Foley & Lardner
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| Headquarters | Milwaukee |
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| No. of Offices | 22 |
| No. of Attorneys | 1,000 |
| Major Practice Areas | General practice |
| Key People | Stanley Jaspan (Managing Partner), Ralf Böer (Chairman & CEO) |
| Revenue | ▲ $610,500,000 (2005) |
| 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 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was originally established as Finch & Lynde by Asahel Finch, Jr. and William Pitt Lynde.
According to The National Law Journal's 2007 NLJ 250 rankings of firms based on size, the firm has 1,011 attorneys (as of 9/30/07) and is the 24th largest firm in the United States. In terms of revenue, the firm ranked 25th on The American Lawyer's 2006 AmLaw 100 rankings of U.S. law firms, with $610,500,000 in gross revenue in 2005. Foley & Lardner has been in The American Lawyer's annual AmLaw 100 rankings of U.S. law firms by revenue since 1986. In the 2005 Global 100 survey, the firm was ranked as the 31st highest grossing law firm in the world. [1]
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[edit] Practice areas
Foley & Lardner's primary practice areas include intellectual property, business law, litigation, regulatory, and tax law.
[edit] Prominent clients
In 2006, the firm was retained by the Heritage Foundation. Other notable clients of the firm are Coors Brewing Company, Harley Davidson, Major League Baseball and Hewlett-Packard.
[edit] Offices
Foley & Lardner has offices in:
- Boston, MA
- Brussels
- Century City, CA
- 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
[edit] References
- ^ ALM Research web site, Foley & Lardner entry. Consulted on December 3, 2006.
