Dickstein Shapiro
| Dickstein Shapiro LLP | |
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| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
| No. of offices | 6 |
| No. of attorneys | approximately 400 |
| No. of employees | approximately 800 |
| Major practice areas | Litigation, intellectual property, public policy, corporate law, insurance law, energy law, antitrust |
| Key people | Michael E. Nannes, Chairman[1] |
| Revenue | $281M[2] |
| Date founded | 1953[3] |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
| Slogan | Experience innovation |
| Website | |
| Dicksteinshapiro.com | |
Dickstein Shapiro LLP (formerly Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky[4]) is a large U.S. law firm and lobbying group based in Washington, D.C., with six offices across the United States. According to the National Law Journal's 2012 rankings, it is the 128th largest law firm in the United States. The firm also ranked 75th in profit per attorney on the 2012 AmLaw 200 survey.[2]
Practice areas
The firm is divided into seven practice groups, each of which handle various aspects of their respective specialties: Complex Dispute resolution, Corporate & Finance, Energy, Government Law & Strategy (includes lobbying, political law, regulatory law and government contracts), Insurance coverage, Intellectual property, and Litigation.
Pro Bono
Dickstein Shapiro has been recognized by the DC Bar for its leadership in pro bono representation.[5] It is one of the law firms representing the detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
History
Dickstein Shapiro was founded by Sidney Dickstein and David I. Shapiro in New York City in 1953. By 1956, the firm moved its headquarters to Washington, DC.[6] The firm quickly established its reputation by winning several high-profile cases, including Silver v. New York Stock Exchange before the United States Supreme Court.
Over the following decades, the firm grew organically and through lateral hiring. In 2001, Dickstein Shapiro merged with Roberts, Sheridan & Kotel, a New York boutique firm that had spun off from Cravath, Swaine & Moore and which was primarily focused on corporate finance and tax law.[7]
In 2012, the firm entered into merger discussions with San Francisco-based international firm Pillsbury Winthrop, but those talks ended by early 2013.[8]
Offices
- Washington, D.C. (main office)
- New York City
- Los Angeles, California
- Irvine, California
- Silicon Valley, California
- Stamford, Connecticut
Notable lawyers and employees
- Seymour Glanzer, former Watergate scandal prosecutor, is now senior counsel to the firm.[9]
- Dennis Hastert, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, currently senior advisor to the firm's Public Policy & Law practice.[10]
- Pete Hoekstra, former U.S. Representative for Michigan's 2nd congressional district, currently a senior adviser to the government relations group.[11]
- Tim Hutchinson, former U.S. Senator from Arkansas, currently senior advisor to the firm's Public Policy & Law practice.[12]
- Scott E. Thomas, former Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission
- Joseph Tydings, former U.S. Senator from Maryland, currently of counsel to the firm.[13]
- Albert Wynn, former U.S. Representative for Maryland's 4th congressional district, currently senior advisor to the firm's Public Policy & Law practice.[14]
Notable alumni
- William Butler, former acting Director of the Environmental Defense Fund and General Counsel of Oceana
- Douglas Chapin, Director of election initiatives at the Pew Center on the States
- Charles Colson, Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973, founder of Prison Fellowship, Templeton Prize winner and cultural commentator
- Wendell H. Ford, former U.S. Senator from Kentucky, currently senior advisor to the firm's Public Policy & Law practice.[15]
- Joseph H. Gale, Judge on the United States Tax Court, first openly gay man appointed to the Federal judiciary.
- Claire Hill, corporate law scholar holding James L. Krusemark Chair in Law at University of Minnesota Law School
- James R. Jones, former U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma and a former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico.
- Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States(for Vice President Dick Cheney).
- J. Bruce Llewellyn, prominent African-American business leader and co-founder of 100 Black Men of America, an international civic and philanthropic organization
- James F. McGovern, former United States Under Secretary of the Air Force (from 1986 to 1989) and former President of Teledyne
- Floyd McKissick, Jr., North Carolina State Senator.
- Robert Odawi Porter, former President of Seneca Nation of Indians
- David I. Shapiro, American civil liberties attorney
- Andrew Sherman, business author and transactional attorney
- Ira Lee Sorkin, American attorney best known for representing Bernard Madoff, the American businessman who has pleaded guilty to perpetrating the largest investor fraud ever committed by a single person.[16]
Notable Clients
- Activision Blizzard[17]
- AT&T[17]
- BB&T Corporation[17]
- Chrysler Group LLC[17]
- Deephaven Capital Management[18]
- Dole Food Company, Inc.[17]
- Duke Energy[17]
- Fannie Mae[17]
- Fox Entertainment Group[17]
- John Hinckley, Jr., attempted assassin[19]
- Stan Lee, co-creator of Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, and other iconic comic book characters[20]
- Loews Corporation[17]
- Nike[21]
- Olympus Corporation[17]
- PepsiCo Inc.[17]
- Pfizer Inc.[17]
- Priceline.com[17]
- Sempra Energy[17]
- Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.[17]
- Under Armour, Inc.[17]
- Yamaha Corporation[17]
References
- ↑ Nannes' attorney bio
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 AmLaw200 Performance Statistics, 2007
- ↑ Firm fact sheet
- ↑ Press release mentioning name change
- ↑ "D.C. Bar Raises $650,000 for Pro Bono". BLT- Blog of the Legal Times. Legal Times. Retrieved 11/30/2012.
- ↑ Kashino, Marisa M. (February 1, 2012). "Hey, That’s My Name on the Building". Washingtonian. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
- ↑ Balestier, Bruce (January 24, 2001). "Roberts Sheridan Merges With D.C.’s Dickstein Shapiro". New York Law Journal. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
- ↑ Post, Ashley (14 January 2013). "Pillsbury, Dickstein end merger talks". Inside Counsel. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ Glanzer's firm bio
- ↑ Hastert's firm bio
- ↑ Cranson, Jeff (February 1, 2011). "Former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra named senior adviser at Washington law and lobbying firm". The Grand Rapids Press. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ↑ Hutchinson's firm bio
- ↑ Tydings' firm bio
- ↑ Wynn's firm bio
- ↑ Ford's firm bio
- ↑ Sorkin's firm bio
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.8 17.9 17.10 17.11 17.12 17.13 17.14 17.15 17.16 List of firm clients
- ↑ List of firm clients
- ↑ "firm bio of attorney Barry William Levine". Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ↑ "firm announcement". Retrieved 2012-28-11.
- ↑ Frankel, Alison (6/27/2012). "Supreme Court forces Nike to defend its right not to defend its trademarks". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 12/7/2012.