Arnold & Porter
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Arnold & Porter LLP is a Washington, D.C. law firm founded by New Deal veterans Thurman Arnold, Paul Porter, and Abe Fortas. Abe Fortas's name was dropped from the firm's moniker after his ascension to the Supreme Court.
Arnold & Porter is well known for its corporate and antitrust work, as well as its pro bono commitments and support for liberal causes. Prominent cases the firm has been involved with include its work as counsel to Phillip Morris in the mass tort litigation of the 1990s, counsel to Americans prosecuted in the Red Scare trials of the McCarthy era, and counsel to Clarence Earl Gideon in the landmark case of Gideon v. Wainwright. The firm also successfully defended the Venezuelan government in its case against the United States' Clean Air Act on the grounds that it violated World Trade Organization agreements. The firm is also noted for its pro bono representation of Ukrainian mail order bride Nataliya Fox against international marriage broker Encounters International in a ground breaking case that helped to establish the rights of such women. [1] The firm also aptly represented the survivors of the Buffalo Creek Flood, one of the worst mining diasters in U.S. history.
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Arnold & Porter was ranked #2 (tie) on the 2007 Schiltz 100, a ranking that inversely correlates profits per partner and firm prestige [2].
