Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols S.C.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Corporate Partnership & Business Organizations & Governance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Securities Regulation, Including Securities Offerings & Reporting & Matters Relating To Registered Investment Advisers
• Intellectual Property Matters (Including Trademark Registrations)
• Tax-Exempt & Charitable Organizations & Foundations
• Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning; Probate and Estate Administration

EDUCATION

• B.A. (cum laude) Marquette University
• 1978; J.D. Washington University, 1981.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Senior Editor, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW QUARTERLY, 1980-1981; Alpha Sigma Nu; Pi Gamma Mu; Phi Sigma; Active in student government in college.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Martindale-Hubbell AV® Peer Review Rated.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Bar Association (ABA Task Force on Legal Financial Planning); State Bar of Wisconsin (Subcommittee on Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers); Milwaukee Bar Association (Intellectual Property Law Committee, Legislative Committee).

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

Chairman, Board of Directors, Marian Catholic Home, Inc. 1988-1995 (Chairman, 1992-95); President, Board of Directors, Kindcare Inc. 1993-1999 (President, 1995-1998); Board of Directors, Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Inc., Milwaukee Regional Board 1993-1997; Executive Board of Directors, American Heart Association, Wisconsin Affiliate 1993-2002 (Chairman, 2000-01); Board of Trustees, Wauwatosa Public Library (Chairman, 1997 & 2001); Member, City of Wauwatosa Citizen's Advisory Capital Improvements Committee; Former member, Alumni Board of Governors, Washington University; Wisconsin Chairman, Washington University Alumni Association 1987-2000; Active in various political campaigns for local and state office. Mr. Brotherhood is a frequent lecturer on a variety of business-related legal topics.