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Arnold & Porter LLP, founded in 1946, is an international law firm based in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
. Arnold & Porter is well known for its trial
Trial

A trial is, in the most general sense, a test, usually a test to see whether something does or does not meet a given standard.It may refer to:...
, corporate
Corporation

A corporation is a legal entity separate from the persons that form it. It is a legal entity owned by individual stockholders. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate ....
, and antitrust
Antitrust

United States antitrust law is the body of laws that prohibits anti-competitive behavior and unfair business practices. Antitrust laws are designed to encourage competition in the marketplace....
 work, and for its pro bono
Pro bono

Pro bono publico is a phrase derived from Latin language meaning "for the public good". The term is generally used to describe professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment as a public services....
 commitments and support for liberal
Liberalism in the United States

Liberalism in the United States is a broad political and philosophical mindset, favoring individual liberty, and opposing restrictions on liberty, whether they come from established religion, from government regulation, or from the existing Social class structure....
 causes.

ld & Porter was founded in 1946 by New Deal
New Deal

The New Deal was the name that United States President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt gave to a sequence of central economic planning and economic stimulus programs he initiated between 1933 and 1938 with the goal of giving aid to the unemployed, reform of business and financial practices, and recovery of the Economy of the Unite...
 veterans Thurman Arnold
Thurman Arnold

Thurman Wesley Arnold was an iconoclastic Washington, D.C. lawyer. He was best known for his trust-busting campaign as United States Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Competition law Division in Franklin Delano Roosevelt's United States Department of Justice from 1938 to 1943....
, a former Yale Law School
Yale Law School

Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1843, the school offers the Juris Doctor, Master of Laws, Doctor of Laws#United States, and Master of Studies in Law degrees in law....
 professor and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge on the D.C. Circuit, and Abe Fortas
Abe Fortas

Abraham Fortas was a Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He served in that role from October 4, 1965 until May 14, 1969, when he resigned under pressure....
, another former Yale Law School
Yale Law School

Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1843, the school offers the Juris Doctor, Master of Laws, Doctor of Laws#United States, and Master of Studies in Law degrees in law....
 professor who later became a Supreme Court Justice.






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Arnold & Porter LLP, founded in 1946, is an international law firm based in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
. Arnold & Porter is well known for its trial
Trial

A trial is, in the most general sense, a test, usually a test to see whether something does or does not meet a given standard.It may refer to:...
, corporate
Corporation

A corporation is a legal entity separate from the persons that form it. It is a legal entity owned by individual stockholders. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate ....
, and antitrust
Antitrust

United States antitrust law is the body of laws that prohibits anti-competitive behavior and unfair business practices. Antitrust laws are designed to encourage competition in the marketplace....
 work, and for its pro bono
Pro bono

Pro bono publico is a phrase derived from Latin language meaning "for the public good". The term is generally used to describe professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment as a public services....
 commitments and support for liberal
Liberalism in the United States

Liberalism in the United States is a broad political and philosophical mindset, favoring individual liberty, and opposing restrictions on liberty, whether they come from established religion, from government regulation, or from the existing Social class structure....
 causes.

History

Arnold & Porter was founded in 1946 by New Deal
New Deal

The New Deal was the name that United States President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt gave to a sequence of central economic planning and economic stimulus programs he initiated between 1933 and 1938 with the goal of giving aid to the unemployed, reform of business and financial practices, and recovery of the Economy of the Unite...
 veterans Thurman Arnold
Thurman Arnold

Thurman Wesley Arnold was an iconoclastic Washington, D.C. lawyer. He was best known for his trust-busting campaign as United States Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Competition law Division in Franklin Delano Roosevelt's United States Department of Justice from 1938 to 1943....
, a former Yale Law School
Yale Law School

Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1843, the school offers the Juris Doctor, Master of Laws, Doctor of Laws#United States, and Master of Studies in Law degrees in law....
 professor and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge on the D.C. Circuit, and Abe Fortas
Abe Fortas

Abraham Fortas was a Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He served in that role from October 4, 1965 until May 14, 1969, when he resigned under pressure....
, another former Yale Law School
Yale Law School

Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1843, the school offers the Juris Doctor, Master of Laws, Doctor of Laws#United States, and Master of Studies in Law degrees in law....
 professor who later became a Supreme Court Justice. In 1947, Paul A. Porter
Paul A. Porter

Paul A. Porter was an United States lawyer and politician. He served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 1944 to 1946. He later joined Washington, DC law firm Arnold & Fortas, now known as Arnold & Porter....
, a former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government, created, directed, and empowered by United States Congress statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President of the United States....
 joined the firm and it was renamed Arnold, Fortas & Porter. In 1965, Abe Fortas's name was dropped from the firm's moniker after his ascension to the Supreme Court.

