key tower cleveland united states no . of offices 46 july 2016 no . of attorneys approx . 1 500 march 2016 1 key people mark j. ruehlmann chairman and global ceo revenue 950 million 2016 2 profit per equity partner 845 000 2016 3 date founded 1890 in cleveland as squire sanders & dempsey 1887 in leeds as hammond suddard 1962 in washington d.c. as patton boggs company type swiss association website www.squirepattonboggs.com squire patton boggs is an international law firm with 46 offices in 21 countries including offices in new york city washington d.c. london and cleveland . it was formed in 2014 by the merger of multinational law firm squire sanders with washington d.c. based patton boggs . it is one of the 30 largest law firms in the world by total headcount and gross revenue twelfth largest firm in the uk by revenue and one of the top 10 by number of countries occupied . 4 it is also one of the largest us headquartered law firms in asia . squire patton boggs is currently the third largest lobbying firm in the u.s. after akin gump strauss hauer & feld and brownstein hyatt farber schreck . 5 the lobbying arm long managed by thomas hale boggs jr. is currently managed by former united states senators john breaux and trent lott . 6 contents 1 history 1.1 squire sanders & dempsey 1.2 hammonds 1.3 patton boggs 1.4 squire patton boggs 2 locations 3 notable people and alumni 3.1 squire patton boggs 3.2 squire sanders 3.3 patton boggs 4 notable cases and representations 5 references 6 external links history edit squire sanders & dempsey edit the firm was founded in cleveland ohio in 1890 as squire sanders & dempsey . until the 1990s it was primarily an ohio law firm with only small offices in several other us cities and in brussels . it was one of the first us law firms to expand into eastern europe in the wake of the cold war and under the leadership of firm chairman thomas stanton opened several offices in the former soviet bloc region during the 1990s taking on a key role in the privatization of state enterprises in the czech republic slovakia hungary ukraine and poland . 7 8 it subsequently absorbed a number of other legal practices including several pacific rim offices of graham & james and the florida based law firm of steel hector & davis . 9 the firm also made overtures toward mergers with denton wilde sapte seyfarth shaw and bryan cave under stanton s leadership . 7 hammonds edit hammonds was an international law firm headquartered in leeds united kingdom with offices in beijing berlin birmingham brussels hong kong leeds madrid manchester munich and paris . hammonds origins dated back to the founding of a legal practice in yorkshire in 1887 . although it was a major firm in yorkshire and the west midlands region it did not open a london office until 1991 . 7 in 2000 hammond suddards and edge ellison merged forming hammond suddards edge at that time the 11th largest law firm in the uk . 10 the firm s rapid expansion left it 30 million in debt in the early 2000s and led to a downsizing through 2005 . 8 the firm was ranked 20th in the uk by turnover in the lawyer uk 100 2006 with a turnover of 132 million . throughout 2005 2009 the firm underwent significant restructuring under the stewardship of managing partner peter crossley . as of 2009 the partnership consisted of approximately 180 partners and more than 1 000 employees . hammonds converted to a limited liability partnership in may 2008 . 11 hammonds and squire sanders & dempsey announced that they were in merger talks in august 2010 . 12 the partnerships of both firms voted in favor of a merger in november 2010 and it was completed on january 1 2011 forming the squire sanders swiss association . 13 the merger with hammonds added offices in madrid berlin paris and munich to the squire sanders network in addition to significantly boosting its presence in the uk where it previously had only 30 lawyers . 8 london overtook cleveland as the largest office of the combined firm . 7 the american lawyer estimated squire sanders to be the 24th largest law firm in the world by number of lawyers 14 and 41st by annual revenue 15 as of 2012 . patton boggs edit the firm of patton boggs was founded in 1962 by james r. patton jr. and joined soon after by george blow and thomas hale boggs jr. it has participated in the formation of every major multilateral trade agreement considered by congress . 16 boggs joined the firm in 1966 after serving as an economist for the joint economic committee and in the executive office of president lyndon b. johnson . according to the center for responsive politics patton boggs was one of the top law firms contributing to federal candidates during the 2012 election cycle donating us 1.7 million 67 % to democrats . 17 by comparison during that same period akin gump strauss hauer & feld donated us 2.56 66 % to democrats 17 while oil conglomerate exxonmobil donated us 2.66 million 88 % to republicans . 18 since 1990 squire patton boggs contributed us 14.12 million to federal campaigns and since 1998 spent us 2.72 million on lobbying . 19 the 2014 vault.com survey of more than 18 800 associates ranked patton boggs as having the best record for pro bono work in the country 20 and the firm was among the prestigious white shoe law firms . 21 22 23 following its involvement in a lawsuit with chevron in ecuador 24 patton boggs underwent layoffs and partner exits in 2013 amid a 12 % drop in revenue and entered merger talks with squire sanders in 2014 . 25 the firms announced that they would merge on june 1 2014 under the name squire patton boggs adding 330 lawyers to the firm s existing headcount . 26 squire patton boggs now maintains one of the largest lobbying practices in washington d.c. gaining extensively from the merger with patton boggs which was the largest us lobbying firm by revenue between 2003 and 2013 . 