Foley & Lardner

Foley & Lardner LLP
Headquarters	U.S. Bank Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
No. of offices	20
No. of attorneys	900
Major practice areas	General practice
Key people	Jay Rothman (Chairman & CEO)
Revenue	$633,000,000 (2010)
Date founded	1842
Founder	Asahel Finch, Jr., and William Pitt Lynde
Company type	Limited liability partnership
Website
www.foley.com

Foley & Lardner LLP is an international law firm started in 1842. According to The American Lawyer, the firm ranked 39th on The American Lawyer's 2011 AmLaw 100 rankings of U.S. law firms, with $633,000,000 in gross revenue in 2010. Foley & Lardner has been in The American Lawyer's annual AmLaw 100 rankings of U.S. law firms by revenue since 1986.^{[citation needed]}

History

The oldest and largest law firm in Wisconsin, it was established in 1842 as Finch & Lynde. its founders were Asahel Finch, Jr., a Republican and former Michigan state representative,^[1] and William Pitt Lynde, a Democrat who later served in the United States House of Representatives, the Wisconsin state legislature, and as mayor of Milwaukee.^[2][3] By 1970 the firm had changed its name 11 times, and was beginning to grow substantially. ^[4] In 2001, after absorbing firms in Chicago and Washington, D.C., it was the 11th largest firm in the United States.^[5]

The firm's current name was adopted in 1969,^[6] and refers to two name partners, both corporate lawyers: Leon Foley, who died at age 83 in 1978 after more than 50 years with the firm,^[7] and Lynford Lardner, Jr., who died at age 58 in 1973 after drowning in the Milwaukee River.^[8]

Practice areas

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

Prominent clients

Notable clients of the firm include Johnson Controls, Harley Davidson, Major League Baseball^[9] and Acciona.

Offices

Foley & Lardner has offices in:

• Boston, MA
• Brussels
• Chicago, IL
• Detroit, MI
• Jacksonville, FL
• Los Angeles, CA
• Madison, WI
• Miami, FL
• Milwaukee, WI
• New York, NY
• Orlando, FL
• Sacramento, CA
• San Diego, CA
• San Francisco, CA
• Shanghai, China
• Silicon Valley
• Tallahassee, FL
• Tampa, FL
• Tokyo, Japan
• Washington, D.C.

Notable current and former employees

• Russ Feingold, Former United States Senator from Wisconsin, was an associate in the Madison office^[10]
• Antonin Scalia, United States Supreme Court Justice, was a summer associate in the Milwaukee office^[11]
• Jim Doyle, Former Governor of Wisconsin, is of counsel in the Madison office^[12]
• Bob DuPuy, former president and chief operating officer of Major League Baseball, has been a partner in the Milwaukee and New York offices^[13]
• Thomas E. Fairchild, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge and Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, was an associate in the Milwaukee office from 1945 to 1948^[14]
• Marcia Morales Howard, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, was an associate in the Jacksonville office^[15]
• William Isaac, Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from 1981 to 1985 and current Chairman of consulting firm LECG’s Global Financial Services
• Scott L. Klug, United States Congressman from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, is a public affairs director in the Madison office^[6]
• William M. Conley, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, was a partner in the Madison office
• Joan F. Kessler, Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge, was a partner in the Milwaukee office
• Lisa S. Neubauer, Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge, was a partner in the Milwaukee office
• Ulice Payne, Jr., Former CEO of the Milwaukee Brewers and first African-American CEO of a Major League Baseball franchise, was a partner in the Milwaukee office
• Manuel Rocha, Former U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia (2000–02), is a Senior Advisor on International Business in the Miami office

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