navigation search skadden arps slate meagher & flom llp and affiliates headquarters cond nast building new york city united states 1 no . of offices 23 no . of attorneys 1 886 2 no . of employees 4 500 estimate major practice areas mergers and acquisitions litigation and arbitration corporate finance corporate restructuring securities law banking project finance energy and infrastructure antitrust tax and intellectual property among others 3 key people eric j. friedman 4 executive partner earle yaffa 5 managing director revenue us 2.17 billion 2011 6 date founded april 1 1948 founder marshall skadden john slate and les arps company type limited liability partnership website www.skadden.com skadden arps slate meagher & flom llp and affiliates often shortened to skadden arps ; skadden ; or sasm & f founded in 1948 is an international law firm based in new york city . with nearly 2 000 attorneys it is one of the highest grossing law firms in the world . 7 it is consistently ranked as one of the most prestigious law firms in the united states on vault.com . 8 forbes magazine called skadden wall street s most powerful law firm and the firm has been named as america s best corporate law firm every year since 2001 . 9 10 contents 1 timeline 2 locations 3 key people 4 rankings 5 other work 5.1 skadden fellowship foundation 5.2 political contributions 6 notable alumni 7 references 8 further reading 9 external links timeline edit 1948 the firm was founded in new york by marshall skadden john slate and les arps . 1954 peter mullen became a partner . 1959 william meagher joined the firm . elizabeth head the firm s first female attorney was hired . 1961 the firm s name became skadden arps slate meagher & flom . 1973 the firm opened its boston office the firm s second . 1981 peggy l. kerr became the first female partner . 11 1985 skadden became one of the u.s. s three largest law firms . 1987 the firm opened its first international office in tokyo . 1988 the firm founded the skadden fellowship foundation . 2000 new york city headquarters moved to 4 times square also called the cond nast building . 2011 joseph flom the last living name partner dies . 12 locations edit as of july 2016 update skadden has 22 offices worldwide . 13 key people edit as of february 2011 update there are 432 partners at skadden . 14 as of 2015 there are 326 us partners . 15 unlike some firms that have introduced two tier partnerships with equity and non equity partners skadden maintains a one tier partnership in which all partners are equity partners and share ownership of the firm . 16 among the more notable partners and counsel are greg craig former white house counsel to president barack obama heads the firm s global policy and litigation strategy group . bruce buck chairman of chelsea football club partner in charge of firm s european offices . 17 stephen c. robinson former federal district court judge sitting in the united states district court for the southern district of new york and former united states attorney for the district of connecticut . 18 patrick fitzgerald former united states attorney for the northern district of illinois who was as special counsel for the u.s. department of justice office of special counsel the federal prosecutor in charge of the investigation of the valerie plame affair . 19 fred t. goldberg jr. commissioner of internal revenue from 1989 92 assistant secretary for tax policy in the united states department of the treasury in 1992 . 20 cyrus amir mokri former assistant secretary of the treasury for financial institutions of the u.s. treasury department . 21 rankings edit skadden s world headquarters in the cond nast building in 2014 skadden was the fourth largest law firm in the u.s. by revenue ; 22 in 2010 it was the second largest in the world by revenue . 7 23 skadden had about 1 886 2 attorneys in 23 offices in 2011 . 24 the total number of employees at the firm is nearly 4 200 . measured by the number of attorneys skadden is the second largest law firm in the state of new york the sixth largest in the united states . 2 in 2010 the national law journal ranked skadden 4th in its list of the 250 largest law firms in the united states . citation needed in 1995 forbes s largest private companies ranked skadden as 335th 25 on the list of the largest private u.s. companies by revenue . by 2003 skadden had risen to 194th 26 before falling back to 213th 27 in 2010 . according to a branche internal survey by vault.com in 2015 skadden is the third most prestigious law firm to work for in the united states 28 and according to the advisory firm fti consulting skadden has been named as the america s best corporate law firm in 2013 a position held since 2001 . 9 other work edit skadden fellowship foundation edit through the skadden fellowship foundation the firm sponsors law school graduates who wish to practice public interest law . the foundation was established in 1988 at the time of the firm s 40th anniversary . the los angeles times has called the program a legal peace corps . 29 fellows work with a sponsoring organization in the field of providing legal services to the poor the elderly the homeless the disabled and the disenfranchised . skadden pays fellows a salary of 46 000 as of 2012 plus all fringe benefits the sponsoring organization offers its employees . as of 2012 the firm has awarded 761 fellowships . 29 political contributions edit skadden partners and employees tend to support and contribute more to democratic political candidates than to republicans . 30 prominent lawyers at the firm endorsed and financially supported john kerry in his campaign to become president of the united states in 2004 . 