No. of offices 20 Major practice areas General practice Date founded 1842 Chief information officer Linda D. Sanders Chief marketing officer John F. Hurley | No. of attorneys 900 Revenue $633,000,000 (2010) CEO Jay O. Rothman Number of attorneys 900 Managing partner Stanley S. Jaspan | |
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Key people Jay Rothman (Chairman & CEO), Stanley S. Jaspan (Managing Partner) Chairpersons Michael L. Blau, Michele M. Simkin Profiles | ||
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.
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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, 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. By 1970 the firm had changed its name 11 times, and was beginning to grow substantially. In 2001, after absorbing firms in Chicago and Washington, D.C., it was the 11th largest firm in the United States.
The firm's current name was adopted in 1969, 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, and Lynford Lardner, Jr., who died at age 58 in 1973 after drowning in the Milwaukee River.
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 and Acciona.