Foley & Lardner
Encyclopedia
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.
In 2009, The BTI Consulting Group (Wellesley, MA) published a study that recognized Foley as the best law firm in the country in client service. That study, The BTI Client Service A-Team 2010 Survey of Law Firm Client Service Performance, was conducted with 240 corporate counsel at Fortune 1000 companies. Corporate counsel were asked to rank their firms across 17 categories of client service. Foley was honored in all 17 categories and received highest honors in seven of them. In addition to the first-place client service ranking overall, Foley also was recognized as "the best of the best" among the more than 500 firms included in the survey at: (1) providing value for the dollar; (2) legal skills; (3) advising on business issues; (4) understanding the client's business; (5) handling problems; (6) its commitment to help; and (7) client focus.
, business law, litigation, and regulatory.
, Harley Davidson, Major League Baseball
and Acciona
.
Law firm
A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other...
started in 1842. According to The American Lawyer
The American Lawyer
The American Lawyer is a monthly law magazine published by ALM. It was founded in 1979 by Steven Brill. Features include the annual AmLaw 100 Survey and AmLaw 200 Survey , "The View From the Top", their annual poll of law firm chairpersons, and their "Corporate Scorecard"...
, the firm ranked 39th on The American Lawyer
The American Lawyer
The American Lawyer is a monthly law magazine published by ALM. It was founded in 1979 by Steven Brill. Features include the annual AmLaw 100 Survey and AmLaw 200 Survey , "The View From the Top", their annual poll of law firm chairpersons, and their "Corporate Scorecard"...
'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
The American Lawyer
The American Lawyer is a monthly law magazine published by ALM. It was founded in 1979 by Steven Brill. Features include the annual AmLaw 100 Survey and AmLaw 200 Survey , "The View From the Top", their annual poll of law firm chairpersons, and their "Corporate Scorecard"...
's annual AmLaw 100 rankings of U.S. law firms by revenue since 1986.
In 2009, The BTI Consulting Group (Wellesley, MA) published a study that recognized Foley as the best law firm in the country in client service. That study, The BTI Client Service A-Team 2010 Survey of Law Firm Client Service Performance, was conducted with 240 corporate counsel at Fortune 1000 companies. Corporate counsel were asked to rank their firms across 17 categories of client service. Foley was honored in all 17 categories and received highest honors in seven of them. In addition to the first-place client service ranking overall, Foley also was recognized as "the best of the best" among the more than 500 firms included in the survey at: (1) providing value for the dollar; (2) legal skills; (3) advising on business issues; (4) understanding the client's business; (5) handling problems; (6) its commitment to help; and (7) client focus.
Practice areas
Foley & Lardner's primary practice areas include intellectual propertyIntellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
, business law, litigation, and regulatory.
Prominent clients
Notable clients of the firm are Johnson ControlsJohnson Controls
Johnson Controls, Inc. is a company, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It was founded in 1885 by professor Warren S. Johnson, inventor of the first electric room thermostat....
, Harley Davidson, Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
and Acciona
Acciona
Acciona, S.A., is a Spanish conglomerate group dedicated to civil engineering, construction and infrastructure.The company was founded in 1997 through the merger of Entrecanales y Tavora and Cubiertas y MZOV. The company's headquarters is in Alcobendas, Community of Madrid, Spain. The company's U.S...
.
Offices
Foley & Lardner has offices in:- Boston, MA
- BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
- Chicago, ILChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
- Detroit, MI
- Jacksonville, FL
- Los Angeles, CA
- Madison, WI
- Miami, FL
- Milwaukee, WI
- New York, NY
- Orlando, FL
- Sacramento, CA
- San Diego, CA
- San Diego, CA/Del Mar, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- Shanghai, China
- Silicon ValleySilicon ValleySilicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
- Tallahassee, FL
- Tampa, FL
- Tokyo, JapanTokyo, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
- 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. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Notable current and former employees
- Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
, President of the United States, summer associate in the Chicago office of Hopkins & SutterHopkins & SutterHopkins & Sutter was a Chicago-based law firm that practiced from 1921 to 2000, when it merged with Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner. The firm was established by Albert Hopkins and Harry Sutter...
