Cahill Gordon & Reindel

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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Type	Limited liability partnership
Founded	1919
Headquarters	New York, New York, USA
Key people	William Hartnett, Chairman, Executive Committee, Daniel J. Zubkoff, Co-Administrative Partner, Howard G. Sloane, Co-Administrative Partner
Industry	Law
Products	Legal services
Revenue	N/A
Net income	$146.4 Million USD (2004)
Employees	Approximately 500 (2006)
Website	www.cahill.com

Famous First Amendment advocate Floyd Abrams has been with Cahill since 1963

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP (founded 1919) is a leading New York-based international law firm with almost five hundred staff and three offices worldwide. According to the American Lawyer, Cahill is consistently among the most profitable law firms in the world.

1 History
2 Prominent work
3 Offices
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

Cahill opened its doors at 120 Broadway in 1919 as a small firm that quickly built a national reputation in the financial and corporate areas. During and after the Depression, it expanded to handle bankruptcies, reorganizations, and regulatory matters.

During and after the Second World War, under the leadership of John T. Cahill, the legendary former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Cahill grew dramatically.

[edit] Prominent work

Cahill's litigation practice is one of the more prominent in the United States, handling high-profile antitrust litigation. The firm's partners have made frequent appearances before the United States Supreme Court. For instance, National Broadcasting Co. v. United States helped establish the power and authority of the Federal Communications Commission. Another case, Times Picayune v. United States, is among the Court's most important antitrust rulings.

Its corporate practice has assisted in the development of numerous financial products and services. The firm represented major players in some of Wall Street's most memorable financings, including in the acquisition of RJR Nabisco, the largest leveraged buyout of its time, and more recently, hospital operator HCA, Dutch market research company VNU BV and Travelport. On behalf of Cahill, Floyd Abrams successfully defended The New York Times in the landmark Pentagon Papers case. In that 1971 case the Supreme Court refused to permit the Nixon Administration to stop the publication of thousands of pages of Vietnam War-related government documents. Thereafter, Abrams and Cahill became prominent defenders of the media and First Amendment rights. Cahill attorneys have appeared before the Supreme Court on behalf of the press in numerous cases of national importance.

Today, Cahill remains a successful law firm with approximately 275 attorneys.