Noteworthy cases and deals

Prominent cases the firm has been involved with include its work as counsel to Clarence Earl Gideon
Clarence Earl Gideon

Clarence Earl Gideon was a poor drifter accused in a Florida state court of felony theft, who fought to have a lawyer appointed to his case resulting in the landmark U.S....
 in the landmark case of Gideon v. Wainwright
Gideon v. Wainwright

Gideon v. Wainwright, , is a landmark decision in Supreme Court of the United States history. In the case, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that state courts are required under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution of the United States Constitution to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford the...
, subject of the Edgar Award
Edgar Award

The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. They honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film and theatre published or produced in the past year....
-winning book Gideon's Trumpet
Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet is a 1964 book by Anthony Lewis describing the story behind Gideon v. Wainwright, in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that criminal defendants have the right to an attorney even if they cannot afford it....
 by Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis

Anthony Lewis is a prominent liberal intellectual, writing for The New York Times op-ed page and The New York Review of Books, among other publications....
. The firm also represented the survivors of the Buffalo Creek Flood
Buffalo Creek Flood

The Buffalo Creek Flood was an incident that occurred on February 26, 1972, when the Pittston Coal Company's coal slurry impoundment dam #3, located on a hillside in Logan County, West Virginia, West Virginia, USA, burst four days after having been declared 'satisfactory' by a federal mine inspector....
, one of the worst mining disasters in U.S. history. Their representation was the subject of the book Buffalo Creek Disaster by Gerald M. Stern, which is required reading in many law schools. In addition, it was the only significant law firm to represent the victims of Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy

Joseph Raymond McCarthy was an United States politician who served as a Republican Party United States Senate from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957....
 and the "loyalty review boards" that ruined the careers of many loyal government employees. All three founders of the firm were so upset by the use of secret evidence that at one point the firm's lawyers were spending half of their time fighting these cases.

More recently, Arnold & Porter successfully defended Random House
Random House

Random House, Inc. is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher. It has been owned since 1998 by the large German Privately held company media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing....
 from a claim of copyright infringement
Copyright infringement

Copyright infringement is the unauthorized use of material that is covered by copyright law, in a manner that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works....
 against the Da Vinci Code written by Dan Brown
Dan Brown

Dan Brown is an United States author of thriller fiction, best known for the 2003 bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code and the 2000 bestselling novel, Angels & Demons....
. Arnold & Porter served as outside counsel to the Independent Review Committee as it scrutinized the management style of Lawrence Small, the former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its Financial endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazine....
 who resigned when some details of excessive expenses became public. The firm was also counsel to Philip Morris
Philip Morris USA

Philip Morris USA is the United States tobacco division of Altria Group, Inc....
 in the mass tort
Tort

Tort law is the name given to a body of law that addresses, and provides remedies for, civil wrongs not arising out of contractual obligations. A person who suffers legal damages may be able to use tort law to receive compensation from someone who is liability, or "liable," for those injuries....
 litigation of the 1990s, WorldCom
Worldcom

Worldcom may refer to:* MCI Inc.* Worldcom Public Relations GroupExternal References:...
 executive Scott Sullivan
Scott Sullivan

Scott Sullivan can refer to:*Scott Sullivan , accountant and executive involved in the WorldCom scandal*Scott Sullivan , baseball pitcher*Scott Sullivan , founder of charity Corps of Compassion...
, Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart

Martha Helen Stewart is an American business magnate, television host, author and magazine publisher. As founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, she has gained success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing publishing, broadcasting, and merchandising....
, and CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
 in its litigation against Howard Stern
Howard Stern

Howard Allan Stern is an American radio presenter and media personality, best known for hosting The Howard Stern Show, currently an uncensored talk radio show that airs on Howard 100 on SIRIUS XM Radio....
.

