Sutherland Asbill & Brennan

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia
No. of offices	7
No. of attorneys	422
Major practice areas	Investment Funds, Corporate, Energy & Environmental, Financial Services, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Real Estate, Tax
Key people	Mark D. Wasserman (Managing Partner)
Date founded	1924
Company type	Limited liability partnership
Website
www.sutherland.com

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, rebranded to the abbreviated name of Sutherland, is an AmLaw 100 American law firm. Founded in 1924 by William Sutherland and Elbert Tuttle as Sutherland & Tuttle, the firm originally achieved national prominence on tax issues. Sutherland's practice extends throughout the United States and worldwide, and is focused on seven major practice areas: corporate, energy and environmental, financial services, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, and tax. As of January 2011, the firm had approximately 422 attorneys.

Sutherland's office (on the left) at Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC.

Sutherland's New York office is located in the W. R. Grace Building.

Offices

• Atlanta
• Austin
• Houston
• London
• New York
• Sacramento
• Washington, D.C.

Recent Cases

• Currently represents AIG in an action against the federal government regarding the return of $306 million dollars in taxes AIG paid in 2008.
• Advised Spectrum Brands, Inc., in its merger with Russell Hobbs Inc., to form a new global consumer products company with an estimated $3 billion in annual revenue. The new company will have a new home appliance business unit featuring a variety of well-known consumer brands, including George Foreman, Russell Hobbs, Black & Decker, Toastmaster and Littermaid.
• Counseled Altria Group Inc., New York-based parent of cigarette-maker Philip Morris, in its 2007 purchase of John Middleton Inc., a Pennsylvania cigar manufacturing company for $2.9 billion. Sutherland regular serves as tax counsel to Altria and its affiliated companies.
• Advised Resource Management Service LLC, a manager of forest investors, in the purchase of 5.1 million acres (21,000 km²) of forest land from International Paper Co. in 2006 for $5.1 billion.
• Legal counsel to battery company Rayovac Corp. in its acquisition of United Industries Corporation for $1.2 billion in stock, cash and debt assumption in 2005.
• Represented water treatment company US Filter Corp. in its $993 million sale by French-based Véolia Environnement SA to Siemens AG in 2004.

Notable partners and employees

• David Adelman – former partner, United States Ambassador to Singapore
• Alfred C. Aman, Jr. - former associate attorney, renowned professor of administrative law, author, and professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law
• George Bostick – former partner, Benefits Tax Counsel at the United States Department of the Treasury
• Carolyn Chiechi - former partner, judge on the United States Tax Court
• David A. Gross - former partner, United States Ambassador
• Jack Reed - former associate attorney, current United States Senator for Rhode Island
• Michael B. Thornton - former associate attorney, judge on the United States Tax Court
• Randolph W. Thrower - partner, former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service
• Elbert Tuttle - founder, and later the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• John H. Walsh - former associate director at the Securities and Exchange Commission

External links

• Firm homepage
• LawPeriscope profile
• Top 12 "Best Law Firm to Work for" - Vault [1]