Michel Danahar

Chief Legal Operations Officer at Michael Best & Friedrich

Michel Danahar, CPA, has a strong work history in various roles related to legal, practice management, and audit. From 2011 to the present, Danahar has been with Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, where they have held positions such as Director of Legal Operations, Director of Practice Management, Senior Practice Group Manager, and Intellectual Property Practice Group Manager. Prior to that, from 2004 to 2011, Danahar worked at BKC as a CPA and Audit Manager. They also have experience as an Audit Supervisor at McGladrey & Pullen from 2000 to 2004. In addition to their legal and audit experience, Danahar has served as the Chapter Director for the Brookfield, WI Chapter of WOAMTEC from 2010 to 2013 and as Treasurer for the Tonawanda Elementary School PTO from 2011 to 2012.

Michel Danahar, CPA completed their high school education at Badger High School from 1989 to 1993. Michel then pursued a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with a focus on Accounting at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater from 1993 to 2000.

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Elm Grove, United States

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Michael Best & Friedrich

Businesses need more from a law firm than skilled advice and representation alone — they need a long-term strategic partner like Michael Best. Michael Best is a leading law firm, providing a full range of legal services to clients on a global, regional, and local basis. The firm has more than 400 legal professionals, including nearly 300 attorneys, serving clients in 17 offices across the U.S. in Colorado; Illinois; North Carolina; Texas; Utah; Washington, D.C.; and Wisconsin. Michael Best’s areas of practice include: intellectual property, labor and employment relations (including employee benefits), litigation, corporate and transactional, environmental and natural resources, privacy and cybersecurity, real estate, regulatory, and tax. The firm serves a variety of industries, such as advanced manufacturing, agribusiness, digital technology, energy, food and beverage, higher education, and life sciences.