Arnold & Porter
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| legal form | LLP |
| founding | 1946 (Washington, DC) |
| Seat | Washington, DC |
| Number of employees | 1,502 (2013) |
| sales | 562 million euros (2012) |
| Branch | Legal advice |
| Website | www.arnoldporter.com |
Arnold & Porter LLP is a US corporate law firm based in Washington, DC. It advises and represents national and multinational companies, financial institutions and governments.
history
The company was founded in 1946 by Thurman Arnold and Abe Fortas in Washington, DC. In 1947, the two professors at Yale University accepted Paul A. Porter as their named partner, who headed the Federal Communications Commission from 1944 to 1946 . After Lyndon B. Johnson named Fortas a US Supreme Court Justice in 1965 , the company was given its current name. At the national level, the firm has achieved notoriety through the handling of numerous criminal and civil cases before the Supreme Court. For example, in the Gideon v. Wainwright the plaintiff's interests. In addition, the law firm represented the victims of the Buffalo Creek dam breach . In recent times, the law firm has also appeared in the area of major copyright proceedings . The attorneys at the London office appeared on behalf of the Random House publishing group in a lawsuit over copyright infringement in connection with the bestseller The Da Vinci Code published by Dan Brown . The firm's lawyers were also involved in numerous large corporate takeovers . Among other things, the law firm advised US Airways on their merger with America West and in 2005 oversaw the expansion of the AT&T consortium .
offices
With seven offices in the United States of America ( Denver , Los Angeles , Tysons Corner , New York City , Palo Alto , San Francisco , Washington, DC), the firm focuses on the American market. An office has been maintained in London since 1997 . The Brussels office is mainly responsible for questions related to European law.
Known employees
Well-known employees of the firm are or were u. a.
- Joseph A. Califano , former United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
- Abe Fortas , co-founder of the firm and a former US Supreme Court Justice.
- Merrick B. Garland , Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief description of the firm on cnn.com
- ^ Zoe Tillman: Arnold & Porter Posts 14.3 Percent Jump in Gross Revenue in 2012 ( English ) February 2013. Accessed June 2, 2013.
- ↑ London Office Wins for Defendant Random House in Da Vinci Code Case Press release on the firm's homepage ( English ) 2006. Accessed on June 2, 2013. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective . Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
