Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Headquarters TCW Tower
Los Angeles
No. of offices 18 [1]
No. of attorneys 700 [2]
Major practice areas Litigation only
Key people John Quinn
Revenue Increase $1.1 billion (2014)[3]
Date founded 1 January 1986
Founder John B. Quinn, Eric Emanuel, David Quinto, Phyllis Kupferstein
Company type Limited liability partnership
Website
Quinn Emanuel Trial Lawyers - Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP is a global white shoe[4][5] law firm. It is one of the most prestigious and selective law firms in the world.[6][7][8][9][10] Since 2011,[11] profits per equity partner have been the second highest in the world.[12][13][14][15][16]

The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and currently employs 700[17] attorneys throughout eighteen locations around the world, including in New York City, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Houston, Tokyo, London, Mannheim, Moscow, Hamburg, Paris, Hong Kong, Munich, Sydney, Brussels, and Seattle. The firm's largest office is located in New York City.

History

The firm was established in 1986 by John B. Quinn, Eric Emanuel, David Quinto, and Phyllis Kupferstein with the purpose of being a litigation-only firm. Joined in 1988 by name partner A. William Urquhart, the firm aimed to do away with law firm formalities. Beginning in 2007, Quinn Emanuel expanded internationally by opening its first foreign office in Tokyo. A year later, the firm expanded to London, then Chicago in 2009, Mannheim, Germany in 2010, Moscow in 2011, and Hamburg in 2012.[18][19] On September 1, 2011, Washington DC's Legal Times Blog announced that the firm was opening up its first office in the nation's capital. In 2013, the firm opened offices in Paris, Munich, Hong Kong, and Sydney, and in 2014 it opened a Brussels office and a Houston office.[20] LegalWeek reported that Quinn Emanuel opened an office in Seattle in 2015.[21]

Quinn Emanuel is the first AmLaw 100 firm to have a female name partner.[22][23] The firm changed its name in March 2010 to include Kathleen Sullivan, former Dean of Stanford Law School, who heads the firm's appellate practice. The firm was previously known as Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges.[24]

In 2014 the firm was the subject of a Freedom of Information Act request by Microsoft in connection with a contract it had supposedly signed with the IRS.[25]

A large part of the firm's self-image is the lack of a formal dress code. This casual self-image extends into the corporate structure of the firm, which lacks any formal management committees other than an advisory committee for the evaluation of contingency fee cases. Around 35 percent of Quinn attorneys went to Yale, Harvard, Stanford, NYU or Columbia.[26]

Intellectual property litigation is the firm’s largest practice area and currently has over 200 lawyers who litigate IP cases.[27]

Recognition and rankings

Quinn Emanuel consistently ranks among the top of various industry surveys. The American Lawyer ranked the firm "Top IP Litigation Department of the Year" in 2010 and one of the top six Litigation Departments in the U.S.[28] In 2012, The American Lawyer recognized the firm as having one of the top three IP Litigation Departments in the country [29] In 2016, The American Lawyer ranked the firm one of the top six Litigation Departments in the U.S.[30] Chambers and Partners recognized John B. Quinn as "one of the best trial lawyers in California." [31] Chambers and Partners also ranked Quinn Emanuel among the top tiers for the following categories: Intellectual Property: Patent, Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets; Litigation: General Commercial, Trial Lawyers and White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations; Media and Entertainment; Appellate Law; Bankruptcy and Reconstructing; Sports Law; and Insurance.[32]

Quinn Emanuel regularly appears within the top three of The American Lawyer's annual listing of highest profits per partner. In 2010, Quinn Emanuel posted profits per partner of $3.6 million, ranking number two in the United States.[33] In 2011, profits per partner rose to $4.1 million.[34] For the last four years, Quinn Emanuel has been second in profits per partner, with 2014 rising to $4.925 million.[35] The American Lawyer also ranked the firm first in profit margin in 2014.[36]

