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| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
|---|---|
| Industry | Legal services |
| Founded | 1934 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
| Key people | Robert Dell, Chairman and Managing Partner |
| Products | Full legal services |
| Revenue | N/A |
| Number of employees | 1,800 attorneys |
| Website | www.lw.com |
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 1,800 attorneys throughout its offices in: Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hamburg, 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 expert.
- 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 U.S. Secretary of the Interior
- Michael Chertoff, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
- Chris Cox, SEC Chair
- Fred T. Goldberg, Jr. former Partner and Commissioner of Internal Revenue at the IRS
- Carla Anderson Hills, former U.S. Trade Representative and HUD Secretary
- Roderick M. Hills, former SEC Chair
- Philip Perry, was a partner in the litigation group, now Department of Homeland Security, General Counsel. He is married to Elizabeth Cheney, who is Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs and the daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney.
- Bill Wehrum, acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air & Radiation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency