Dechert

The firm's first predecessor, MacVeagh & Bispham, was formed in 1875 by Wayne MacVeagh and George Tucker Bispham. MacVeagh previously served as ambassadors of the United States to Turkey, and Bispham authored the treatise "Principles of Equity", which was considered the definitive work on the subject at the time.{{Cite journal |jstor = 3307221|title = George Tucker Bispham|journal = The American Law Register |volume = 54|issue = 12|pages = 718–725|last1 = Draper Lewis|first1 = Wm|year = 1906}} MacVeagh went on to become United States attorney general under president James Garfield, and then ambassadors of the United States to Italy in 1893.{{Cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/macveagh-isaac-wayne|title=Isaac Wayne MacVeagh - People - Department History - Office of the Historian|website=history.state.gov}} Bispham went on to become a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1884.{{Cite journal|last=Lewis|first=Wm. Draper|date=1906|title=George Tucker Bispham|journal=The American Law Register|volume=54|issue=12|pages=718–725|jstor=3307221}}

Over the next few decades, MacVeagh & Bispham and its successor represented a number of banks, railroads, insurance companies, and coal companies.{{Cite web |title=Dechert {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/dechert |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}

MacVeagh & Bispham's successor merged with another Philadelphia law firm, Dechert, Smith & Clark, in 1942. After several more name changes, the firm was known as Dechert Price & Rhoads from 1962 to 2000. In 2000, the firm shortened its name to Dechert.{{Cite web | url=https://www.dechert.com/about/history.html | title=History}} By the early 2000s, the firm included about 700 lawyers in 12 worldwide offices.{{Cite journal |last=Aronson |first=Bruce |date=2007 |title=Elite Law Firm Mergers and Reputational Competition |url=https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1457&context=vjtl |journal=Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law}}

In 2011, Andrew J. Levander became chairman of the firm.{{Cite web |title=Dechert Announces New Firm Leadership |url=https://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2010/06/dechertleadership.html |access-date=2024-04-05}} At that time, Dechert had 747 lawyers and generated $671 million in annual revenue.{{Cite web |title=Dechert chair Levander to step down as firm revamps leadership |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/dechert-chair-levander-step-down-firm-revamps-leadership-2022-11-30/ |access-date=2024-04-05}}

