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The firm was founded in 1965 by Herbert Wachtell and Jerry Kern, who were shortly afterwards joined by Martin Lipton, Leonard Rosen, and George Katz [4] The four named partners met at New York University School of Law where they were editors on the New York University Law Review together. [5]
Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon [2] was a prominent New York City law firm tracing its origin back to 1869. [3] [4] [5] The firm was later known as Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, & Alexander; [6] and was later renamed Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander. The firm is known best as the legal relaunching pad of Richard Nixon. [7]
The firm unraveled in October 1994 amid mounting partner defections and discord. At the time of dissolution, it employed 125 lawyers, which was a decrease of 30% from the year prior. About 50 attorneys joined the New York office of the Philadelphia-based law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. The firm was buffeted by partner departures and declining ...
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP (known as Cadwalader) is a white-shoe law firm based in New York City. It is the city's oldest law firm [4] [5] and one of the oldest continuously operating legal practices in the United States. [6] Attorney John Wells founded the practice in 1792.
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP is an American law firm based in New York City. The firm was founded in 1854 by Henry Scudder and James C. Carter. [2] Former partners
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In the 1980s, it had one of the largest real estate practices among U.S. law firms. [4] In 1986, when top New York City law firms raised the starting salaries of new associates from $54,000 to $66,000, the firm initially refused to follow suit; months later, however, it fell in line with the other New York City law firms. [5]
The firm traced its founding back to 1848, when Benjamin Franklin Butler opened a legal practice with his son, William Allen Butler, at 29 Wall Street in New York City. The firm was headquartered in downtown Manhattan from 1848 until 2001, eventually occupying floors 38 through 40 of the 2 World Trade Center building prior to the building's destruction in the September 11 attacks.