Foley & Lardner

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Foley & Lardner

Type	Limited liability partnership
Founded	1842
Headquarters	Founded in Milwaukee, 17 offices worldwide
Key people	Stanley Jaspan, Managing Partner; Ralf Böer, Chairman and CEO
Industry	Law
Products	Legal services
Revenue	$610,500,000
Employees	Approx. 1,000 Attorneys
Website	www.foley.com

Foley & Lardner LLP is an international general practice law firm started in 1842 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was originally established as Finch & Lynde by Asahel Finch, Jr. and William Pitt Lynde.

According to The National Law Journal's 2006 NLJ 250 rankings of firms based on size, the firm has 981 attorneys (as of 9/30/06) and is the 22nd largest firm in the United States. In terms of revenue, the firm ranked 25th on The American Lawyer's 2006 Am Law 100 rankings of U.S. law firms, with $610,500,000 in gross revenue in 2005. Foley & Lardner has been in The American Lawyer's annual AmLaw 100 rankings of U.S. law firms by revenue since 1986. In the 2005 Global 100 survey, the firm was ranked as the 31st highest grossing law firm in the world. ^[1]

1 Practice areas
2 Prominent clients
3 Offices
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Practice areas

Foley & Lardner's primary practice areas include intellectual property, business law, litigation, regulatory, and tax law.

[edit] Prominent clients

In 2006, the firm was retained by the Heritage Foundation, an influential, conservative public policy organization. Other notable clients of the firm range from Coors Brewing Company to Harley Davidson to Hewlett-Packard.