27 28 squire patton boggs edit chart displaying top 25 lobbying firms rank for jan jun 2010 . squire patton boggs is on top of the list . as a result of the merger patton boggs closed its anchorage alaska office and a number of high profile attorneys left the firm including benjamin ginsberg and two other prominent republican lawyers who joined jones day and a number of healthcare policy lawyers who joined akin gump . 29 the combined firm adopted squire sanders existing merit pay system for partners over patton boggs more traditional eat what you kill system . 30 partner compensation under the merit system ranges from us 300 000 for some non equity partners to us 3 million for the three most highly compensated partners . 7 the firm currently posts an abnormally high leverage ratio with almost eight lawyers to every partner according to its 2014 end of the year numbers for full time lawyers . the d.c. offices of squire sanders and patton boggs recently moved into the same building previously the long standing home of legacy patton boggs . the combined firm kept separate revenue pools for its two legacy partnerships from the june merger until the end of 2014 but these are now unified . 31 in 2016 the firm announced a merger with san francisco based disputes and compliance boutique carroll burdick & mcdonough adding 50 lawyers in california china hong kong and germany including a new office near stuttgart in b blingen . 32 in july 2016 the firm opened its 46th office in darwin nt australia as part of its asia pacific practice group . locations edit as of august 2016 squire patton boggs has 46 offices in 21 countries on five continents . 33 the combined firm advises a diverse mix of local and cross border clients from fortune 100 and ftse 100 corporations to emerging companies and from individuals to local and national governments . 34 35 notable people and alumni edit squire patton boggs edit john boehner former speaker of the house of representatives 36 john breaux former united states senator from louisiana thomas hale boggs jr. al cardenas former chairman of american conservative union jack evans district of columbia council member jack kingston former united states representative petr kol czech diplomat joseph lebaron american diplomat trent lott former united states senator jim matheson former united states representative david aldrich nelson former judge on the united states court of appeals for the sixth circuit stephen t. owens litigator rodney slater former united states secretary of transportation frank g. wisner american diplomat miomir u ul croatian diplomat and politician squire sanders edit mark anchor albert litigator francis allegra judge on the united states court of federal claims j. edward day former united states postmaster general william louis day former judge on the united states district court for the northern district of ohio ronald j. james former assistant secretary of the army w. john kenney former undersecretary of the navy louis stokes united states house of representatives patton boggs edit salman a. al ansari qatari lawyer and footballer ron brown former united states secretary of commerce and democratic national committee chairman timothy chorba former u.s. ambassador to singapore lanny davis special counsel to president bill clinton benjamin ginsberg republican strategist behind the 2000 presidential election florida vote recount clete donald johnson jr. former member of house of representatives and u.s. trade representative sean parnell governor of alaska rob portman former director of the office of management and budget and current us senator from ohio thomas a. russo general counsel of american international group joseph e. schmitz former defense department inspector general notable cases and representations edit represents takata corporation before the united states congress national highway traffic safety administration and united states department of transportation on issues relating to air bag safety . 37 represents the palestinian authority in relation to procuring aid from the united states government . 38 represents dupont in multidistrict tort litigation relating to pfoa contamination at the washington works plant in west virginia . 39 represents the government of turkey as a subcontractor to gephardt group in public relations activities related to the syrian conflict . 40 advised the government of myanmar on its 2014 telecom joint venture with kddi and sumitomo corporation . 41 squire sanders represented the sugar association and sugar producers in litigation against the corn refiners association and high fructose corn syrup industry regarding the marketing of hfcs as an alternative to sugar . patton boggs advised two of the corn refiners involved in the case leading to an inadvertent conflict of interest following the firms merger . 42 patton boggs worked in the mid 1990s for the guatemalan dictatorship insisting that sister dianna ortiz who was tortured and raped by members of a death squad was actually the victim to an out of control sadomasochistic lover . 43 patton boggs was sued for damages by chevron with respect to its activities since spring 2010 on behalf of burford capital and other beneficiaries of an us 18 billion judgment obtained by plaintiffs in ecuador with respect to environmental and health damages resulting from the actions of texaco its subsidiary in the lago agrio oil field . the action against patton boggs was part of litigation that had been in progress for at least 20 years in a number of national and international venues and on which chevron was estimated to spend us 250 million a year . 44 in march 2014 the judge in the case issued a scathing ruling that concluded that the plaintiffs lawyer had indeed violated the rico statute . patton