In the 2018 AmLaw Global 200 survey, Dechert ranked as the 43rd highest-grossing law firm in the world.{{cite web| url = https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2018/10/22/the-global-200-ranked-by-revenue/| title = The Global 200, Ranked by Revenue {{!}} The American Lawyer}} In the same year, Dechert reached a settlement with two former payroll staffers over claims that it discriminated against certain staff members because of their sex and age.{{cite web|url= https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2018/03/20/dechert-settles-female-staffers-sex-discrimination-case/| title = Dechert Settles Female Staffers' Sex Discrimination Case |date=March 20, 2018|website=www.law.com}}{{cite web|url= https://www.law360.com/articles/1024261/dechert-settles-discrimination-suit-from-ex-payroll-staffers| title = Dechert Settles Female Staffers' Sex Discrimination Case |date=March 20, 2018|website=www.law360.com}}{{cite web|url= https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dechert-settles-female-staffers-apos-053412961.html| title = Dechert Settles Female Staffers' Sex Discrimination Case |date=March 20, 2018|website=finance.yahoo.com}} The two former payroll staffers at Dechert filed a complaint against the firm in 2017, claiming they experienced a culture of bias against older and female employees at the firm that led to their firing in 2016.{{cite web|url= https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dechert_settles_discrimination_suit_by_two_former_payroll_managers| title = Dechert settles discrimination suit by 2 former payroll managers |date=March 23, 2018|website=www.abajournal.com}}{{cite web|url= https://abovethelaw.com/2018/01/biglaw-firm-uses-technology-as-a-defense-in-discrimination-case/| title = Biglaw Firm Uses Technology As A Defense In Discrimination Case |date=January 31, 2018|website=abovethelaw.com}}{{cite web |date=November 9, 2017 |title=Ex-Staffers Sue Dechert Alleging Age, Sex Bias |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ex-staffers-sue-dechert-alleging-091019663.html |website=finance.yahoo.com}} They also alleged there was a "boys club"{{cite web|url= https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dechert_says_outsourcing_was_reason_for_layoffs_of_lawsuit_plaintiffs| title = Ex-Staffers Sue Dechert Alleging Age, Sex Bias |date=November 9, 2017|website=finance.yahoo.com}}{{Cite web |title=Tweet by PALaw360 |url=https://twitter.com/PALaw360/status/976477315348729856 |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Twitter |language=en}} at the firm that gave beneficial treatment to younger male employees. Dechert claimed that it had laid off the two payroll staffers because Dechert upgraded its technology and outsourced the staffers' jobs.{{Cite web |last=Journal |first=A. B. A. |title=Dechert says outsourcing was reason for layoffs of lawsuit plaintiffs |url=https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dechert_says_outsourcing_was_reason_for_layoffs_of_lawsuit_plaintiffs |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=ABA Journal |language=en}} Previously, on the eve of trial, the firm and former associate Ariel Ayanna reached an eleventh-hour deal in a "Macho culture" retaliation case.{{cite web|url= https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/414734/dechert-avoids-trial-over-ex-atty-s-macho-culture-claims| title = Dechert Avoids Trial Over Ex-Atty's 'Macho Culture' Claims |date=February 12, 2013|website=www.law360.com}}{{cite web|url= https://finance.yahoo.com/news/2010-12-17-ayanna-v-dechert-male-attorney-sues-for-macho-culture.html| title = Ayanna v. Dechert: Male Attorney Sues Law Firm for Macho Culture |date=December 17, 2010|website=finance.yahoo.com}}{{cite web|url= https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/almID/1360503108457/| title = Dechert and Former Associate Settle 'Macho Culture' Retaliation Case |date=February 11, 2013|website=www.law.com}} The attorney had claimed the firm fired him to get back at him for taking time off to care for his mentally ill wife and their newborn, The National Law Journal reported.{{cite web|url= https://www.businessinsider.com/lawyer-takes-paternity-leave-gets-fired-2012-10| title = Corporate Lawyer Says He Got Axed For Not Conforming To Male Stereotypes |date=Oct 19, 2012|website=Business Insider}}

Financial Times ranked Dechert in the Top 10 Most Innovative Law Firms in 2019.{{cite web|url= https://www.ft.com/content/64947272-0f9f-11ea-a7e6-62bf4f9e548a| title = Law firm leaders force pace of change to stay ahead|date=December 9, 2019|work=Financial Times}} In 2021, Dechert ranked 5th for the same recognition.{{cite web|url= https://www.ft.com/content/58d0b17b-274e-488d-a3e4-88b941b16e80| title = Digital delivery from the daily grind for younger lawyers|date=December 9, 2021|work=Financial Times}}

The UK Dechert unit was sued by former partner Monica Gogn for workplace discrimination due to race and sex. In 2020, an employment tribunal filing document stated that the proceedings leveled against "Dechert LLP & Others" were "dismissed following a withdrawal of the claim by the claimant".{{cite web |date=October 2, 2020 |title=The Law's Gender Problem |url=https://bywire.news/articles/the-laws-gender-problem |website=www.bywire.news}} Dechert and an administrative services provider for the firm agreed in 2021 to settle claims by a former site manager in Washington, D.C. that he was subjected to discrimination and retaliation because he had a stroke, federal court records show.{{cite web|url= https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/dechert-settles-disability-bias-suit-by-ex-site-manager-in-d-c| title = Dechert Settles Disability Bias Suit by Ex-Site Manager in D.C. |date=June 26, 2021|website=news.bloomberglaw.com}}

