Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a law firm
founded in Dallas
, Texas
, in 1945 by Robert Strauss
and Richard Gump
. The firm now numbers more than 800 attorneys and advisers in the United States
, Europe
, the Middle East
and Asia
. The firm has offices in Dallas, Washington, D.C.
, Austin
, San Antonio, Houston, New York
, Moscow
, Philadelphia, London
, Los Angeles
, San Francisco, Beijing
, Abu Dhabi
and Geneva
.
's "Appellate Hot List" of firms "with stellar records in appellate advocacy." Following comparable honors in 2008 and 2009, the firm was honored as "Law Firm of the Year" and for "Distressed Financing Deal of the Year" and "Consumer and Retail Products Deal of the Year" by The M&A Advisor at that publication's Middle-Market Financing Awards.
Yale Law Women, the largest student organization at Yale Law School
, named Akin Gump to its 2007 list of Top 10 Family Friendly Firms. The Minority Corporate Counsel Association presented Akin Gump with the 2007 Thomas L. Sager Award in recognition of the firm's commitment to diversity. (The firm won the award three times previously.) In 2010, for the fifth year in a row, Akin Gump received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign
's Corporate Equality Index
, which rates employers on their treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees, consumers and investors.
Law firm
A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other...
founded in Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, in 1945 by Robert Strauss
Robert Schwarz Strauss
Robert Schwarz Strauss is a figure in American politics and diplomacy. A Texas political figure, Strauss’s political service dates back to future president Lyndon Johnson’s first congressional campaign in 1937. By the 1950s, he was associated in Texas politics with the conservative faction of...
and Richard Gump
Richard Gump
Richard Gump was a Tulsa, Oklahoma-born attorney and former FBI Special Agent who founded the Dallas, Texas, law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in 1945 with fellow former FBI agent Robert Strauss. Gump's family relocated to Dallas in 1926. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in business...
. The firm now numbers more than 800 attorneys and advisers in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. The firm has offices in Dallas, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, Austin
Austin
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas.Austin may also refer to:-In the United States:*Austin, Arkansas*Austin, Colorado*Austin, Chicago, Illinois*Austin, Indiana*Austin, Minnesota*Austin, Nevada*Austin, Oregon...
, San Antonio, Houston, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Philadelphia, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, San Francisco, Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...
and Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
.
Recognition
Akin Gump's work has been recognized by leading legal media and rating publications and organizations. In 2010, the firm was ranked as one of the nation's top 20 corporate law firms by Corporate Board Member. In the same year—and for the third year in a row—Akin Gump was named to The National Law JournalThe National Law Journal
The National Law Journal, a U.S. periodical founded in 1978, reports legal information of national importance to attorneys, including federal circuit court decisions, verdicts, practitioners' columns, coverage of legislative issues and legal news for the business and private sectors.The...
's "Appellate Hot List" of firms "with stellar records in appellate advocacy." Following comparable honors in 2008 and 2009, the firm was honored as "Law Firm of the Year" and for "Distressed Financing Deal of the Year" and "Consumer and Retail Products Deal of the Year" by The M&A Advisor at that publication's Middle-Market Financing Awards.
Yale Law Women, the largest student organization at Yale Law School
Yale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
, named Akin Gump to its 2007 list of Top 10 Family Friendly Firms. The Minority Corporate Counsel Association presented Akin Gump with the 2007 Thomas L. Sager Award in recognition of the firm's commitment to diversity. (The firm won the award three times previously.) In 2010, for the fifth year in a row, Akin Gump received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign
Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign is the United States' largest LGBT advocacy group and lobbying organization; according to the HRC, it has more than one million members and supporters...
's Corporate Equality Index
Corporate Equality Index
The Corporate Equality Index is a report published by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation as a tool to rate American businesses on their treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees, consumers and investors. Its primary source of data are surveys but researchers cross-check...
, which rates employers on their treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees, consumers and investors.
Attorneys
- Eliot CutlerEliot CutlerEliot Cutler is an American lawyer and was an Independent candidate in Maine's 2010 gubernatorial race.Born and raised in Bangor, Maine, Cutler graduated from Harvard College and later earned a degree from Georgetown Law....
- Vernon Jordan Jr.Vernon Jordan Jr.Vernon Eulion Jordan, Jr. is a lawyer and business executive in the United States. He served as a close adviser to President Bill Clinton and has become known as an influential figure in American politics...
- Patricia MillettPatricia MillettPatricia Ann Millett is a Washington, D.C. attorney who has argued more cases before the United States Supreme Court than all but one other woman in private legal practice today. She currently co-heads the Supreme Court practice at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld...
- Robert S. Strauss
- Tommy ThompsonTommy ThompsonThomas George "Tommy" Thompson , a United States Republican politician, was the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin, after which he served as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Thompson was a candidate for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, but dropped out early after a poor performance in polls...