Foley & Lardner

Infobox Law Firm
firm_name = Foley & Lardner LLP
firm_
headquarters = Milwaukee
num_offices = 22
num_attorneys = 1,000
practice_areas = General practice
key_people = Stanley Jaspan (Managing Partner), Ralf Böer (Chairman & CEO)
revenue = profit $610,500,000 (2005)
date_founded = 1842
founder = Asahel Finch, Jr., and William Pitt Lynde
company_type = Limited liability partnership
homepage = [http://www.foley.com/ www.foley.com]

Foley & Lardner LLP is an international general practice law firm started in 1842 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was originally established as Finch & Lynde by Asahel Finch, Jr. and William Pitt Lynde.

According to "The National Law Journal"'s 2007 NLJ 250 rankings of firms based on size, the firm has 1,011 attorneys (as of 9/30/07) and is the 24th largest firm in the United States. In terms of revenue, the firm ranked 25th on The American Lawyer's 2006 AmLaw 100 rankings of U.S. law firms, with $610,500,000 in gross revenue in 2005. Foley & Lardner has been in The American Lawyer's annual AmLaw 100 rankings of U.S. law firms by revenue since 1986. In the 2005 Global 100 survey, the firm was ranked as the 31st highest grossing law firm in the world. [ [http://almresearch.alacra.com/cgi-bin/alacraswitchISAPI.dll?app=lmi&msg=GetSearchOptions&topic=getprofile&sk=guest53&firm_id=106 ALM Research web site, Foley & Lardner entry] . Consulted on December 3, 2006. ]

Practice areas

Foley & Lardner's primary practice areas include intellectual property, business law, litigation, regulatory, and tax law.

Prominent clients

In 2006, the firm was retained by the Heritage Foundation. Other notable clients of the firm are Coors Brewing Company, Harley Davidson, Major League Baseball and Hewlett-Packard.

Offices

Foley & Lardner has offices in:
* Boston, MA
* Brussels
* Century City, CA
* Chicago, IL
* Detroit, MI
* Jacksonville, FL
* Los Angeles, CA
* Madison, WI
* Miami, FL
* Milwaukee, WI
* New York, NY
* Orlando, FL
* Sacramento, CA
* San Diego, CA
* San Diego, CA/Del Mar, CA
* San Francisco, CA
* Shanghai, China
* Silicon Valley
* Tallahassee, FL
* Tampa, FL
* Tokyo, Japan
* Washington, D.C.

References

External links

* [http://www.foley.com/ Foley & Lardner]
* [http://www.lawperiscope.com/profiles/091.html LawPeriscope Profile]
* [http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1196849072068 Law.com Article regarding the opening of the new Shanghai office]