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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.
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.
Firm name Largest U.S. Office [2] Total number of lawyers (2022) [2] Number of associates (2022) [2] Number of partners (2018) [2] Total revenue (millions, in 2018) [3] Notes 1 Baker McKenzie: Chicago: 4795 2865 1518 $2,900 2 DLA Piper: New York City: 4028 2492 1317 $2,634 3 Norton Rose Fulbright: New York City: 3084 1928 1087 $1,958 4 Latham ...
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is an American multinational law firm headquartered in New York City.Founded in 1879 by Algernon Sydney Sullivan and William Nelson Cromwell, the firm advised on the creation of Edison General Electric and the formation of U.S. Steel, pioneered modern reorganization efforts for insolvent companies, and influenced key financial and regulatory practices.
Mintz Levin was founded in 1933, in the midst of the great depression, by Benjamin Levin and Haskell Cohn, who first met as classmates at Harvard Law School.The firm began practicing under the name Mintz, Levin and Cohn after Herman Mintz became a legal collaborator in 1937, and then a partner in 1939. [5]
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, commonly known as Davis Polk, is an American multinational law firm headquartered in New York City with offices in Washington, D.C., Menlo Park, London, Madrid, Brussels, Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, and São Paulo. The firm maintains an all-equity partnership, with profits per partner of over $7 million.
Oller, John (2019) White Shoe: How a New Breed of Wall Street Lawyers Changed Big Business--and the American Century [1] Swaine, Robert T. (2007) [1948]. The Cravath Firm and Its Predecessors: 1819-1947. Clark, NJ: Lawbook Exchange. ISBN 978-1-58477-713-7. Stewart, James (24 September 2012). "A Law Firm Where Money Seemed Secondary". New York ...
Ranked 1st out of 411 law firms by The BTI Client Relationship Scorecard for building and maintaining client relationships, June 2009. [42] Reed Smith was listed as one of America's Best Corporate Law Firms [43] [44] and one of the 20 world's strongest law firm brands in the 2018 Acritas Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index.