Hogan & Hartson

Infobox Law Firm
firm_name = Hogan & Hartson LLP
firm_
headquarters = Washington, D.C.
num_offices = 25 offices worldwide
num_attorneys = 1,100
num_employees =
practice_areas = General practice
key_people = J. Warren Gorrell, Jr., Chairman
revenue =
date_founded = 1904
founder = Frank J. Hogan
company_type = Limited liability partnership
homepage = [http://www.hhlaw.com/ www.hhlaw.com]
dissolved = Founded in 1904, Hogan & Hartson is the oldest major law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is a global firm with more than 1,100 lawyers in 25 offices worldwide, including offices in the United States, Europe, East Asia, and Latin America.

Practice Areas

In common with many big US law firms, Hogan & Hartson attorneys practice in legal work concerning a wide range of industries and businesses.

History

Hogan & Hartson was founded by Frank J. Hogan in 1904. In 1925, Frank was joined by Nelson T. Hartson, a former Internal Revenue Service attorney, and John William Guider. Hogan and Hartson then 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 approaching a team from the former German ally of UK firm Linklaters).

Hogan & Hartson now have offices in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia and have gained cooperative working relationships with other law firms elsewhere.

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.

Pro Bono

The Community Services Department (CSD) department deals with civil rights, environmental, homeless and other public interest groups. In 1970, Hogan & Hartson became the first major firm to establish a separate practice group devoted exclusively to providing pro bono legal services.

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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 Hogan offices and practices No. 1 in their markets (June 2008).
*"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 gained the American Bar Association "Pro Bono Publico Award" and the District of Columbia Bar's "Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Award".
*Hogan & Hartson is recognized as a 2008 "Working Mother" and Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firms for Women.

Notable people

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.

External links

* [http://www.hhlaw.com Hogan & Hartson]
* [http://www.lawperiscope.com/profiles/114.html LawPeriscope Profile]