In August 2022, Dechert's UK unit agreed to pay £20 million to a former client for compensation for damages caused by its former UK partner and white-collar crime head Neil Gerrard.{{cite web |url=https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/damning-gerrard-ruling-sent-to-sra/5113428.article |title=Damning Gerrard ruling sent to SRA |date=15 August 2022 |website=www.lawgazette.co.uk }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rollonfriday.com/news-content/dechert-agrees-pay-former-client-ps20m |title=Dechert agrees to pay former client £20m |date= 5 August 2022 |website=RollOnFriday }}{{cite web |url=https://abovethelaw.com/2022/08/biglaw-firm-about-to-write-a-20-million-check-to-their-former-client/ |title=Biglaw Firm About to Write a $20 Million Check to Their Former Client |date= 9 August 2022 |website=Above the Law }} The agreement came after a decade-long proceeding that resulted in the High Court finding in May 2022 that Dechert, its former white-collar crime head Gerrard, and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had committed acts of wrongdoing{{cite web |url=https://www.law.com/international-edition/2022/07/06/sra-enters-fold-following-damning-enrc-judgment-against-dechert-gerrard/ |title=SRA Enters Fold Following Damning ENRC Judgment Against Dechert Gerrard |date=6 July 2022 |website=Law.com International Edition }}{{cite web |url=https://www.complianceweek.com/regulatory-enforcement/law-firm-dechert-sfo-criticized-in-enrc-case-ruling/31732.article |title=Law firm Dechert, SFO criticized in ENRC case ruling |date=1 Jun 2022 |website=Compliance Week }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rollonfriday.com/news-content/ex-dechert-partner-committed-deliberate-acts-wrongdoing-court-finds |title=Ex-Dechert partner committed deliberate acts of wrongdoing, court finds |date=20 May 2022 |website=RollOnFriday }} in their dealings with the law firm's then-client Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC). London's High Court found that Dechert and Gerrard – who was "obsessed with making money"{{cite web |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ENRC-v-Dechert-judgment-160521.pdf |title=ENRC v Dechert judgment |date=16 May 2022 |website=judiciary.uk }} and "lost any real sense of objectivity, proportion or indeed loyalty to his client"{{cite web |url=https://abovethelaw.com/2022/08/biglaw-firm-about-to-write-a-20-million-check-to-their-former-client/ |title=Biglaw Firm About to Write a $20 Million Check to Their Former Client |date=9 August 2022 |website=Above the Law }}{{cite web |url=https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/city-partner-put-making-money-before-clients-high-court-rules |title=City Partner put making money before clients, high court rules |date=18 May 2022 |website=Legal Futures }}{{cite web |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ENRC-v-Dechert-judgment-160521.pdf |title=ENRC v Dechert judgment |date=16 May 2022 |website=Judiciary UK }}{{Cite web|url=https://abovethelaw.com/2023/03/dechert-neil-gerrard-rico-litigation-cost/|title=Biglaw Firm Still Fighting Allegations Of Impropriety On Part Of Former Partner|last=Rubino|first=Kathryn|date=2023-03-01|website=Above the Law|access-date=2023-05-25}} had acted deliberately, or at least recklessly.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollonfriday.com/news-content/ex-dechert-partner-committed-deliberate-acts-wrongdoing-court-finds|title=Ex-Dechert partner committed deliberate acts of wrongdoing, court finds|last=Hamilton|first=Jamie|date=2022-05-20|website=RollOnFriday|access-date=2023-05-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/1493817/lies-leaks-and-scares-five-damning-finds-from-enrc-s-win|title=Lies, Leaks and Scares: Five Damning Finds From ENRC's Win|last=Crosby|first=Christopher|date=2022-05-16|website=Law360|access-date=2023-05-25}} The judge also ruled Gerrard committed a "gross and knowing breach of duty" as a solicitor by, among other things, disclosing confidential and privileged information to the SFO, and leaking to the media{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/london-high-court-judge-finds-former-dechert-lawyer-breached-duty-enrc-2022-05-16/ |title=London High Court Judge Finds Former Dechert Lawyer Breached Duty to ENRC |date=16 May 2022 |website=Reuters }} confidential documents{{cite web |url=https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/dechert-ex-partner-leaked-to-press-and-plainly-lied-in-court-judge/5112504.article |title=Dechert ex-partner leaked to press and 'plainly lied' in court, judge finds |date=16 May 2022 |website=Law Gazette }} of his client ENRC.{{cite web |url=https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/dechert-ex-partner-leaked-to-press-and-plainly-lied-in-court-judge/5112504.article |title=Dechert ex-partner leaked to press and 'plainly lied' in court – judge |website=Law Gazette |access-date=2023-05-25}}{{cite web |url=https://www.legalcheek.com/2022/05/former-dechert-partner-slammed-for-leaking-to-press-about-his-own-client/ |title=Former Dechert partner slammed for leaking to press about his own client |website=Legal Cheek |date=17 May 2022 |access-date=2023-05-25}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cityam.com/dechert-solicitor-enrcs-leaked-confidential-documents-to-media-london-judge-rules/ |title=Ex-Dechert solicitor leaked ENRC's confidential documents to media, London judge rules |website=City AM |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=2023-05-25}}{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/big-law-partner-neil-gerrard-dechert-betrayed-client-court-ruling-2022-6?international=true&r=US&IR=T |title=A Big Law partner betrayed his client by leaking its problems to the press, a UK judge found |website=Business Insider |access-date=2023-05-25}}{{cite web |url=https://www.law.com/international-edition/2022/05/18/decherts-enrc-court-defeat-how-bad-could-it-get-for-the-firm/ |title=Dechert's ENRC UK Court Defeat: How Bad Could it Get For the Law Firm? |website=Law.com International |access-date=2023-05-25}} He concluded in his judgment in 2022 that Gerrard was a "highly unreliable and at times dishonest witness" who was "plainly lying" about his contacts with the SFO.