Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel was founded in 1919 and quickly built a national reputation for excellence in the financial and corporate areas. During the mid to late 1930's, the firm earned status as a "Securities Act" firm and during and after the Second World War, under the leadership of John T. Cahill, the legendary former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Cahill grew dramatically. Maintaining its innovative corporate law practice, it also came to be counted among the leading litigation firms in the nation.
Today, Cahill continues to be regarded for the strength of its corporate and litigation practice. Its lawyers regularly participate in some of the most significant deals in the marketplace, with activity consistently at or near the top of the industry rankings of leading legal counsel to managers and underwriters in the banking and high yield debt financial markets. On the litigation side, the firm is often called on to handle "bet the company" litigations and governmental investigations, with trial lawyers who are known for representing the U.S.'s largest and most successful law firms when they themselves are faced with litigation threats.
Cahill includes lawyers who joined following distinguished careers in the Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Trade Commission.
Cahill also has vibrant tax, insurance, antitrust, media, bankruptcy, intellectual property, real estate and trusts & estates practices.
Cahill's lawyers are committed to advancing the goals of not-for-profit organizations through our pro bono program, and we are proud of our unique partnership with The Legal Aid Society, which helps disadvantaged New Yorkers, including children, immigrants and the disabled achieve justice under the law. In 2005, 2006, 2007 and again in 2008, Cahill was honored to receive The Legal Aid Society's Pro Bono Publico Award.
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- Antitrust
- Bankruptcy & Restructuring
- Corporate
- Corporate Governance & Investigations
- Crisis Advisory & Management
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Environmental
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation
- Media
- Pro Bono
- Real Estate
- Tax
- Trusts & Estates
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Cahill has a long and honored tradition of pro bono work. The firm supports the efforts of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York through Volunteers of Legal Service ("VOLS") to provide an average of 30 hours per attorney to qualifying pro bono work annually. In 2008, Cahill was named by VOLS among firms who exceeded the VOLS Pro Bono Pledge. In 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, The Legal Aid Society presented the firm with the Pro Bono Publico Award "in recognition of Cahill's outstanding commitment to the cause of equal justice through pro bono service." A number of our associates have also been presented with individual awards for their personal contributions.
Through our partnership with The Legal Aid Society, Cahill lawyers advocate for educational services for young children who are the subjects of abuse and neglect proceedings in New York family Courts, disabled individuals in need of Social Security benefits, immigrant youth who are the subjects of abuse, tenants who are denied the most basic of services, and indigent defendants in criminal appeals. The housing program component was recently expanded when Cahill initiated a new project with the Civil Practice's Queens Neighborhood Office to represent tenants in Housing Court actions to compel landlords to repair dangerous building conditions, threatening life, health, safety and continued occupancy.
Many Cahill partners and associates have taken cases on behalf of abused and neglected children and disabled, low income adults. Others have undertaken to handle criminal appeals on behalf of indigent defendants as part of Legal Aid's Criminal Appeals Project. Working with guidance from Legal Aid attorneys, our lawyers have the primary responsibility for all aspects of the appeals, including consulting with the clients, mastering the trial record, formulating issues for appeal, drafting the brief, and conducting oral argument. In addition to the benefits afforded by hands-on experience, Cahill lawyers have repeatedly obtained successful results, securing educational and developmental placements and disability benefits for their pro bono clients.
In 2008, the firm initiated a pro bono partnership with The Door, a youth services agency for people between the ages of 12 and 21. Since 1972, The Door has practiced a holistic and human approach that helps each individual member to dismantle the complex barriers that often stand in the way of success. Of the 8,000 current members, the majority are between 17 and 20 years of age, with the average being 18. Most are African-American or Hispanic; a growing number are immigrants from China.
Through its partnership with The Door's Legal Services center, our lawyers provide pro bono counsel to young people in crisis through individual representation on immigration (asylum, SIJS, VAWA self-petitions), family law/family violence, public benefits, and public assistance. Also through this partnership, Cahill lawyers conduct Emancipation Clinics. Our attorneys meet with young people who have questions or concerns regarding emancipation, benefits, becoming an independent student for purposes of financial aid eligibility, or combinations of the above issues and teach youth legal rights. This summer, Cahill associates pioneered an original teaching curriculum at The Door entitled, "Surviving the Streets: Know Your Rights." The workshops covered practical but important law topics, including arrest procedure, search and seizure, juvenile rights, voting rights and free speech rights. Twice a week, associates developed lesson plans, activities and workshops for a class of twenty. At the request of The Door staff, Cahill's associates will again teach this class in the Fall.
Through The Veterans and Service Members Project of the Urban Justice Center, Cahill lawyers assist veterans in such areas as applying for and appealing from denials of benefits, disability discharges, hardship separation and other veterans rights claims.
In addition, Cahill lawyers individually have taught inner city youth law programs, mentor troubled youth, provide advice to not for profit organizations and serve as volunteers for community service projects in and around New York City.
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Recruiting Contacts
Charles A. Gilman , Chairman, Hiring Committee
Melissa Waldrop, Director of Legal Recruiting
Patricia A. Harrison, Recruiting Coordinator
Regina Boyer, Paralegal Recruiting
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP Eighty Pine Street New York, NY 10005
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