, which was acquired by Foley & Lardner in 2001 - Russell Feingold, United States Senator from Wisconsin, was an associate in the Madison office
- Antonin ScaliaAntonin ScaliaAntonin Gregory Scalia is an American jurist who serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. As the longest-serving justice on the Court, Scalia is the Senior Associate Justice...
, United States Supreme Court Justice, was a summer associate in the Milwaukee office - Jim DoyleJim DoyleJames Edward "Jim" Doyle is a Wisconsin politician and member of the Democratic Party. He was the 44th Governor of Wisconsin, serving from January 6, 2003 to January 3, 2011. He defeated incumbent Governor Scott McCallum by a margin of 45 percent to 41 percent; the Libertarian Party candidate Ed...
, Governor of Wisconsin, is of counsel in the Madison office - Bob DuPuyBob DuPuyRobert A. "Bob" DuPuy is an attorney and former President and Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball . He assumed both titles on March 7, 2002. Prior to joining Major League Baseball in 1998, he was a partner and management committee member of Foley & Lardner, a large Milwaukee-based...
, President and Chief Operating Officer of Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
, was a partner in the Milwaukee office - Thomas E. FairchildThomas E. FairchildThomas Edward Fairchild , was a U.S. federal judge and former politician from Wisconsin. Before his death, he served as a Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit....
, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge and Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, was an associate in the Milwaukee office - Marcia Morales HowardMarcia Morales HowardMarcia Morales Howard is an American lawyer and judge.Howard was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University in 1987 and her J.D. with honors from the University of Florida College of Law in 1990...
, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, was an associate in the Jacksonville office - William IsaacWilliam IsaacWilliam Isaac was the Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation . He founded the regulatory consulting firm The Secura Group LLC which is now a part of FTI Consulting, Inc., a global consulting firm...
, Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationFederal Deposit Insurance CorporationThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a United States government corporation created by the Glass–Steagall Act of 1933. It provides deposit insurance, which guarantees the safety of deposits in member banks, currently up to $250,000 per depositor per bank. , the FDIC insures deposits at...
from 1981 to 1985 and current Chairman of consulting firm LECG’s Global Financial Services - Scott L. KlugScott L. KlugScott L. Klug was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin, representing .-Biography:...
, United States Congressman from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional districtWisconsin's 2nd congressional districtWisconsin's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southern Wisconsin, covering Dane County, Green County and Columbia County, as well as portions of Jefferson County, Sauk County, Rock County and a small region of Walworth County...
, is a public affairs director in the Madison office - William M. ConleyWilliam M. ConleyWilliam Martin Conley is an American lawyer and a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.- Early life and education :...
, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, was a partner in the Madison office - Joan F. KesslerJoan F. Kessler-Career:Kessler was a United States Attorney from 1978 to 1981. Later, she became an attorney with the firm Foley & Lardner, where she eventually was made a partner. She has also been a member of the faculty at the University of Wisconsin Law School and Marquette University Law School. Kessler has...
, Wisconsin Court of AppealsWisconsin Court of AppealsThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
Judge, was a partner in the Milwaukee office - Lisa S. NeubauerLisa S. Neubauer-Biography:Neubauer was born on July 21, 1957. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Chicago Law School and is a member of the Order of the Coif. Neubauer is married with three children and is Lutheran.-Career:...
, Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge, was a partner in the Milwaukee office - Ulice Payne, Jr., Former CEO of the Milwaukee BrewersMilwaukee BrewersThe Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
and first African-American CEO of a Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
franchise, was a partner in the Milwaukee office - Manuel RochaManuel Rocha-Background:Rocha graduated from Taft School in 1969 and graduated from Yale University cum laude in 1973. He received a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University in 1976 and a Master of Arts in international relations from Georgetown University in 1978.Rocha began his...
, Former U.S. Ambassador to BoliviaBoliviaBolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
(2000-02), is a Senior Advisor on International Business in the Miami office