31 32 in the run up to super tuesday 2008 skadden hosted a phone bank in support of barack obama s 2008 presidential campaign . 33 34 according to the center for responsive politics skadden was one of the top law firms contributing to federal candidates during the 2012 election cycle donating 1.98 million 76 % to democrats . 35 by comparison during that same period akin gump strauss hauer & feld donated 2.56 66 % to democrats 35 while oil conglomerate exxonmobil donated 2.66 million 88 % to republicans . 36 since 1990 skadden has contributed 11.93 million to federal campaigns and spent 2.2 million on lobbying since 2000 . 37 notable alumni edit in addition to numerous professors and partners both at skadden and other firms some of the more notable former skadden attorneys include preeta d. bansal former general counsel for the federal office of management and budget ; former solicitor general of the state of new york amelia boone obstacle racer 2012 spartan race world champion and three time world s toughest mudder champion george b. daniels judge united states district court for the southern district of new york 2000 mark filip former acting attorney general and deputy attorney general of the united states ; former judge united states district court for the northern district of illinois greg giraldo international comedian irving s. shapiro former ceo dupont eliot spitzer former governor of new york 38 and his ex wife silda wall spitzer 39 leo strine chief justice of the delaware supreme court 2014 present ; previously chancellor 2011 2014 and vice chancellor 1998 2011 of the delaware court of chancery laura ingraham conservative talk radio host chad s. johnson former president of the stonewall democrats faryar shirzad managing director and global head of government affairs at goldman sachs keith gottfried general counsel for the u.s. department of housing and urban development 2005 john feerick former dean of fordham university school of law robert del tufo former new jersey attorney general douglas rediker u.s. alternate executive director international monetary fund 2010 mary l. smith current official united states department of justice civil division ; former nominee assistant attorney general united states department of justice tax division robert w. sweet judge united states district court for the southern district of new york 1978 senior status 1991 william h. timbers former judge united states court of appeals for the second circuit 1971 1981 senior status 1981 1994 ; chief judge 1964 1971 judge 1960 1971 united states district court for the district of connecticut richard albert comparative constitutional law professor harold m. williams former securities and exchange commission chair 1977 1981 chip flowers first african american elected official in delaware state treasurer & co chair national democratic state treasurers 2010 2014 40 references edit skadden arps slate meagher & flom llp . lawyer.com . retrieved november 20 2015 . a b c ilrg largest 250 law firms in the us . ilrg.com . retrieved 2011 12 03 . practices skadden arps . skadden.com . retrieved 2014 02 08 . eric j. friedman skadden . skadden.com . earle yaffa skadden . skadden.com . skadden cleary simpson and davis polk see revenues rise in 2011 . law.com . retrieved 2012 03 19 . a b the am law global 100 from the american lawyer 2011 free registration required vault law 100 . vault.com . retrieved 2016 09 05 . a b america s top corporate law firms for 2013 . fti consulting . 2013 05 14 . retrieved 2014 02 08 . fisher daniel . wall street s most powerful law firm . forbes . retrieved 2014 02 08 . for women lawyers an uphill struggle . new york times magazine . march 6 1988 . joseph h. flom pioneering lawyer in mergers and acquisitions dies at 87 . new york times . february 23 2011 . offices . skadden . retrieved 2016 07 21 . skadden attorneys archived february 3 2007 at the wayback machine . skadden . chambers partners . retrieved 27 july 2015 . how skadden does it andrew longstreth the american lawyer may 2006 professionals skadden arps . skadden.com . retrieved 2014 02 08 . professionals skadden arps . skadden.com . retrieved 2015 05 01 . professionals skadden arps . skadden.com . retrieved 2015 05 01 . professionals skadden arps . skadden.com . retrieved 2015 11 16 . professionals skadden arps . skadden.com . retrieved 2015 10 30 . jones ashby 27 april 2015 . latham & watkins tops the amlaw 100 for the first time . wsj law blog . retrieved 9 september 2015 . the global 100 2010 the world s highest grossing law firms . the american lawyer . incisive media us properties llc . retrieved 2012 02 03 . offices skadden arps . skadden.com . retrieved 2011 12 04 . forbes largest private companies 1996 archived december 10 2008 at the wayback machine . forbes largest private companies 2003 archived december 11 2008 at the wayback machine . 213 skadden arps . forbes . november 3 2010 . vault law 100 . vault.com . retrieved 2014 06 23 . a b skadden fellowship foundation about the foundation archived october 10 2006 at the wayback machine . fundrace 2008 campaign donations huffington post the new fat cats from business week online april 12 2004 business leaders for kerry from st. petersburg times august 5 2004 barack obama change we can believe in event times square phone bank . my.barackobama.com . 2013 01 01 . retrieved 2014 02 08 . barack obama change we can believe in event times square phone bank last push . newyork.barackobama.com . 2013 01 01 . retrieved 2014 02 08 . a b lawyers & lobbyists top contributors to federal candidates parties and outside groups . opensecrets.org . center for responsive politics . energy natural resources top contributors to federal candidates parties and outside groups . opensecrets.org . center for responsive