Dudley Godfrey and Jerry Kahn started practice together in 1957 with a simple idea: think like a business person and judge your success by the success of your clients. Dudley and Jerry's partnership has grown into today's Godfrey & Kahn, a team of more than 160 attorneys in six offices: Milwaukee, Madison, Appleton, Green Bay and Waukesha, Wisconsin; and Washington, DC. Business Practice Areas include: Banking & Financial Institutions, Business Finance & Restructuring, Commercial Lending, Corporate Governance, ESOPs, Environment & Energy Strategies, Estate Planning, Estate & Trust Administration, General Corporate, Health Care, Indian Nations, Intellectual Property, Investment Management, Labor, Employment & Immigration, Media, Mergers & Acquisitions, Political Law, Private Equity, Public Finance, Real Estate, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Securities, Tax & Employee Benefits and Venture Capital. Litigation Practice Areas include: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust, Appellate, Contract/Commercial, Distribution, Franchise & Dealership, ERISA Litigation, Financial Services, Insurance & Reinsurance, Intellectual Property Litigation, International, Labor & Employment Litigation, Media & First Amendment, Products Liability and Torts, Real Estate and Construction, Securities and Corporate Governance, Trusts, Wills and Estates, Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets and White Collar Defense and Investigations.