Foley Hoag
Encyclopedia
Foley Hoag LLP is a law firm
based in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in Washington, DC; Paris; and Waltham, Massachusetts. The firm represents public and private clients in a wide range of disputes and transactions worldwide. Its lawyers have experience in industries such as life sciences and healthcare, technology, energy and renewables, investment management, and professional services. The firm also provides clients with international litigation and arbitration and corporate social responsibility services. In 2011, the Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms ranked Foley Hoag fifth on its national best places to work list.
The firm also has an international litigation and arbitration practice group which represents both corporations and foreign governments. In 2008, the firm successfully represented the government of Bolivia
in a challenge to the nationalization
of a telecom
company.
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...
based in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in Washington, DC; Paris; and Waltham, Massachusetts. The firm represents public and private clients in a wide range of disputes and transactions worldwide. Its lawyers have experience in industries such as life sciences and healthcare, technology, energy and renewables, investment management, and professional services. The firm also provides clients with international litigation and arbitration and corporate social responsibility services. In 2011, the Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms ranked Foley Hoag fifth on its national best places to work list.
History
The firm was founded in 1943 by Henry Foley and Garrett Hoag. In 1980, the partners created a grant program called the Foley Hoag Foundation, which seeks to improve race relations in Boston. The firm moved its main office to its current location at World Trade Center West in South Boston in 2002. In June 2011, the firm opened its first overseas office in Paris, with lawyers there focusing on representing companies and sovereign states in international arbitration and litigation matters.Practice areas
Foley Hoag has industry-focused practices in technology, clean tech, life sciences and healthcare, investment management and professional services.The firm also has an international litigation and arbitration practice group which represents both corporations and foreign governments. In 2008, the firm successfully represented the government of Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
in a challenge to the nationalization
Nationalization
Nationalisation, also spelled nationalization, is the process of taking an industry or assets into government ownership by a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to private assets, but may also mean assets owned by lower levels of government, such as municipalities, being...
of a telecom
Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
company.
Notable alumni
- Joseph LiuJoseph LiuJoseph P. Liu is a professor at Boston College Law School. He has published a number of papers and articles on the subjects of intellectual property law, law and the internet, and internet regulation.-Biography:...
-- professor of intellectual property at Boston College Law SchoolBoston College Law SchoolBoston College Law School is one of the six professional graduate schools at Boston College. Located approximately 1.5 miles from the main Boston College campus in Chestnut Hill, Boston College Law School is situated on a wooded campus in Newton, Massachusetts.With approximately 800 students and... - Hans F. LoeserHans F. LoeserHans F. Loeser was an American lawyer whose activism during the Vietnam War earned him the enmity of Richard Nixon....
-- retired senior partner, civil rights lawyer and Vietnam WarVietnam WarThe Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
opponent - Sandra Lea LynchSandra Lea LynchSandra Lea Lynch is the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She is the first woman to have served on that Court, and on June 16, 2008, became its first female chief judge.-Federal Judicial Service:...
-- judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the First CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Maine* District of Massachusetts... - Michael RustadMichael RustadMichael Rustad is a law professor at Suffolk University Law School, an author and television commentator.-Education and career:He received a BA from University of North Dakota, an MA from the University of Maryland, College Park, a Ph.D from Boston College, a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University...
-- professor of law at Suffolk University Law SchoolSuffolk University Law SchoolSuffolk University Law School, also known as Suffolk Law School or SULS, is one of the professional graduate schools of Suffolk University. Suffolk University Law School is a private, non-sectarian, law school located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Suffolk University Law School was founded in... - Paul TsongasPaul TsongasPaul Efthemios Tsongas was a United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1979 to 1985. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 1992 presidential election. He previously served as a U.S...
- former United States Senator from Massachusetts - Barry B. WhiteBarry B. WhiteBarry B. White is the current United States Ambassador to Norway. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 22, 2009 and was sworn in as Ambassador on October 21, 2009. In a confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 15, 2009, Ambassador White...
-- current United States Ambassador to NorwayUnited States Ambassador to NorwayPrior to 1905, Sweden and Norway were politically united. The United States Ambassador to Sweden thus was the US representative for Norway as well as Sweden. In 1905 Sweden and Norway peacefully separated and Norway became an independent constitutional monarchy. On November 14, 1905, the US State...
. - James Boyd WhiteJames Boyd WhiteJames Boyd White is an American law professor, literary critic, scholar and philosopher who is generally credited with founding the "Law and Literature" movement and is the preeminent proponent of the analysis of constitutive rhetoric in the analysis of legal texts.-Biography:White attended...
-- professor at University of Michigan Law SchoolUniversity of Michigan Law SchoolThe University of Michigan Law School is the law school of the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Founded in 1859, the school has an enrollment of about 1,200 students, most of whom are seeking Juris Doctor or Master of Laws degrees, although the school also offers a Doctor of Juridical...
Offices
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Paris, France
- Waltham, MassachusettsWaltham, MassachusettsWaltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, was an early center for the labor movement, and major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, the city was a prototype for 19th century industrial city planning,...
(houses the Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center, which serves small to midsize business in the Route 128 corridor) - 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....