Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP is a certified public accounting and consulting firm founded in 1931. It is ranked the 16th largest CPA and Consulting firm in the country according to the 2011 Public Accounting Report's "Top 100." With more than 1,300 employees, the firm provides a wide range of accounting, tax, assurance, and consulting services from nationwide offices throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, the District of Columbia, and New York.

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP is an independent member of Baker Tilly International.

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is one of the Midwest's oldest and largest law firms. It was founded in 1848 by the noted trial lawyer Edward G. Ryan, who later served as Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Today, the firm comprises more than 250 attorneys in six locations, including Milwaukee, Madison, Waukesha, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin; and Chicago, Illinois.