{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/big-law-partner-neil-gerrard-dechert-betrayed-client-court-ruling-2022-6?IR=T |title=A Big Law partner betrayed his client by leaking its problems to the press, a UK judge found. During his trial, 2 witnesses said he called it 'rape mode.'|website=businessinsider.com |access-date=2023-06-17}} The judge found senior SFO officials breached their duties{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/05/16/serious-breach-piles-pressure-embattled-sfo/ |title=Serious breach piles pressure on embattled SFO |date=16 May 2022 |website=The Telegraph }}{{cite web |url=https://www.ft.com/content/8201b127-46e8-4fec-97a5-c95e145f41e6 |title=ENRC seeks £21mn in legal costs from SFO and Dechert in dispute over fraud probe |date= 6 March 2023|website=Financial Times }} by holding a series of unauthorized meetings with Gerrard in which they received information that was plainly against former Dechert's client interests in what the judge described as a case of "bad faith opportunism".{{cite web |url=https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/08/05/britain-enrc-dechert-sfo |title=Consider mediation, London judge tells Kazakh miner ENRC, Dechert and Fraud Office |date=5 August 2022 |website=Euronews }}{{cite web |url=https://www.law360.com/articles/1582063 |title=SFO Resumes Fight With ENRC In High-Stakes Causation Trial |date=3 March 2023 |website=Law360 }} Gerrard allegedly referred to billing in the case as "rape mode".{{cite web |url=https://abovethelaw.com/2022/08/biglaw-firm-about-to-write-a-20-million-check-to-their-former-client/ |title=Biglaw Firm About To Write A $20 Million+ Check To Their Former Client |last=Rubino |first=Kathryn |date=2022-08-01 |website=Above the Law |access-date=2023-05-25}}{{cite web |url=https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ex-city-partner-turned-on-client-to-boost-workload-court-hears/5108631.article |title=Ex-City partner 'turned' on client to boost workload, court hears |website=Law Gazette |access-date=2023-05-25}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/lawyer-neil-gerrard-leaked-enrc-secrets-to-inquiry-qfn58xkzc |title=Lawyer Neil Gerrard 'leaked ENRC secrets to inquiry' |last=Ames |first=Jonathan |website=The Times |date=24 May 2021 |access-date=2023-05-25}} The firm now{{When|date=March 2024}} faces costs upwards of $50 million. {{As of|2023}} Dechert is facing two more UK trials{{cite web |url=https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dechert-faces-3-uk-trials-and-2-us-lawsuits-stemming-representations-led-by-1-partner |title=Dechert Faces 3 UK Trials and 2 US Lawsuits Stemming from Representations Led by 1 Partner |date=1 March 2023 |website=ABA Journal }}{{cite web |url=https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/rico-suit-says-dechert-was-willfully-blind-to-partner-accused-of-conspiring-to-hack-opponents-emails |title=RICO Suit Says Dechert Was Willfully Blind to Partner Accused of Conspiring to Hack Opponent's Emails |date=17 October 2022 |website=ABA Journal }}{{cite web |url=https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/dechert-in-court-over-allegations-of-leaks-and-wrongdoing/5114815.article |title=Dechert in court over allegations of leaks and wrongdoing |date=18 January 2023 |website=Law Gazette }} and two US lawsuits{{cite web |url=https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/dechert-faces-new-hack-and-smear-suit-plaintiff-is-fired-wall-street-journal-reporter |title=Dechert Faces New Hack-and-Smear Suit, Plaintiff is Fired Wall Street Journal Reporter |date=18 October 2022 |website=ABA Journal }} related to Gerrard. One lawsuit involves a claim under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, for its alleged role in an international "hack and dump scheme", which it denies.{{cite web |title=Dechert's Alleged Hacks Draw Uncommon Civil Racketeering Claims |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/decherts-alleged-hacks-draw-uncommon-civil-racketeering-claims |author=Skye Witley |date= |website=Bloomberg Law |access-date=2023-05-25}}{{cite web |title=Biglaw Firm Still Fighting Allegations Of Impropriety On Part Of Former Partner |url=https://abovethelaw.com/2023/03/dechert-neil-gerrard-rico-litigation-cost/ |author=Kathryn Rubino |date= 6 March 2023|website=Above the Law |access-date=2023-05-25}}{{cite web |title=Aviation executive sues law firm Dechert, others over hacking claims |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/aviation-executive-sues-law-firm-dechert-others-over-hacking-claims-2022-10-14/ |author=Raphael Satter |date= |website=Reuters |access-date=2023-05-25}}{{cite web |title=Dechert was 'willfully blind' to partner accused of conspiring to hack opponent's emails, RICO suit says |url=https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/rico-suit-says-dechert-was-willfully-blind-to-partner-accused-of-conspiring-to-hack-opponents-emails |author=Debra Cassens Weiss |date= |website=ABA Journal |access-date=2023-05-25}}{{Cite web |title=Dechert Lawyer Neil Gerrard's RICO Litigation Comes With A Staggering Price Tag |url=https://abovethelaw.com/2023/03/dechert-neil-gerrard-rico-litigation-cost/ |website=Above the Law |date=March 2023 |access-date=June 17, 2023}} Media reported that regulators are probing the firm.{{cite web |url=https://www.ft.com/content/33002414-4a9c-4ffd-86af-41b46bf59f22 |title=Hacked emails and torture claims: how top lawyer Neil Gerrard became engulfed in serious allegations |date=2022-01-19 |website=Financial Times |access-date=2023-05-25}} The UK's Solicitors Regulation Authority has received several complaints.{{cite web |url=https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/damning-gerrard-ruling-sent-to-sra/5113428.article |title=Damning Gerrard ruling sent to SRA |last=Tobin |first=Sam |date=2022-08-15 |website=Law Gazette |access-date=2023-05-25}}{{cite web |url=https://www.law360.com/pulse/articles/1508684/sra-takes-steps-toward-probing-dechert-over-enrc-case |title=SRA Takes Steps Toward Probing Dechert Over ENRC Case |last=Crump |first=Richard |date=2022-07-06 |website=Law360 |access-date=2023-05-25}}

