DLA Piper#Piper Rudnick and American predecessor firms

DLA Piper's origins can be traced back to four law firms: Dibb Lupton Broomhead, Alsop Stevens, Piper & Marbury, and Rudnick & Wolfe.{{cite web |url= http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/64443/LUPTON,%20CHARLES%20ROGER |title=CWGC – Casualty Details: Lupton, Charles Roger |work=Commonwealth War Graves Commission |year=2013 |access-date=9 July 2013}}{{cite book|last1=Ravetz|first1=Alison|title=Model Estate (Routledge Revivals): Planned Housing at Quarry Hill, Leeds|date=13 September 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YeLaAAAAQBAJ&q=Ravetz++Alison++sir+charles+Lupton&pg=PT127|publisher=Routledge, 13 Sep. 2013 - Architecture|isbn=9781135007102|access-date=17 October 2017|quote=...the Lupton family (more particularly, probably, Sir Charles Lupton, Lord Mayor in 1915)...}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rollonfriday.com/InsideInfo/CityFirms/tabid/68/Id/29/Default.aspx |title=UK City Firms : DLA Piper (London) |work=rollonfriday.com |year=2013 |access-date=9 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729121335/http://rollonfriday.com/InsideInfo/CityFirms/tabid/68/id/29/Default.aspx |archive-date=29 July 2013 |df=dmy }} Dibb Lupton Broomhead was a UK law firm that was formed in 1988 after the merger of Dibb Lupton and Broomhead & Neals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/yorkshire-lawyer-sir-nigel-knowles-took-on-the-world-and-won-5f6c2hfb088|title=Yorkshire lawyer Sir Nigel Knowles took on the world and won|website=The Times UK|date=8 July 2009 |access-date=2023-06-26}} In 1996, the firm merged with the Liverpool-based law firm, Alsop Wilkinson, and became Dibb Lupton Alsop (DLA).{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelawyer.com/issues/7-october-1996/dibb-lupton-alsop-gets-seal-of-approval/|title=Dibb Lupton Alsop gets seal of approval|website=TheLawyer.com|date=8 October 1996 |access-date=2023-06-26}} Meanwhile, in the United States, Piper & Marbury was founded in Baltimore, Maryland, and merged with Chicago-based Rudnick & Wolfe in 1999 to form Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe.{{Cite news |last1= |first1= |date=November 1999 |title=2 Big U.S. Law Firms Announce Merger |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/01/business/2-big-us-law-firms-announce-merger.html |access-date=2023-06-26 |work=The New York Times}}

DLA Piper was formed in 2005 after a merger between DLA, Piper Rudnick, and Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich.{{cite news|url=http://www.thelawyer.com/nigel-knowles-tours-uk-to-drum-up-support-for-%E2%80%98dla-piper-rudnick%E2%80%99/111296.article|title=Nigel Knowles tours UK to drum up support for 'DLA Piper Rudnick'|access-date=3 July 2012|work=The Lawyer|date=26 July 2004}}{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/node/3485153|title=The bigger the better? The merger between DLA and Piper Rudnick creates a new global giant|access-date=19 July 2012|newspaper=The Economist|date=9 December 2004}} The merger created one of the largest law firms in the world at the time and the largest firm in the UK.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2004/12/06/piper-rudnick-to-merge-with-big-british-firm/5d525be5-e238-42c9-bf1e-61c8ace4ca6e/|title=Piper Rudnick to Merge With Big British Firm|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2023-06-26}} In 2006 the firm's name was shortened from DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP to DLA Piper.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2006/09/04/daily12.html|title=Law firm shortens name to DLA Piper|website=BizJournals.com|access-date=2023-06-26}} In 2005, DLA Piper launched New Perimeter, an international pro bono initiative that provides legal assistance in underserved regions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelawyermag.com/au/news/general/dla-piper-taps-partner-counsel-to-spearhead-international-pro-bono-initiative/323205|title=DLA Piper taps partner, counsel to spearhead international pro bono initiative|website=TheLawyerMag.zom|access-date=2023-06-26}}

