- Wiley Rein
Infobox Law Firm
firm_name = Wiley Rein
firm_
headquarters =
foundation =1983 | num_offices = 2
num_attorneys = about 270+
practice_areas = General practice
revenue = N/A
date_founded =1983 (Washington, DC )
company_type =general partnership
homepage = [http://www.wileyrein.com www.wileyrein.com]Wiley Rein LLP is a
Washington, D.C. law firm founded in1983 under the name Wiley, Johnson and Rein. In 1986, the firm, then known as Wiley & Rein, became Wiley Rein & Fielding as Richard E. Wiley, formerChairman of the Federal Communications Commission , and Bert W. Rein, formerDeputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs , were joined on the masthead byFred F. Fielding , former Counsel to PresidentRonald Reagan . With Mr. Fielding's return to the White House as Counsel to PresidentGeorge W. Bush on February 1, 2007, the firm reverted to the name Wiley Rein LLP.Wiley Rein LLP currently employs more than 270 lawyers in the firm's
Washington, D.C. andMcLean, Virginia offices. Major practice groups include ,government contract s, insurance, international trade, government relations, and generallitigation .Notable attorneys
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Richard E. Wiley — served as Chairman of theFederal Communications Commission
* Bert W. Rein — served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
* Thomas W. Brunner -- Senior Partner, Chair of the Insurance Practice.
* James H. Wallace, Jr. — lead plaintiff's counsel in the widely-reported "BlackBerry " litigation (NTP v.Research in Motion ) [http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2006/03/wiley-rein-fielding-big-beneficiary-of.html]
* William A. Roberts, III. — Senior Partner, Co-Chair of the Government Contracts
* Rand L. Allen — Senior Partner, Co-Chair of the Government Contracts Practice.
* H. Jason Gold — Partner, Chair of the Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring Practice.Prominent firm alumni
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Fred F. Fielding — White House Counsel; former named-partner of the firm; formerly served asCounsel to the President and as a commissioner on the9/11 Commission
*Thomas B. Griffith — Circuit Judge on theU.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/judicialnominees/griffith.html]
* Kevin J. Martin — Chairman of theFederal Communications Commission [http://www.fcc.gov/commissioners/martin/]
*Margaret A. Ryan — Judge on theCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces .External links
* [http://www.wileyrein.com Official site]
* [http://www.lawperiscope.com/profiles/260.html LawPeriscope Profile]
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