Foley & Lardner
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| Headquarters | U.S. Bank Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| No. of offices | 21 |
| No. of attorneys | 925 |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Key people | Jay Rothman (Chairman & CEO) |
| Revenue |  $633,000,000 (2010) |
| 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 law firm started in 1842. According to The American Lawyer, the firm ranked 39th on The American Lawyer's 2011 AmLaw 100 rankings of U.S. law firms, with $633,000,000 in gross revenue in 2010. Foley & Lardner has been in The American Lawyer's annual AmLaw 100 rankings of U.S. law firms by revenue since 1986.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
Practice areas
Foley & Lardner's primary practice areas include intellectual property, business law, litigation, and regulatory.
Prominent clients
Notable clients of the firm are Johnson Controls, Harley Davidson, Major League Baseball and Acciona.
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.
Notable current and former employees
- Russ Feingold, United States Senator from Wisconsin, was an associate in the Madison office
- Antonin Scalia, United States Supreme Court Justice, was a summer associate in the Milwaukee office
- Jim Doyle, Governor of Wisconsin, is of counsel 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
- William Isaac, Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from 1981 to 1985 and current Chairman of consulting firm LECG’s Global Financial Services
- Scott L. Klug, United States Congressman from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, is a public affairs director in the Madison office
- William M. Conley, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, was a partner in the Madison office
- Joan F. Kessler, Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge, was a partner in the Milwaukee office
- Lisa S. Neubauer, Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge, was a partner in the Milwaukee office
- G. Michael Halfenger, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 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