Throughout this period, the firm continued to open offices in Mexico City and São Paulo, as well as expanding its presence in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.{{cite news|url=http://www.thelawyer.com/dla-piper-launches-in-mexico-city-with-thompson-and-knight-team/1011396.article|title=DLA Piper launches in Mexico City with Thompson & Knight team|access-date=3 July 2012|work=The Lawyer|date=14 February 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thelawyer.com/dla-restructuring-to-dramatically-scale-back-gulf-presence/1002873.article|title=DLA restructuring to dramatically scale back Gulf presence |access-date=2 July 2012|work=The Lawyer|date=7 December 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thelawyer.com/dla-piper-looks-to-bucharest-for-full-cee-coverage/128600.article|title=DLA Piper looks to Bucharest for full CEE coverage|access-date=3 July 2012|work=The Lawyer|date=17 September 2007}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thelawyer.com/dla-piper-sets-150-lawyer-target-for-germany-offices/127947.article|title=DLA Piper sets 150-lawyer target for Germany offices|access-date=3 July 2012|work=The Lawyer|date=20 August 2007}} The firm also grew in the Australasian region through a series of mergers and acquisitions, including an exclusive alliance with Australian firm Phillips Fox in 2006.{{Cite web|title = Phillips Fox Global Alliance Official|url = http://practicesource.com/phillips-fox-global-alliance-official/|website = Practice Source|accessdate = 2015-10-21|language = en}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thelawyer.com/dla-piper-finalises-aussie-alliance/119787.article|title=DLA Piper finalises Aussie alliance|access-date=2 July 2012|work=The Lawyer|date=4 May 2006}} Also in 2006, DLA Piper expanded its Middle Eastern presence by opening an outpost in Doha, Qatar,{{Cite web|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/74197/leaps-bounds-notable-firm-news-|title=Leaps & Bounds: Notable Firm News|website=Law360|access-date=2023-06-26}} later opening an office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://wam.ae/en/details/1395228169338|title=Legal Giant DLA Piper opens permanent office in UAE|website=Emirates News Agency|date=13 August 2008 |access-date=2023-06-26}}

In 2008, DLA Piper opened an office in Kuwait as a joint venture with Kuwaiti law firm Al Wagayan, Al Awadhi & Al Saif to provide legal services to international and local clients operating under the DLA Piper Kuwait moniker.{{Cite web|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/72431/leaps-bounds-this-week-s-major-lateral-hires|title=Leaps & Bounds: This Week's Major Lateral Hires|website=Law360|access-date=2023-06-26}}

In the US, the firm expanded into markets such as Houston, Texas, where it opened a practice focused on energy law in 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/62466/energy-practice-dla-piper|title=Energy Practice: DLA Piper|website=Law360|access-date=2023-06-26}}

In 2010, DLA Piper entered into an cooperative agreement with Brazilian firm Campos Mello Advogados, located in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.{{Cite web|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/152678/dla-piper-joins-forces-with-brazilian-firm|title=DLA Piper Joins Forces With Brazilian Firm|website=Law360|access-date=2023-06-26}}

In 2011, DLA Phillips Fox (Australia) integrated with DLA Piper to become DLA Piper Australia.{{Cite web|title = DLA Piper and DLA Phillips Fox to fully integrate|url = http://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/the-new-lawyer/law-firms/13641-dla-piper-and-dla-phillips-fox-to-fully-integrate|website = lawyersweekly.com.au| date=March 2011 |accessdate = 2015-10-21}} DLA Phillips Fox (New Zealand) followed suit, becoming become DLA Piper New Zealand in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelawyermag.com/au/news/general/dla-piper-makes-new-zealand-debut/197919|title=DLA Piper makes New Zealand debut|website=The Lawyer Mag|access-date=2023-06-26}}

By February 2012, DLA became the largest firm in the world by headcount with over 4,000 attorneys,{{Cite web|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/308205/dla-piper-tops-the-list-of-megafirms|title=DLA Piper Tops The List Of Megafirms|website=Law360|access-date=2023-06-23}} and opened an office in Paris through a partnership with Frieh Bouhenic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/383730/no-big-us-firm-mergers-on-the-horizon-experts-say|title=No Big US Firm Mergers On The Horizon, Experts Say|website=Law360|access-date=2023-06-26}}