The firm's profitability increased significantly in 2021,{{Cite web |title=Dechert Grew Revenue 25%, Profits 50% in 'One for the History Books' |url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2022/01/31/dechert-grew-revenue-25-profits-50-in-one-for-the-history-books/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=The American Lawyer |language=en}} but fell in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Dechert Follows 50% Profit Increase With 14% Drop, Epitomizing Big Law Business Cycle |url=https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2023/03/13/dechert-follows-50-profit-increase-with-14-drop-epitomizing-big-law-business-cycle/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=The Legal Intelligencer |language=en}} The firm ultimately placed 36th on the 2023 AmLaw 200 ranking, based on its 2022 revenue. At the end of 2022, Dechert announced that its leadership would be changing: David Forti and Mark Thierfelder would be taking over as co-chairs of the firm from Andrew J. Levander, who had chaired the firm since 2011, and Henry Nassau (Dechert's CEO since 2016) would be stepping down from that role.{{Cite web |title=Dechert chair Levander to step down as firm revamps leadership |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/dechert-chair-levander-step-down-firm-revamps-leadership-2022-11-30/ |access-date=2024-04-05}}{{Cite web |title=Dechert Names Firm Veterans Forti, Thierfelder as New Co-Chairs |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/dechert-names-firm-veterans-forti-thierfelder-as-new-co-chairs |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=news.bloomberglaw.com |language=en}} Under Levander and Nassau's leadership, Dechert had grown significantly in size and revenue.{{Cite web |title=Dechert chair Levander to step down as firm revamps leadership |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/dechert-chair-levander-step-down-firm-revamps-leadership-2022-11-30/ |access-date=2024-04-05}}

