rothgerber christie headquarters phoenix arizona no . of offices 10 no . of attorneys 300 major practice areas corporate and financial services and securities environmental and natural resources litigation intellectual property date founded 1950 company type llp website www.lrrc.com lewis roca rothgerber christie is a u.s. law firm with approximately 300 attorneys in ten offices in arizona california colorado nevada and new mexico . in 2015 the american lawyer magazine ranked the firm number 179 in its annual top 200 u.s. law firms list . 1 its administrative offices are located in phoenix where is it one of the top five law firms in arizona 2 the firm has handled pro bono cases including miranda v. arizona 384 u.s. 436 1966 in which partners john p. frank john flynn 3 and others represented ernesto miranda in the landmark case us supreme court case 4 giving rise to miranda rights . contents 1 practice areas 2 history 2.1 notable alumni 3 recognition and rankings 4 locations 5 references 6 external links practice areas edit the firm represents clients across a range of practice areas managed through primary practice groups for litigation intellectual property business transactions gaming law and regulatory and government relations . 5 the firm s largest practice group litigation 6 includes lawyers in areas including religious institutions insurance labor and employment law ip litigation product liability appellate and real estate litigation . attorneys handle commercial disputes before state and federal trial and appellate courts and administrative tribunals . many attorneys in the firm s second largest practice group intellectual property have science and engineering backgrounds . 7 the group handles cases of ip procurement enforcement and defense including ip licensing ip strategy prosecution and litigation for patents trademarks copyrights and trade secrets and internet law and domain disputes . the business transactions practice group includes real estate and construction corporate services company formation mergers and acquisitions insurance health care services financial services land development and negotiating transactions . 8 the gaming practice group supports casino operators suppliers state and local governments communities businesses non profit organizations tribal governments and others in addressing casino gaming law including native american and riverboat casinos racinos interactive and mobile gaming poker and interstate horse racing . 9 lewis roca rothgerber christie has government relations practices in arizona colorado and nevada 10 focusing on public policy . specialty practices include unmanned aerial vehicle and 3d printing law . 11 history edit the firm was founded in phoenix as lewis and roca 12 by orme lewis and paul roca in 1950 with clients in arizona and the southwest . the firm grew to 180 lawyers with offices in phoenix tucson las vegas reno albuquerque and silicon valley and practices within litigation real estate and business transactions natural resources gaming intellectual property and bankruptcy . in 2013 the firm merged with denver based rothgerber johnson & lyons 13 which operated in the rocky mountain region since 1903 with 75 lawyers and offices in denver colorado springs and casper and practice areas in litigation real estate banking insurance energy infrastructure and religious institutions . the merged firm was renamed lewis roca rothgerber llp . on january 1 2016 lewis roca rothgerber combined with christie parker & hale 14 a los angeles based intellectual property firm to become lewis roca rothgerber christie llp . founded in 1954 by james christie robert parker and russell hale cph had included about 40 attorneys in los angeles in orange county clarification needed and had handled patent work for spaceshipone 15 the first privately funded human space flight among other clients . notable alumni edit notable alumni of the firm include former wyoming governor and ambassador to ireland mike sullivan ; former arizona governor and secretary of the u.s. department of homeland security janet napolitano ; and james lyons who was special advisor to the president and secretary of state for economic initiatives in ireland and northern ireland . citation needed phoenix lawyers john p. frank and john j. flynn of lewis and roca and others represented ernesto miranda on a pro bono basis which led to the landmark miranda v. arizona decision on june 13 1966 in which the u.s. supreme court declared the specific rights set of for criminal defendants . 3 the miranda warning is the formal warning that is now required to be given by police in the united states to criminal suspects in police custody or in a custodial situation before they are interrogated in accordance with the miranda ruling . recognition and rankings edit lewis roca rothgerber christie attorneys were included in the 2016 best law firms rankings by u.s. news & world report . 16 locations edit phoenix arizona tucson arizona los angeles california orange county california silicon valley california denver colorado colorado springs colorado las vegas nevada reno nevada albuquerque new mexico references edit lewis and roca the american lawyer . www.americanlawyer.com . retrieved 2016 01 29 . top five law firms in arizona . phoenix business journal . january 19 2016 . a b eight kaet arizona stories . www.azpbs.org . retrieved 2016 01 29 . the supreme court . expanding civil rights . landmark cases . miranda v. arizona 1966 pbs . www.pbs.org . retrieved 2016 01 29 . organizational profile of lewis roca . the national law review . issn 2161 3362 . retrieved 11 may 2016 . litigation lewis roca rothgerber christie llp . www.lrrc.com . retrieved 2016 01 29 . intellectual property lewis roca rothgerber christie llp . www.lrrc.com . retrieved 2016 01 29 . financial services & regulatory compliance lewis roca rothgerber christie llp . www.lrrc.com . retrieved 2016 01 29 . gaming lewis roca rothgerber christie llp . www.lrrc.com . retrieved 2016 01 29 . government relations lewis roca rothgerber christie llp . www.lrrc.com . retrieved 2016 01 29 . lewis roca rothgerber christie launches 3d printing practice . firm overview lewis roca rothgerber christie llp . www.lrrc.com . retrieved 2016 01 29 . journal aba . lewis and roca to merge with rothgerber ; combined firm will have about 250 lawyers . aba journal . retrieved 2016 01 29 . new year new name lewis roca rothgerber merges in socal . www.law.com . retrieved 2016 01 29 . christie parker & hale obtains an important patent for a burt rutan engineered hybrid rocket system business wire . www.businesswire.com . retrieved 2016 01 29 . lewis roca rothgerber named to 2016 best law firms list . streetinsider.com . retrieved 2016 01 29 . external links edit lewis roca rothgerber homepage chambers usa profile profile from lexisnexis martindale hubbell organizational profile from the national law review retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lewis roca rothgerber christie & oldid 738688168 categories law firms established in 1950law firms based in phoenix arizonahidden categories wikipedia articles needing clarification from september 2016all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2016 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 changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 13 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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