In 2013-2014, the firm expanded to Seoul, Indonesia, Namibia, Algeria and Mexico City.{{Cite web|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/563819/global-20-dla-piper|title=Global 20: DLA Piper|website=Law360|access-date=2023-06-26}}{{cite web|url=http://news.dlapiper.com/Press-Releases/DLA-Piper-opens-Korea-office-572.aspx|title=News - DLA Piper Global Law Firm|website=DLA Piper|access-date=8 April 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.com/international-edition/2016/08/17/dla-piper-calls-time-on-indonesia-alliance/|title=DLA Piper calls time on Indonesia alliance|website=Law.com|access-date=2023-06-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.globallegalpost.com/news/dla-adds-three-member-firms-in-africa-98701073|title=DLA adds three member firms in Africa|website=The Global Legal Post|access-date=2023-06-26}}

In 2014, it named Simon Levine managing partner, Global co-Chair and Global co-CEO.{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.com/international-edition/2021/02/08/dla-piper-extends-managing-partner-term-due-to-covid-19-uncertainty/|title=DLA Piper Extends Managing Partner Term Due to COVID-19 Uncertainty|website=Law.com|access-date=2023-06-26}} His term was extended through 2024 to align with the appointment of Frank Ryan as Americas Chair, Global co-Chair and Global co-CEO in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/dla-pipers-new-chair-wants-his-giant-firm-to-get-even-bigger|title=DLA Piper's New Chair Wants His Giant Firm to Get Even Bigger|website=Bloomberg Law|access-date=2023-06-26}}

In 2016, DLA Piper opened an office in San Juan, Puerto Rico.{{Cite web|url=https://thelatinamericanlawyer.com/dla-piper-launches-in-puerto-rico/|title=DLA Piper launches in Puerto Rico|website=The Latin American Lawyer|date=19 July 2016 |access-date=2023-06-26}} The Portuguese firm ABBC{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.com/international-edition/2017/03/07/dla-piper-combines-with-portuguese-ally-abbc/|title=DLA Piper combines with Portuguese alliance firm|website=Law.com|access-date=2023-06-26}} and the Danish firm LETT joined DLA Piper in March 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.com/international-edition/2017/03/31/dla-continues-nordic-growth-via-tie-up-with-150-lawyer-denmark-firm/|title=DLA Piper continues Nordic growth via tie-up with 150-lawyer Denmark firm|website=Law.com|access-date=2023-06-26}} In 2019, DLA Piper opened its Dublin office.{{Cite web |date=15 May 2019 |title=DLA Piper Officially Opens Dublin Office |url=https://businessplus.ie/jobs/dla-piper-officially-opens-dublin-office/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=BusinessPlus.ie}} In 2023, DLA Piper entered into the digital space and launched TOKO, a blockchain-based tokenisation platform with its Aldersgate Digital Ledger Solutions (DLS) group.{{Cite web |last=artificiallawyer |date=2020-11-06 |title=DLA Piper Launches TOKO Tokenisation Engine |url=https://www.artificiallawyer.com/2020/11/06/dla-piper-launches-toko-tokenisation-engine/ |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=Artificial Lawyer |language=en-GB}}

In 2021, DLA Piper was the third largest law firm in the United States by revenue.{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Ashby |date=27 April 2015 |title=Latham & Watkins Tops the AmLaw 100 For the First Time |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/04/27/latham-watkins-tops-the-amlaw-100-for-the-first-time/ |access-date=9 September 2015 |work=WSJ Law Blog}}

DLA Piper has 80 offices in more than 40 countries across the Americas, Asia Pacific, Australasia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.http://www.dlapiper.com/files/Publication/298c657a-beef-4bb1-9726-f98745ea1c86/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/12d97ceb-3e2d-4044-b538-16a084843bbd/Key_Facts_Document_.pdf{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