In 2023 Dechert announced that it would cut 5% of its global workforce due to "faltering demand", as several other large law firms publicly confirmed cuts.{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=David |date=2023-05-10 |title=Dechert is latest law firm to trim lawyers amid faltering demand |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/dechert-is-latest-law-firm-trim-lawyers-amid-faltering-demand-2023-05-10/ |access-date=2023-08-09}}{{Cite news |last=Merken |first=Sara |date=2023-08-01 |title=Cuts spread at US law firms as Katten announces layoffs, postpones start dates |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/cuts-spread-us-law-firms-katten-announces-layoffs-postpones-start-dates-2023-08-01/ |access-date=2023-08-09}}

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Dechert has been recognized among the top 10 US law firms for pro bono work in The American Lawyer{{'s}} Pro Bono Survey, an annual report that rates the nation's 200 highest-grossing law firms based on their level of pro bono activity.{{Cite news|url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2018/06/27/the-2018-pro-bono-scorecard/|title=The 2018 Pro Bono Scorecard {{!}} The American Lawyer|website=www.law.com|access-date=2018-07-31}} The report confirmed that it remained the top law firm for international pro bono work.{{cite web |last1=effreys |first1=Brenda Sapino |title=Big Law Acted on Impulse in Outpouring of Pro Bono Effort {{!}} The American Lawyer |url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2018/06/27/big-law-acted-on-impulse-in-outpouring-of-pro-bono-effort/ |website=www.law.com |access-date=23 August 2018 |date=27 June 2018}} In August 2014, Dechert received the American Bar Association's (ABA) Pro Bono Publico Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.americanbar.org/groups/probono_public_service/projects_awards/pro_bono_publico_award/past_recipients.html#2014|title=Past Recipients|website=www.americanbar.org|access-date=2018-07-31}}

In 2020, Dechert received the ABA Business Law Section National Public Service Award.{{cite web|url= https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2020/10/business-law-section-honors-four-lawyers--law-firm-with-awards/| title = Business Law Section honors four lawyers, law firm with awards|date=October 8, 2020|work=American Bar Association}} In 2021, the firm was rated first for international pro bono work by The American Lawyer.{{cite web|url= https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2021/06/28/the-2021-pro-bono-scorecard-international-rankings/| title = The 2021 Pro Bono Scorecard: International Rankings {{!}} The American Lawyer |date=June 28, 2021|website=www.law.com}}

