Hogan & Hartson
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| Type | Limited liability partnership |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C.; 22 offices worldwide |
| Key people | J. Warren Gorrell, Jr., Chairman |
| Industry | Law |
| Products | Legal services |
| Employees | 1,000 Attorneys |
| Website | www.hhlaw.com |
Founded in 1904, Hogan & Hartson is the oldest major law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is a global firm with more than 1,000 lawyers in 22 offices worldwide, including offices in Europe, Latin America, and East Asia.
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[edit] Practice Areas
In common with many big US law firms, Hogan & Hartson attorneys practise in legal work concerning a wide range of industries and areas.
[edit] History
Hogan & Hartson was founded by Frank J. Hogan in 1904. In 1925 he was joined by Nelson T. Hartson, a former Internal Revenue Service attorney, and John William Guider. Hogan and Hartson went into partnership in 1938.
Prominent trial lawyer Edward Bennett Williams left the partnership to launch his own litigation firm Williams & Connolly.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Hogan & Hartson entered Eastern Europe along with many US and UK law firms. From 1996, it briefly operated a Budapest office in association with a local partner, formerly affiliated with Kansas City firm McDowell Rich & Smith.
In 2000, the firm launched in Tokyo and Berlin (after poaching a team from former the German ally of UK firm Linklaters).
Hogan & Hartson now has offices in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia and cooperative working relationships with other law firms elsewhere.
[edit] Notable Mandates
- Represented MMC Norilsk Nickel, the Russian mining and metallurgy corporation in its $6 billion acquisition of LionOre Mining International Ltd.
- Counseled Ford Motor Company in its $2.3 billion disposal of Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover to the automotive subsidiary of the Indian manufacturing conglomerate Tata Group.
- Advised Jet Airways on its $435 million initial public offering.
- Successfully defended DaimlerChrysler Corporation in numerous products liability class actions.
- Retained by former WorldCom CEO Bernard J. Ebbers to defend against securities and ERISA class actions.
[edit] Pro Bono
The Community Services Department (CSD) department deals with civil rights, environmental, homeless and other public interest groups.
[edit] Offices
Baltimore
Beijing
Berlin- Boulder
Brussels
Caracas- Colorado Springs
- Denver
Geneva
Hong Kong- Houston
London- Los Angeles
- Miami
Moscow- Munich
- New York
- Northern Virginia
Paris- Shanghai
Tokyo
Warsaw- Washington, D.C.
[edit] Awards/Recognition
- The American Lawyer named Hogan & Hartson to the magazine's A-List — the top 20 firms in the United States (June 2006).
- Chambers USA ranks some (though not all) Hogan offices and practices No. 1 in their markets (June 2007).
- The Lawyer Global 100 lists Hogan & Hartson as a "Top 30" global law firm by revenue (October 2006).
- The American Lawyer has twice mentioned Hogan's litigation department in its biennial survey of the best litigation departments among the top 200 U.S. law firms.
- Hogan & Hartson's Community Services Department (CSD) has ganed the American Bar Association "Pro Bono Publico Award" and the District of Columbia Bar's "Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Award".
[edit] Notable people
[edit] Former partners and associates
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was a litigator for this firm for several years during two periods: 1986-1989, and 1993-2003. In this capacity, Roberts argued before the United States Supreme Court and the lower federal courts, participating in a wide variety of matters on behalf of corporate clients, trade associations, governments, and individuals. Roberts left Hogan & Hartson in 1989 to accept appointment as Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States, and returned in 1993 to head their Appellate Practice Group.