DLA Piper employees were the twelfth-largest donor to President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.{{cite web|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/contrib.php?cycle=2012&id=N00009638|title=Top Contributors|work=OpenSecrets}} According to OpenSecrets, DLA Piper employees donated $2.19 million to federal candidates during the 2012 election cycle, 73% to Democrats.{{cite web|title=Lawyers & Lobbyists: Top Contributors to Federal Candidates, Parties, and Outside Groups|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?ind=K&Bkdn=DemRep&cycle=2012|website=OpenSecrets}} By comparison, during that same period Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld employees donated $2.56 million, 66% to Democrats, while oil conglomerate ExxonMobil employees donated $2.66 million, 88% to Republicans.{{cite web|title=Energy/Natural Resources: Top Contributors to Federal Candidates, Parties, and Outside Groups|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?ind=E&Bkdn=DemRep&cycle=2012|website=OpenSecrets }} Since 1990, DLA Piper has contributed $16.97 million to federal campaigns, and spent over $1 million on lobbying since 2002.{{cite web|title=Organizations: DLA Piper|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000021569&cycle=A|website=OpenSecrets }}

In 2010, DLA Piper represented Paul Ceglia in his claim that he hired Mark Zuckerberg to create a website that became Facebook and that under the agreement, Ceglia was entitled to ownership of 84 percent of Facebook, then worth multiple billions of dollars.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/18/technology/18facebook.html?pagewanted=all|title=Abrupt Turn as Facebook Battles Suit|access-date=20 October 2014|work=The New York Times|date=17 April 2011}} Zuckerberg and Facebook responded that Ceglia had hired Zuckerberg to work on an unrelated site, but Ceglia had fraudulently altered that contract to make it appear to cover Facebook. A DLA Piper attorney told the Wall Street Journal that although he had not seen the original document, he had "absolutely 100% confidence that [Mr. Ceglia's] agreement is authentic."{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748703385404576258660250753064|title=Fight Over Facebook Origins Escalates|access-date=21 October 2014|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=13 April 2011}} Ceglia's document was later found to be fraudulent, and in 2014, Facebook and Zuckerberg sued DLA Piper and others, claiming Ceglia's lawyers "knew or should have known that the [initial] lawsuit was a fraud."{{cite news|url=http://recode.net/2014/10/20/facebook-sues-lawyers-of-discredited-co-founder-paul-ceglia/|title=Facebook Sues Lawyers of Discredited "Co-Founder" Paul Ceglia |access-date=21 October 2014|work=re/code|date=20 October 2014}} The suit was later dismissed.{{cite news |last=Flaherty |first=Scott |date=2015-12-29 |title=New York Court Nixes Facebook Suit Against DLA Piper, Milberg|url=http://www.americanlawyer.com/id=1202745932454/New-York-Court-Nixes-Facebook-Suit-Against-DLA-Piper-Milberg |newspaper=American Lawyer |access-date=2016-01-11}}{{cite news |date=2015-12-29 |title=Business roundup: DuPont to cut 1,700 jobs in Delaware |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/dupont-will-cut-28-percent-of-its-workforce-in-delaware/2015/12/29/f64bcfda-ae37-11e5-b711-1998289ffcea_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2016-01-11}}

In June 2020, Squire Patton Boggs filed Ferrellgas Partners LP et al. v. DLA Piper LLP US in Kansas,[https://www.law360.com/articles/1283756/dla-piper-accused-of-double-crossing-propane-client "DLA Piper Accused of Double-Crossing Propane Client, by Morgan Conley] Law360 June 17, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2021. on behalf of former firm client Ferrellgas, for a breach of fiduciary duty.[https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/wake-up-call-errant-e-mail-gets-dla-piper-accused-of-double-dealing "Wake Up Call: DLA Piper Accused of 'Double-Dealing'"] by Rick Mitchell, Bloomberg Law, June 18, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2021.[https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2020/06/17/suit-against-dla-piper-says-firms-mistaken-email-revealed-double-dealing/ "Suit Against DLA Piper Says Firm's Mistaken Email Revealed 'Double Dealing'"] by Dylan Jackson, American Lawyer, June 17, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2021.