• Harvey Bartle III, chief judge of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania{{Cite web|url=http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/judges-info/senior-judges/harvey-bartle-III|title=Harvey Bartle III | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | United States District Court|website=www.paed.uscourts.gov|accessdate=Jul 21, 2022}}
• Joseph S. Clark, mayor of Philadelphia (1952–1956) and US senator for Pennsylvania (1957–1969){{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/16/obituaries/joseph-s-clark-is-dead-at-88-ex-mayor-and-reformist-senator.html|title=Joseph S. Clark Is Dead at 88; Ex-Mayor and Reformist Senator|first=Glenn|last=Fowler|work=The New York Times |date=Jan 16, 1990|accessdate=Jul 21, 2022|via=NYTimes.com}}
• Q. Todd Dickinson, former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloombergindustry.com/|title=Bloomberg Industry Group|website=www.bloombergindustry.com|accessdate=Jul 21, 2022|archive-date=May 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515225348/https://www.bloombergindustry.com/|url-status=dead}}
• Steven Engel, deputy assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel under George W. Bush and US Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel in the first Donald Trump administration{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-sessions-welcomes-steven-engel-assistant-attorney-general-office-legal|title=Attorney General Sessions Welcomes Steven Engel As Assistant Attorney General for the Office Of Legal Counsel|date=Nov 7, 2017|website=www.justice.gov|accessdate=Jul 21, 2022}}
• Glenn Fine, former inspector general of the US Department of Justice{{Cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/|title=Biographies|website=www.defense.gov|accessdate=Jul 21, 2022}}
• Miriam González Durántez, head of international trade practice{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/work/miriam-gonzlez-durntez-on-sexism-brexit-and-what-she-cooked-nick/|title=Miriam González Durántez on sexism, Brexit and what she cooked Nick Clegg on that 'devastating' night of political defeat|first=Elizabeth|last=Day|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=Jul 30, 2016|accessdate=Jul 21, 2022|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}
• Paul G. Haaga, Jr., vice chairman of Capital Research and Management Company, a constituent company of the Capital Group Companies{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/people/142208881/paul-haaga|title=Paul G. Haaga, Jr.|website=www.npr.org|accessdate=Jul 21, 2022}}
• David N. Kelley, former US Attorney and Deputy US Attorney for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/almID/1202777385831/|title=Dechert Lures Ex-Prosecutor David Kelley From Cahill|website=The American Lawyer|accessdate=Jul 21, 2022}}
• Cheryl Ann Krause, US Circuit Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit{{Cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/02/05/president-obama-announces-intent-nominate-cheryl-ann-krause-serve-united|title=President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate Cheryl Ann Krause to Serve on the United States Court of Appeals|date=Feb 5, 2014|website=obamawhitehouse.archives.gov|accessdate=Jul 21, 2022}}
• Noyes Leech (1921–2010), law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Scooter Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney (2001–2005)[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/22/AR2005102201439.html M. Leibovich. "In the Spotlight And on the Spot," Washington Post, October 23, 2005]
• Edward A. McDonald, portrayed himself as a federal prosecutor in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-LB-5842|title=A Q&A With Goodfellas'' Actor (and Dechert Lawyer) Ed McDonald|first=Dan|last=Slater|newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=May 21, 2008|accessdate=Jul 21, 2022|via=www.wsj.com}}
• Mary A. McLaughlin, judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania[https://judges.pa.law.com/profile/U.S._District_Court,_Eastern_District_of_Pennsylvania/Mary_McLaughlin/Mary_McLaughlin-552.xml "Judge Profile: Mary A. McLaughlin," The Legal Intelligencer]
• Lisa Scottoline, New York Times best-selling author[https://www.law.upenn.edu/alumni/alumnijournal/Spring2001/feature5/legalthriller2.html "Lisa Scottoline: A Legal Thriller!," Penn Law Journal, Spring 2001]
• Norma Levy Shapiro, first woman partner and retired judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania{{Cite web|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/shapiro-norma-levy|title=Norma Levy Shapiro|website=Jewish Women's Archive|accessdate=Jul 21, 2022}}
• Arlen Specter, US senator for Pennsylvania (1981–2011){{Cite web|url=https://www.phillymag.com/articles/2007/11/30/the-full-specter/|title="An Oral History of Arlen Specter," Philadelphia Magazine, November 30, 2007|accessdate=Jul 21, 2022|archive-date=July 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726011543/https://www.phillymag.com/articles/2007/11/30/the-full-specter/|url-status=dead}}

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