Milwaukee Employee Benefits Attorney Joins Quarles & Brady’s Labor & Employment Group

The law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Michael Wieber has joined the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group, Employee Benefits team, as of counsel in its Milwaukee office.

Wieber focuses his practice on tax and fiduciary aspects of 401(k) plans, pension plans, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), executive deferred compensation arrangements, and flexible spending plans. He has significant experience in ERISA fiduciary law, including investment advisory and management services, and in mergers and acquisition.

“We are pleased to bring Mike onto the Quarles & Brady team, as his significant corporate and financial expertise will make an immediate, valuable contribution,” said Sean Scullen, national chair of the Labor & Employment Group.

Prior to joining the firm, Wieber spent 19 years at BMO Financial Group. Before BMO, he worked as an associate at Foley & Lardner, LLP focusing on ERISA and Employee Benefits Law.

“I am excited to return to private practice, especially at Quarles & Brady as a member of its Employee Benefits team. I feel as though I have a unique practical perspective that I’m looking forward to sharing with clients and the firm,” said Wieber.

Wieber earned his law degree, with honors, from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and his bachelor’s degree, with highest honors, from the University of Notre Dame.