• José María Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain, has been senior adviser to DLA Piper's Global Board since 2013{{cite news |last=Benoit |first=Angeline |date=2013-05-24 |title=DLA Piper Hires Former Spain PM Jose Maria Aznar as Adviser |newspaper=Bloomberg }}{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Tom |date=2015-06-03 |title=DLA builds LatAm presence with Colombia pact as firm hopes to leverage Spanish relationships |url=http://www.legalbusiness.co.uk/index.php/lb-blog-view/4243-dla-builds-latam-presence-with-colombia-pact-as-firm-hopes-to-build-on-spanish-relationships |newspaper=Legal Business |access-date=2015-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120225353/http://www.legalbusiness.co.uk/index.php/lb-blog-view/4243-dla-builds-latam-presence-with-colombia-pact-as-firm-hopes-to-build-on-spanish-relationships |archive-date=20 January 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
• James Blanchard, former Governor of Michigan and former U.S. Ambassador to Canada, has been partner since 1996{{cite news |last=Kozlowski |first=Kim |date=2015-09-10 |title=Blanchard gives MSU $1M for public service program |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/09/10/michigan-state-university-gift-blanchard/72001498/ |newspaper=The Detroit News |access-date=2015-12-15}}
• Michael Castle, former Governor of Delaware, has been a partner at DLA Piper since 2011.{{cite news|url=http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2011/05/churn5311.html|title=The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200|access-date=19 July 2012|work=The AmLaw Daily|date=3 May 2011}}
• Saxby Chambliss, former US Senator, has been partner since 2015{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Megan |date=2015-01-08 |title=Ex-senator Chambliss heads to DLA Piper |url=https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/228887-chambliss-heads-to-dla-piper/ |newspaper=The Hill |access-date=2015-12-15}}
• Bart Chilton, former US Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner, was senior policy adviser from 2014 to 2017{{cite news |last=Gershman |first=Jacob |date=2014-04-14 |title=Ex-CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton to Join DLA Piper as Policy Adviser |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/04/14/ex-cftc-commissioner-bart-chilton-to-join-dla-piper-as-policy-adviser/ |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=2015-12-15}}{{cite news |date=2017-01-10 |title=Former CFTC Commissioner Chilton Leaves DLA Piper |url=http://www.profit-loss.com/articles/news/people/former-cftc-commissioner-chilton-leaves-dla-piper |newspaper=Profit & Loss |access-date=2017-06-07}}
• Timothy Clement-Jones, Baron Clement-Jones, Liberal Democrat Peer and former spokesman for the Creative Industries in the House of Lords
• Sir Nigel Knowles was managing partner from 1996 to 2015 and global co-chairman from 2015 to 2016.{{cite news |last=Hays |first=Kali |date=2016-03-03 |title=DLA Madrid Partner Gets Global Role Left By Long-Time Chair |url=http://www.law360.com/articles/766795/dla-madrid-partner-gets-global-role-left-by-long-time-chair |newspaper=Law360 |access-date=2016-04-22}}
• Simon Levine was Managing Partner and Global Co-CEO from 2015 to November 2024. He now leads DLA Piper's innovation and strategic transformation programme in a new role as Strategic Innovation Partner.{{cite news |last=DLA |first=Piper |date=2024-02-23 |title=DLA Piper elects Charles Severs as Global Co-CEO from 2025 |url=https://www.dlapiper.com/en/news/2024/02/dla-piper-elects-charles-severs-as-managing-partner-from-2025}}
• Ray LaHood, former secretary of the Department of Transportation, has been senior policy adviser since 2014{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Jennifer |date=2014-01-22 |title=Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Heads to DLA Piper |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/01/22/former-transportation-secretary-ray-lahood-heads-to-dla-piper/ |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=2015-12-15}}
• Former US Senator George Mitchell was DLA Piper's chairman between 2003 and 2009{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/12/04/dla-piper-the-firm-behind-the-mitchell-report/|title=DLA Piper: The Firm Behind the Mitchell Report|access-date=25 October 2010|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=4 December 2007}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/22/AR2009112202106.html|title=Palestinians looking to American-style housing developments, financing|access-date=25 October 2010|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=23 November 2009|first=Howard|last=Schneider}} As of 2012, he is chairman emeritus.{{cite news |last=Strahler |first=Steven |date=2012-05-19 |title=At DLA Piper, a global portfolio |url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20120519/ISSUE01/305199978/at-dla-piper-a-global-portfolio |newspaper=Crain's Chicago Business |access-date=2015-12-15}}