In Vault.com's specialty rankings of 2013, Quinn Emanuel ranked 1st in general commercial litigation and 5th in intellectual property litigation.[37] Legal 500 ranks Quinn Emanuel as a second tier firm in the Patent Litigation and Trade Secrets practice areas.[38] In January 2011, Law360 awarded Quinn Emanuel the "Insurance Group of the Year" award.[39] In June 2011, the British legal publication, The Lawyer awarded Quinn Emanuel's London office "International Law Firm of the Year." [40] In 2011 for the second year in a row, The Financial Times named Quinn Emanuel a "Top Innovative Firm of the Year."[41] In October 2013, Quinn Emanuel was named one of the Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms by Law360.[42] In 2012 and 2014,[43] Legal Business named the firm "US Law Firm of the Year." [44] In January 2014, Law360 awarded Quinn Emanuel "Practice Group of the Year" in the following categories: Appellate, IP, Banking, Class Action, and Insurance.[45] Quinn Emanuel has also been twice named one of the "4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear the Most" by Law360.[46][47] In 2015, Law360 awarded Quinn Emanuel "Practice Group of the Year" in the following categories: Appellate, Banking, Class Action, Product Liability and White Collar.[48]

Notable lawyers

References

  1. ↑ Quinn Emanuel Trial Lawyers - Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
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  3. ↑ http://www.americanlawyer.com/id=1202738095727
  4. ↑ "IRS May Have Broken Law, Put Taxpayers on Hook for $1,000 per Hour Trial Lawyers". 1 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "MOST INFLUENTIAL LAWYERS: JOHN QUINN, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan". 28 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Vault Law 100". 2016.
  7. ↑ "2015 Most Selective Firms". 2015.
  8. ↑ "Top 10 Ways Attorneys Can Move to a Better Law Firm and Get a Better Attorney Job".
  9. ↑ "Flashback Friday: The Nation’s 15 Most Prestigious Law Firms — In 2008 And 1998". 20 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Annual Ranking Highlights The Most Prestigious Law Firms In The U.S.". 20 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Profits Per Partner: Profits Increase Moderately". ALM Media. 1 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "Complete Profits Per Equity Partner Rankings". Law Firm Stats. February 12, 2013.
  13. ↑ Donovan, Karen (27 April 2011). "Big Law Firms' Profits and Revenues Rise in American Lawyer Survey". The New York Times.
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  20. ↑ http://www.quinnemanuel.com/offices.aspx. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  22. ↑ What's in a Name - The American Lawyer
  23. ↑ Quinn Emanuel Becomes First Am Law 100 Firm to Have a Female Name Partner - Law.com
  24. ↑ Quinn Emanuel Makes Kathleen Sullivan Name Partner - News - ABA Journal
  25. ↑ http://www.geekwire.com/2014/microsoft-sues-irs-seeks-details-contract-law-firm-hired-perform-audits/
  26. ↑ Firm Feature - Chambers Associate
  27. ↑ Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
  28. ↑ Litigation Department of the Year - The American Lawyer
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  31. ↑ Editorial - Chambers Partners - Litigation: California
  32. ↑ Firms - Chambers Partners - John B Quinn
  33. ↑ Quinn Emanuel Boosts Profits Per Partner to $3.62M, Hires Associates as Quickly as Possible - News - ABA Journal
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  37. ↑ Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP Rankings | Vault.com
  38. ↑ The Legal 500 > Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP > Los Angeles, USA > What we say
  39. ↑ Insurance Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel - Law360
  40. ↑ The Lawyer Awards 2011: Winners | Features | The Lawyer
  41. ↑ "US Innovative Lawyers 2011" (PDF). Financial Publishing. 3 November 2011.
  42. ↑ Linda Chiem (18 October 2013). Law360 http://www.law360.com/articles/481386/most-feared-plaintiffs-firm-quinn-emanuel. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  43. ↑ "US Law Firm of the Year 2014: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan". Legal Business.
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  45. ↑ Jake Simpson (1 January 2014). "Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year". Law360.
  46. ↑ Andrew Strickler (9 September 2013). "The 4 Firms In House Counsel Fear the Most". Law360.
  47. ↑ Ryan Davis (3 September 2010). "The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most". Law360.
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