601 massachusetts avenue nw washington d.c. no . of offices 9 no . of attorneys 800 major practice areas general practice revenue 650.0 m 2015 date founded 1946 washington d.c. company type llp website www.arnoldporter.com arnold & porter llp is an international law firm based in washington d.c. 1 arnold & porter is well known for its trial corporate and antitrust work and for its pro bono commitments . founded in 1946 it is one of the largest law firms in the world today . contents 1 history 2 noteworthy cases and deals 3 offices 4 awards 5 notable alumni 6 references 7 external links history edit arnold & porter was founded in 1946 by new deal veterans thurman arnold a former yale law school professor and u.s. court of appeals judge on the d.c. circuit and abe fortas another former yale law school professor who later became a supreme court justice . 2 in 1947 paul a. porter a former chairman of the federal communications commission joined the firm and it was renamed arnold fortas & porter . in 1965 abe fortas name was dropped from the firm s moniker after his ascension to the supreme court . noteworthy cases and deals edit prominent cases the firm has been involved with include its work as counsel to clarence earl gideon in the landmark case of gideon v. wainwright subject of the edgar award winning book gideon s trumpet by anthony lewis . the firm also represented the survivors of the buffalo creek flood one of the worst mining disasters in u.s. history . their representation was the subject of the book buffalo creek disaster by gerald m. stern which is required reading in many law schools . in addition it was the only significant law firm to represent the victims of joseph mccarthy and the loyalty review boards that ruined the careers of many loyal government employees . all three founders of the firm were so upset by the use of secret evidence that at one point the firm s lawyers were spending half of their time fighting these cases . more recently arnold & porter successfully defended random house from a claim of copyright infringement against the da vinci code written by dan brown . arnold & porter served as outside counsel to the independent review committee as it scrutinized the management style of lawrence small the former secretary of the smithsonian institution who resigned when some details of excessive expenses became public . the firm was also counsel to philip morris in the mass tort litigation of the 1990s worldcom executive scott sullivan martha stewart and cbs in its litigation against howard stern . the firm also successfully represented the government of venezuela in its case against the united states clean air act on the grounds that the caa violated world trade organization agreements . arnold & porter represented us airways in its merger with america west . arnold & porter also assisted sbc communications inc. in its acquisition of at & t corp. forming the new at & t inc. the firm is also noted for its pro bono work including assisting the family of lt. henry ossian flipper in obtaining the first posthumous presidential pardon in u.s. history and representation of ukrainian mail order bride nataliya fox against international marriage broker encounters international in a groundbreaking case that helped to establish the rights of such women . 3 the firm is co counsel with the dc prisoners project of the washington lawyers committee for civil rights and urban affairs which represents prisoners at adx florence who allege deficiencies in psychiatric evaluation and care in cunningham v. federal bureau of prisons . 4 offices edit thurman arnold building is the location of arnold & porter s offices in washington d.c. brussels denver colorado london los angeles california houston texas new york city palo alto california san francisco california washington d.c. awards edit 100 best companies to work for by fortune magazine 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 great places to work by washingtonian magazine 2009 2007 2006 2005 100 best companies for working mothers working mother magazine 2009 2007 2006 2005 john pickering pro bono award american lawyer s a list 2010 2009 2007 19th in the united states in the vault guide to the top 100 law firms 4th in washington dc 1st in antitrust 13th in diversity notable alumni edit thurman arnold founder u.s. court of appeals judge for the d.c. circuit yale law school professor william baer united states department of justice assistant attorney general antitrust division brooksley born chairwoman u.s. commodity futures trading commission joseph a. califano u.s. secretary of health education and welfare chairman of the national center of addiction and substance abuse pamela ki mai chen united states district judge of the united states district court for the eastern district of new york . mary derosa former deputy counsel to the president for national security affairs in the obama administration allison h. eid justice on the colorado supreme court abe fortas founder supreme court justice yale law school professor milton freeman author of sec rule 10b 5 5 merrick garland u.s. court of appeals judge for the d.c. circuit 2016 nominee to the supreme court to replace antonin scalia charles halpern founder of the center for law and social policy first dean of city university of new york school of law berkeley school of law professor irvin b. nathan attorney general of the district of columbia general counsel of the united states house of representatives matthew g. olsen director of the national counterterrorism center and former general counsel of the national security agency paul a. porter founder chairman of the federal communications commission victor h. kramer chief litigation section antitrust division us justice department ; co founder of the center for law and social policy ; director of the institute for public representation at georgetown university law center ; professor at georgetown university law center and university of minnesota law school . margaret m. morrow united states district judge of the united states district court for the central district of california sarah bloom raskin member of the board of governors of the federal reserve system charles a. reich american legal and social scholar william d. rogers president american society of international law undersecretary of state for economic affairs assistant secretary of state for inter american affairs eli whitney debevoise ii u.s. executive director of the world bank kenneth i. juster under secretary of commerce for export administration michael solender general counsel bear stearns james w. jones managing partner 1986 1995 managing director hildebrandt international . chairman the hildebrandt institute . jack quinn lawyer former clinton white house counsel and founder of quinn gillespie & associates john hart ely influential legal scholar and former dean of stanford law school references edit arnold & porter website chambers student guide 2011 1 mark binelli march 26 2015 . inside america s toughest federal prison for years conditions inside the united states only federal supermax facility were largely a mystery . but a landmark lawsuit is finally revealing the harsh world within . . the new york times magazine . retrieved march 29 2015 . http www.nytimes.com 2000 06 09 business milton freeman 88 wrote securities fraud law.html external links edit arnold & porter website arnold & porter attorney careers website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title arnold % 26 porter & oldid 731812607 categories law firms based in washington d.c.law firms established in 19461946 establishments in washington d.c. navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent 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