• Dick Armey, former U.S. Representative from Texas's {{ushr|Texas|26|26th congressional district}} (1985–2003) and House Majority Leader (1995–2003)
• Rudi M. Brewster, former judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
• Peter Bynoe, attorney and businessman who co-owned the Denver Nuggets
• Tom Daschle, former US Senator and US Senate Majority Leader; policy adviser at DLA Piper, from December 2009{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tom-daschle/gIQAoBBd9O_topic.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214023507/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tom-daschle/gIQAoBBd9O_topic.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 December 2012|title=Tom Daschle|access-date=3 July 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post}} to October 2014.{{cite news |last=Vanden Dolder |first=Tess |date=2014-10-28 |title=K Street: Tom Daschle Leaves DLA Piper to Start His Own Policy Advisory Group |url=http://dcinno.streetwise.co/all-series/k-street-tom-daschle-leaves-dla-piper-to-start-his-own-policy-advisory-group/ |newspaper=DC Inno |access-date=2015-12-15}}
• Steven J. Davis, earth system scientist at the University of California, Irvine
• Douglas Emhoff, former Second Gentleman of the United States and spouse of former Vice President Kamala Harris
• Jared Genser, international human rights attorney
• Miriam González Durántez, partner at DLA Piper, from 2006 to 2011; spouse of former deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom, Nick Clegg{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lib-dem-first-lady-miriam-gonzalez-durantez-lands-job-at-us-firm-2376876.html|title=Lib Dem first lady Miriam Gonzalez Durantez lands job at US firm|access-date=19 July 2012|work=The Independent|date=28 October 2011|location=London}}
• A. B. Krongard, former executive director of the Central Intelligence Agency and former chairman and CEO of Alex. Brown & Sons
• Jonathan Lisle, British D.J.
• Mel Martinez, partner and lobbyist for DLA Piper, after retiring as a U.S. Senator from Florida, during 2009 to 2010;{{cite web|last=Snyder |first=Jim |url=https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/lobbying-hires/50858-ex-sen-martinez-to-join-dla-piper-as-partner/ |title=Ex-Sen. Martínez to join DLA Piper as partner |date=23 September 2009 |publisher=TheHill.com |access-date=2010-11-03}} Florida chairman for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co;Orlando Sentinel (2010). [https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2010/07/12/mel-martinez-to-be-fla-chairman-for-jpmorgan-chase/ Mel Martinez to be Fla. chairman for JPMorgan Chase]. Retrieved 9 September 2010.Florida Trend (2013). [http://www.floridatrend.com/article/15698/senator-mel-martinez-chats-with-florida-trend]. Retrieved 14 March 2018. co-chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center{{cite web|url=http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/projects/housing |title=Housing Commission | Bipartisan Policy Center |access-date=18 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031115517/http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/projects/housing |archive-date=31 October 2011 }} Bipartisan Policy Center's Housing Commission
• Harry Cummings McPherson Jr., author, attorney and policymaker who served as counsel and special counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson, from 1965 to 1969, and as his chief speechwriter, from 1966 to 1969
• Paul Victor Niemeyer, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and a former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
• Thomas C. Wheeler, judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims
• Helen Winkelmann, first female partner, and youngest ever partner in 1988, and current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

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Category:Foreign law firms with offices in the Netherlands

Category:Law firms established in 2005

Category:2005 establishments in the United Kingdom

Category:2005 establishments in the United States

Category:Law firms based in London

Category:Multinational law firms