Foley & Lardner
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| Headquarters | National |
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| No. of Offices | 21 |
| No. of Attorneys | 1,000 |
| Major Practice Areas | General practice |
| Key People | Ralf Böer (Chairman & CEO) |
| Revenue | ▲ $731,000,000 (2008) |
| Date Founded | 1842 |
| Founder | Asahel Finch, Jr., and William Pitt Lynde |
| Company Type | Limited liability partnership |
| Website | www.foley.com |
Foley & Lardner LLP is an international general practice law firm started in 1842. According to The American Lawyer, the firm ranked 35th on The American Lawyer's 2009 AmLaw 100 rankings of U.S. law firms, with $731,000,000 in gross revenue in 2008. Foley & Lardner has been in The American Lawyer's annual AmLaw 100 rankings of U.S. law firms by revenue since 1986.
In 2009, The BTI Consulting Group (Wellesley, MA) published a study that recognized Foley as the best law firm in the country in client service. That study, The BTI Client Service A-Team 2010 Survey of Law Firm Client Service Performance, was conducted with 240 corporate counsel at Fortune 1000 companies. Corporate counsel were asked to rank their firms across 17 categories of client service. Foley was honored in all 17 categories and received highest honors in seven of them. In addition to the first-place client service ranking overall, Foley also was recognized as "the best of the best" among the more than 500 firms included in the survey at: (1) providing value for the dollar; (2) legal skills; (3) advising on business issues; (4) understanding the client's business; (5) handling problems; (6) its commitment to help; and (7) client focus.
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[edit] Practice areas
Foley & Lardner's primary practice areas include intellectual property, business law, litigation, and regulatory.
[edit] Prominent clients
Notable clients of the firm are Exelon, Harley Davidson, Major League Baseball and Hewlett-Packard.
[edit] Offices
Foley & Lardner has offices in:
- Boston, MA
- Brussels
- Chicago, IL
- Detroit, MI
- Jacksonville, FL
- Los Angeles, CA
- Madison, WI
- Miami, FL
- Milwaukee, WI
- New York, NY
- Orlando, FL
- Sacramento, CA
- San Diego, CA
- San Diego, CA/Del Mar, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- Shanghai, China
- Silicon Valley
- Tallahassee, FL
- Tampa, FL
- Tokyo, Japan
- Washington, D.C.
[edit] Famous current and former employees
- Barack Obama, President of the United States, summer associate in the Chicago office of Hopkins & Sutter, which was acquired by Foley & Lardner in 2001
- Russell Feingold, United States Senator from Wisconsin, was an associate in the Madison office
- Bob DuPuy, President and Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball, was a partner in the Milwaukee office
- Thomas E. Fairchild, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge and Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, was an associate in the Milwaukee office
- Marcia Morales Howard, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, was an associate in the Jacksonville office
- Scott L. Klug, United States Congressman from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, is a public affairs director in the Madison office
- Joan Kessler, Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge, was a partner in the Milwaukee office
- Lisa Neubauer, Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge, was a partner in the Milwaukee office
- Ulice Payne, Jr., Former CEO of the Milwaukee Brewers and first African-American CEO of a Major League Baseball franchise, was a partner in the Milwaukee office
- Manuel Rocha, Former U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia (2000-02), is a Senior Advisor on International Business in the Miami office
