Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
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| Headquarters | Washington, DC |
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| No. of offices | 21 worldwide[1] |
| No. of attorneys | 900+ [1] |
| No. of employees | 1,800+ |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Key people | Kim Koopersmith, chairperson[1] |
| Revenue | $868 million (2014)[2] |
| Profit per equity partner | $1.8 million (2014)[2] |
| Date founded | 1945 |
| Founder | Robert Strauss and Richard Gump |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
| Website | |
| www.akingump.com | |
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is an American international law firm whose largest office is in Washington, D.C. With more than 900 attorneys and advisers in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, the firm has offices in Dallas, Washington, D.C., Austin, San Antonio, Houston, New York, Moscow, Philadelphia, London, Los Angeles (Century City and Downtown), Longview, San Francisco, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt and Geneva.
It is the largest lobbying firm by revenue in the United States, having displaced the firm of Patton Boggs following the latter's merger with Squire Sanders in 2014.[3] American Lawyer ranked Akin Gump as the 33rd highest grossing law firm in the United States in 2014, and the 40th highest grossing worldwide in 2013.[2]
History
The firm was founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1945 by Robert Strauss and Richard Gump. It maintains a large presence in Texas with a total of six offices in the state.[4]
In 2013, Akin Gump adopted a "single tier" partnership structure, in which all partners have equity, abandoning the more popular "two tier" structure in which many partners have no equity interest.[5]
Recognition
Akin Gump's work has been recognized by leading legal media and rating publications and organizations. In 2015, the firm was again selected for The American Lawyer's A-List, the annual ranking of the country's 20 leading law firms.[6] In 2015, the firm was ranked as one of the nation's top 20 corporate law firms by Corporate Board Member.[7] In 2015, for the eighth year in a row, Akin Gump was named to The National Law Journal's "Appellate Hot List".[8] of firms "with stellar records in appellate advocacy."
Yale Law Women, the largest student organization at Yale Law School, named Akin Gump to its 2007 list of Top 10 Family Friendly Firms. The Minority Corporate Counsel Association presented Akin Gump with the 2007 Thomas L. Sager Award in recognition of the firm's commitment to diversity. (The firm won the award three times previously.) In 2015, for the ninth year in a row, Akin Gump received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, which rates employers on their treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees, consumers and investors.[9][10]
Chambers & Partners ranks the firm as top tier in the areas of bankruptcy, health care, government relations, Native American law, outsourcing and media/entertainment transactions.[1]
Notable people
- Lauch Faircloth, former U.S. Senator from North Carolina
- Victor H. Fazio, former U.S. Representative from California
- Kay Hagan, former U.S. Senator from North Carolina[11]
- Vernon Jordan Jr., former adviser to President Bill Clinton
- Tom Loeffler, former U.S. Representative from Texas
- Bill Paxon, former U.S. Representative from New York
- John E. Sununu, former U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP – Washington, DC – Law Firm Profile - Chambers USA 2015 – Chambers and Partners". Chambersandpartners.com. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld". Americanlawyer.com. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- ↑ "A year after rocky merger, Patton Boggs aims to reestablish dominance". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- ↑ Knaub, Kelly. "Texas Powerhouse: Akin Gump" (PDF). Law360. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- ↑ Sullivan, Casey (August 11, 2015). "In Lean Times, Law Firms Reconsider Two-Tier Partnership". Bloomberg BNA. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- ↑ Schroeder, Jim (July 27, 2015). "Introducing the 2015 A-List". The American Lawyer.
- ↑ "America's Best Corporate Law Firms: The 2015 Corporate Board Member /FTI Consulting Survey". NYSE Governance Services.
- ↑ "The 2015 Appellate Hot List: Winning Big Cases, Changing the Law". The National Law Journal. November 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Akin Gump Earns Ninth Consecutive Perfect Score on HRC Corporate Equality Index". Akin Gump. November 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Employer Database - Akin Gump". Human Rights Campaign.
- ↑ Wilson, Megan (January 11, 2016). "Ex-Sen. Kay Hagan joins lobby firm". The Hill. Retrieved 26 February 2016.