-edge technology to traditional manufacturing, and we have developed an extensive network of relationships with international legal counsel around the world, allowing us to effectively handle important matters for our clients on a global scale. Our clients include major national and multinational corporations, technology companies, educational and research institutions, municipalities and government agencies, charitable organizations, industry executives, and high-net-worth individuals. They are industry leaders in technology, energy, financial services, health care, insurance, pharmaceuticals, real estate, and manufacturing, to name just a few.
About the Person
With more than 15 years of information technology experience, Chief Information Officer Rich Raether serves as the firm`s lead technical strategist, providing forward-looking guidance to Information Technology Services across a highly interactive national network of offices. Rich works closely with firm management to create a fully integrated technology platform that empowers attorneys and staff with the tools necessary to deliver exceptional client legal services and solutions. Prior to his current position, Rich was the firm’s director of the Security and Network Services Team. He holds two master’s degrees—an MA in History and an MLIS in Library & Information Services—from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Prior to joining Quarles & Brady, Rich was a teaching assistant with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a network engineer with several businesses in the Milwaukee area. Over the course of his technical career, Rich has written and contributed to numerous trade articles, spoken at various industry conferences, and served on several technology customer councils.
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