Schiff Hardin

Schiff Hardin LLP is a national law firm with nearly 400 attorneys practicing out of seven offices nationwide — Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Lake Forest, New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC. It is a general practice firm serving corporate clients in a number of practices.

History

The firm was founded in 1864 as Hitchcock & Dupee and ranks as one of Chicago's oldest law firms. In its early years, it represented the Chicago City Railway Company and Chicago Transit Authority. In 1889, Hitchcock & Dupee gained Northern Trust as a client; today the company still turns to Schiff Hardin for all matters of legal advice. The firm acquired its current name in 2004. ^[2]

Schiff Hardin opened a Washington, D.C. office in 1977. Offices in New York City (1991) and Atlanta (2003) followed. In 2007, the firm merged with Morgenstein & Jubelirer to open a San Francisco office; it also opened a Boston office that year.

Notable Deals and Cases

• Chicago Board Options Exchange — In the early 1970, the firm created the legal structure of the CBOE. In June 2010, the firm represented the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated in its approximately $3 billion demutualization transaction, in which the CBOE converted from a member-owned Delaware non-stock corporation to a Delaware stock corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of a new parent holding company, CBOE Holdings, Inc. ^{[3] [4]}

• United States of America v. Conrad M. Black et al. — The firm represented Mark S. Kipnis, the former general counsel of Hollinger International, Inc., in this highly publicized trial. ^[5]

• People v. Harper — Schiff Hardin represented Julie Rae Harper, a woman wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for the murder of her young son, at her retrial. This case generated considerable media attention after ABC-TV's 20/20 program ran a show about the case. ^{[6] [7]}

• Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Woodley — In a case that has received nationwide attention, the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), represented by Schiff Hardin's Animal Law practice attorneys and North Carolina counsel, obtained a full and final judgment in Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Woodley in a case involving animal hoarding. ^[8]

Notable Clients

Practice Areas

External links

• Official Web site
• Worth Magazine's Top 100 Attorneys List Honors Schiff Hardin LLP Partners Thomas W. Abendroth and John D. Dadakis
• Schiff Hardin Attorneys Obtain Injunction Against the Georgia Department of Agriculture's Failure to Enforce Prohibitions on the Gassing of Dogs and Cats
• Chambers and Partners Firm Profile

References

1. ^ 2009 AmLaw 200 Rankings
2. ^ http://www.schiffhardin.com/History.htm
3. ^ http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/search/historicalcharge.cfm?ID=100011430&SessionID=&TYPE=news
4. ^ http://www.schiffhardin.com/9744.htm
5. ^ http://www.schiffhardin.com/EXP-WCC-Mark_Kipnis.htm
6. ^ http://www.schiffhardin.com/EXP-PB-Julie_Rea_Harper.htm
7. ^ http://www.law.northwestern.edu/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/ilHarperSummary.html
8. ^ http://www.schiffhardin.com/EXP-LIT-ALDF-Woodley.htm