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Revision as of 19:19, 21 March 2006 by 129.215.16.12 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Latham & Watkins LLP is a major business-law firm based in the United States. The firm was founded in Los Angeles in 1934. The firm is consistently rated as one of the top ten most prestigious law firms by Vault.com.
It currently has 1,600 attorneys throughout its offices in: Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Paris, San Diego, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington D.C.
Notable Latham & Watkins attorneys:
- Kirk Davenport II - High-yield finance guru.
- David Gordon - Considered the preeminent project finance attorney in the United States.
- John Kirby - Prominent IP attorney; namesake of Nintendo's "Kirby" character.
- Maureen Mahoney - Former Deputy Solicitor General in 1991, represented the University of Michigan before the Supreme Court in Grutter v. Bollinger.
- Beth Wilkinson - Prosecutor in the Oklahoma City bombing case.
Notable Latham & Watkins alumni:
- Bruce Babbitt, former Governor of Arizona and Secretary of the Interior.
- Michael Chertoff, DHS director.
- Christopher Cox, SEC Chair.
- Fred T. Goldberg, Jr. former Partner and Commissioner of Internal Revenue at the IRS.
- Bill Wehrum *acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air & Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.