Schiff Hardin

Schiff Hardin LLP
Headquarters	Chicago
No. of offices	8
No. of attorneys	400
Major practice areas	General practice
Revenue	$227M [1]
Date founded	1864 (Chicago)
Company type	Limited Liability Partnership
Website
www.schiffhardin.com

Schiff Hardin LLP is a national law firm with nearly 400 attorneys practicing out of eight offices nationwide — Ann Arbor, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Lake Forest, New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC. ^[2] 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. ^[3]

Schiff Hardin opened a Washington, D.C. office in 1977. Offices in New York City (1991) and Atlanta (2003) followed. 2002 brought a suburban Chicago office in Lake Forest. In 2007, the firm merged with Morgenstein & Jubelirer to open a San Francisco office, followed by an Ann Arbor, Michigan office in 2012. The firm opened an office in Dallas in 2014.

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. ^{[4] [5]}

• 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. ^[6]

• 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. ^{[7] [8]}

• 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. ^[9]

Notable Clients

Practice Areas

References

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
• Schiff Hardin LLP Organizational Profile at the National Law Review