Four attorneys specializing in intellectual property have left Michael Best & Friedrich in Madison, Wisconsin to join Minneapolis’ Merchant & Gould.
Attorneys Jeffrey S. Ward, Wendy M. Ward, Thomas P. Heneghan and Edward J. Pardon, who also is a physician, will open a Madison office of Merchant & Gould, and will focus on the generic pharmaceutical industry.
The office is expected to open in April or early May.
Merchant & Gold laid off 33 people, including two partners, last month. The firm has offices in Atlanta, Denver, Omaha, Seattle, Washington DC, and Knoxville.