Arnold & Porter LLP
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With roots in the days of the New Deal and an outstanding record of commitment, excellence, and innovation, Arnold & Porter LLP stands today as a preeminent international law firm.
Arnold & Porter attorneys, practicing in more than 25 distinct areas of the law, conduct business on six continents. Our global reach, experience, and deep knowledge allow us to work across geographic, cultural, technological, and ideological borders, serving clients whose business needs require US, EU, or cross-border regulatory, litigation, and transactional services.
Commitment to our clients, community, and values. We provide the full breadth of legal resources to represent all of our clients' interests. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and specialized experience in our clients' industries, we are able to offer truly innovative and effective solutions that align with both clients’ short- and long-term business objectives.
For those clients who cannot afford legal counsel, we maintain a broad and meaningful pro bono practice. With the creation of a new senior pro bono partner position to be held by the firm's former managing partner, and a lengthy record of excellence, we remain committed to the community at large. In 2008, we were one of the top five pro bono firms named by The American Lawyer, with an average of 132 pro bono hours per lawyer.
In all of our work, we stay true to our core values. We maintain a diverse workplace, a collegial work environment, and an unyielding commitment to inclusiveness. In 2009, FORTUNE magazine named Arnold & Porter one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For." This marks the seventh consecutive year our firm has been so honored. Ranked No. 21, Arnold & Porter was the most highly placed law firm of the firms ranked in 2009.
Excellence in the practice of law. We set our standards high, expect the best from our attorneys, and return top-tier work on behalf of our clients. Our tradition of excellence is distinguished, and our attorneys are widely respected in the US and abroad. Our attorneys are leaders in their fields, speak frequently throughout the world on the firm's core practice areas, and are published widely in legal journals, industry and mass media, and "hot topic" books.
Our team is not only comprised of top lawyers from America and Europe's best colleges and law schools, but of doctors, biologists, chemists, public policy professionals, and former high-ranking officials from the US government. In fact, over 80 of our partners have served in positions in the US government, from the Federal Trade Commission to the Department of Justice to the US Congress. Their insider perspectives are integral to understanding the legal and policy frameworks in which complex business and legal issues arise, and how best to structure transactions and overcome litigation and regulatory challenges.
Arnold & Porter is recognized throughout the US, EU, and the world for excellence in the practice of law. In 2008, Chambers Global named 14 Arnold & Porter attorneys as "Leaders in their Field" in the areas of life sciences (global); competition/antitrust (US, Belgium, and global); corporate & finance (Latin America); intellectual property (UK and US); and international trade, IT & IT outsourcing, and telecom, broadcast & satellite (US). PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2008 ranked 50 Arnold & Porter lawyers in 18 areas. The firm was ranked by PLC as “leading” in competition/anti-trust, life sciences, corporate real estate, and corporate/M&A. Arnold & Porter received Honorable Mention recognition in The American Lawyer’s “Litigation Department of the Year” 2008 feature. The American Lawyer also ranked the firm No. 8 on its “A-List” of top 20 firms in the country, the fifth time the firm has made the list since its inception in 2003.
Innovation in our work and in the world. We continue to build a reputation for legal work that is not only effective, but that is often groundbreaking. Whether working on a precedent-setting case or structuring a transaction in a truly original way, we endeavor to be innovative in approach and transformational in impact. As our practice embraces the rapidly changing international landscape, our firm has become a powerful partner for global business. We serve sovereign governments, US and European businesses as they expand into emerging markets, multinational corporations as they conduct business in a multitude of locations, and international businesses seeking to navigate the waters of US and European business, regulation, and law. We believe business transformation in a global economy requires innovation and open market access, and by providing the legal structure and foundation for both, we enable our clients to effectively provide products and services to the world's vast marketplace.
The firm remains committed to partnering with our clients for the future. We offer counsel on the emerging topics in law, regulation, and policy. We remain at the forefront of legal policy issues and new developments in the law—whether they be in securities law, environmental law, hedge funds, product liability, or nanotechnology—and we continue to expand our experience and services into emerging markets of the global economy.
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Arnold & Porter LLP attorneys practice in over 20 distinct areas of law, working together in coordinated, cross-disciplinary teams to provide transactional, regulatory, and litigation services in the following areas of practice:
- Antitrust/Competition and Consumer Protection
- Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization
- Compensation and Benefits
- Congressional Investigations
- Consumer Product Safety
- Corporate and Securities
- Employment
- Environmental
- FDA and Healthcare
- Financial Services
- Government Contracts
- Information Security
- Intellectual Property
- International Arbitration
- International Trade
- Litigation
- Market Volatility and the Changing Regulatory Landscape
- National and Homeland Security
- Political Law, Government Ethics, and Lobbying Compliance
- Privacy
- Product Liability Litigation
- Public Policy and Legislative
- Real Estate
- Securities Enforcement and Litigation
- Subprime Lending Regulation, Enforcement & Litigation
- Tax, Trusts, and Estates
- Telecommunications, Internet, and Media
- Toxic Tort
- White Collar Criminal Defense
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Shortly after World War II, three veterans of the New Deal founded the law firm then known as Arnold, Fortas & Porter. Thurman Arnold was a former Yale Law School professor, Assistant Attorney General, and US Court of Appeals Judge. Abe Fortas, who would later become a Supreme Court Justice, also served in various government positions, including as Undersecretary of the Interior. Paul Porter was a former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and Administrator of the wartime Office of Price Administration.
Thurman Arnold, a brilliant, iconoclastic lawyer and economist, endowed the firm with its institutional ambition to confront and find creative answers to complex legal issues. Abe Fortas contributed a meticulous and uncompromising emphasis on technical excellence, and Paul Porter, a quintessential "Washington lawyer," infused the firm with a tradition of independence and originality. They were three very different people who together gave the firm they founded an appreciation and respect for individuality.
These principles and the personalities of Arnold & Porter's founders still shape the firm today. Many of the firm's attorneys have held senior positions in the White House and in such US government agencies as the Departments of State and Justice, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Several attorneys, both partners and associates, teach part-time at law schools, and many write for legal and business publications. Many also participate in national and local bar association activities as well as in continuing legal education programs.
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