The firm also successfully defended the government of Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
 in its case against the United States' Clean Air Act
Clean Air Act

A Clean Air Act describes one of a number of pieces of legislation relating to the reduction of smog and air pollution in general. The use by governments to enforce clean air standards has contributed to an improvement in human health and longer life spans....
, on the grounds that the CAA violated World Trade Organization
World Trade Organization

The World Trade Organization is an international organization designed to supervise and Free trade international trade. The WTO came into being on 1 January 1995, and is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which was created in 1947, and continued to operate for almost five decades as a de facto international org...
 agreements.

Arnold & Porter represented US Airways
US Airways

US Airways, Inc., an operating unit of US Airways Group, is the fifth largest airline in the United States. A member of the Star Alliance, it has a fleet of 353 mainline jet aircraft and 319 regional jet and Turboprop aircraft connecting 200 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Hawaii, and Europe....
 in its merger with America West. Arnold & Porter also assisted SBC Communications Inc. in its acquisition of AT&T Corp., forming the new AT&T Inc.

The firm is also noted for its pro bono
Pro bono

Pro bono publico is a phrase derived from Latin language meaning "for the public good". The term is generally used to describe professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment as a public services....
 work including assisting the family of Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper
Henry Ossian Flipper

Henry Ossian Flipper was an United States military history and the first black American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York....
 in obtaining the first posthumous Presidential pardon in U.S. history, and representation of Ukrainian mail order bride Nataliya Fox against international marriage broker Encounters International in a ground breaking case that helped to establish the rights of such women.

Locations

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  • Brussels
    Brussels

    Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
  • Denver
  • London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
  • Los Angeles
    Los Ángeles

    Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
  • McLean, Virginia
    McLean, Virginia

    McLean is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia in Northern Virginia Virginia. The community had a total population of 38,929 as of the United States 2000 census....
  • New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • San Francisco
  • Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C.

    Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....


Awards

  • "100 Best Companies to Work For" by Fortune Magazine (2008, 2007, 2006, 2005)
  • "Great Places to Work" by Washingtonian magazine (2007, 2006, 2005)
  • "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers," Working Mother Magazine (2007, 2006, 2005)
  • John Pickering Pro Bono Award
  • American Lawyers A-List (2007)
  • 19th in the United States in the Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms (4th in Washington, DC, 1st in Antitrust, 13th in Diversity)


Notable alumni


  • Thurman Arnold
    Thurman Arnold

    Thurman Wesley Arnold was an iconoclastic Washington, D.C. lawyer. He was best known for his trust-busting campaign as United States Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Competition law Division in Franklin Delano Roosevelt's United States Department of Justice from 1938 to 1943....
    , founder — U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the D.C. Circuit , Yale Law School
    Yale Law School

    Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1843, the school offers the Juris Doctor, Master of Laws, Doctor of Laws#United States, and Master of Studies in Law degrees in law....
     Professor
  • Joseph A. Califano - U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Chairman of the National Center of Addiction and Substance Abuse
  • Abe Fortas
    Abe Fortas

    Abraham Fortas was a Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He served in that role from October 4, 1965 until May 14, 1969, when he resigned under pressure....
    , founder — Supreme Court Justice, Yale Law School
    Yale Law School

    Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1843, the school offers the Juris Doctor, Master of Laws, Doctor of Laws#United States, and Master of Studies in Law degrees in law....
     professor
  • Merrick Garland - U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the D.C. Circuit
  • Charles Halpern
    Charles Halpern

    Charles Halpern is a pioneer in the public interest law movement, a successful public interest entrepreneur, an innovator in legal education, a long-time meditation practitioner and advocate, and author of Making Waves and Riding the Currents: Activism and the Practice of Wisdom...
     - Founder of the Center for Law and Social Policy, first Dean of City University of New York School of Law
    City University of New York School of Law

    The City University of New York School of Law is a Law school in the United States operated by the City University of New York . Although adjacent to Queens College, New York in Flushing, Queens, Queens, New York, it is administratively separate....
    , Berkeley School of Law professor
  • Irv Nathan - General Counsel to the United States House of Representatives
    United States House of Representatives

    The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
  • Paul A. Porter
    Paul A. Porter

    Paul A. Porter was an United States lawyer and politician. He served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 1944 to 1946. He later joined Washington, DC law firm Arnold & Fortas, now known as Arnold & Porter....
    , founder — Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
    Federal Communications Commission

    The Federal Communications Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government, created, directed, and empowered by United States Congress statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President of the United States....
  • Michael Solender - General Counsel Bear Sterns
  • James W. Jones, managing partner (1986-1995) - Managing Director, Hildebrandt International. Chairman, The Hildebrandt Institute.


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