Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
{{Short description| Law firm based in Phoenix, Arizona}}
{{Infobox Law Firm
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|firm_logo = Lewis Roca logo.svg
|headquarters = Phoenix, Arizona
|num_offices = 10
|num_attorneys = 300+
|key_people = Ken Van Winkle, managing partner
|practice_areas = Corporate and financial services and securities, environmental and natural resources, litigation, intellectual property
|date_founded = 1950
|company_type = LLP
|homepage = {{url|http://www.lewisroca.com}}
}}
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie is a U.S. law firm with approximately 300 attorneys across ten offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. Its administrative offices are located in Phoenix, where it was founded in 1950 as Lewis & Roca.
The firm has handled pro bono cases including Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), in which partners John P. Frank, John Flynn{{Cite web|title = Eight/KAET {{!}} Arizona Stories|url = http://www.azpbs.org/arizonastories/ppedetail.php?id=86|website = www.azpbs.org|access-date = 2016-01-29|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160203053155/http://www.azpbs.org/arizonastories/ppedetail.php?id=86|archive-date = 2016-02-03|url-status = dead}} and others represented Ernesto Miranda in the landmark US Supreme Court case,{{Cite web|title = The Supreme Court . Expanding Civil Rights . Landmark Cases . Miranda v. Arizona (1966) {{!}} PBS|url = https://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_miranda.html|website = www.pbs.org|access-date = 2016-01-29}} giving rise to "Miranda Rights."
Practice areas
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The firm represents clients across a range of practice areas, managed through primary practice groups for litigation, intellectual property, business transactions, gaming law, and regulatory and government relations.{{cite journal|title=Organizational Profile of Lewis Roca|journal=The National Law Review|url=http://www.natlawreview.com/organization/lewis-roca-rothgerber-llp|access-date=11 May 2016|issn=2161-3362}}
The firm’s largest practice group, litigation,{{Cite web|title = Litigation {{!}} Lewis Roca|url = https://www.lewisroca.com/ourwork-litigation|website = www.lewisroca.com|access-date = 2021-04-08}} includes lawyers in areas including religious institutions, insurance, labor and employment law, IP litigation, product liability, appellate and real estate litigation. Attorneys handle commercial disputes before state and federal trial and appellate courts and administrative tribunals.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
Many attorneys in the firm’s second largest practice group, intellectual property, have science and engineering backgrounds.{{Cite web|title = Intellectual Property {{!}} Lewis Roca|url = https://www.lewisroca.com/ourwork-intellectual-property|website = www.lewisroca.com|access-date = 2021-04-08}} The group handles cases of IP procurement, enforcement and defense, including IP licensing, IP strategy, prosecution and litigation for patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets, and Internet law and domain disputes.
The business transactions practice group includes real estate and construction, corporate services, company formation, mergers and acquisitions, insurance, health care services, financial services, land development, and negotiating transactions.{{Cite web|title = Banking and Financial Services {{!}} Lewis Roca|url = https://www.lewisroca.com/industries-banking-financial-services|website = www.lewisroca.com|access-date = 2021-04-08}}
The gaming practice group supports casino operators, suppliers, state and local governments, communities, businesses, non-profit organizations, tribal governments and others in addressing casino gaming law including Native American and riverboat casinos, racinos, interactive and mobile gaming, poker and interstate horse racing.{{Cite web|title = Gaming {{!}} Lewis Roca|url = https://www.lewisroca.com/industries-gaming|website = www.lewisroca.com|access-date = 2021-04-08}}
Lewis Roca has government relations practices in Arizona, Colorado and Nevada,{{Cite web|title = Government Relations {{!}} Lewis Roca|url = https://www.lewisroca.com/ourwork-government-relations|website = www.lewisroca.com|access-date = 2021-04-08}} focusing on public policy.
History
The firm was founded in Phoenix as Lewis and Roca,{{Cite web|title = Firm Overview {{!}} Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP|url = http://www.lrrc.com/firm-overview|website = www.lrrc.com|access-date = 2016-01-29}} by Orme Lewis and Paul Roca in 1950, with clients in Arizona and the southwest. The firm grew to 180 lawyers with offices in Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas, Reno, Albuquerque and Silicon Valley, and practices within litigation, real estate and business transactions, natural resources, gaming, intellectual property, and bankruptcy.
In 2013 the firm merged with Denver-based Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons,{{Cite web|title = Lewis and Roca to merge with Rothgerber; combined firm will have about 250 lawyers|url = http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lewis_and_roca_to_merge_with_rothgerber_combined_firm_will_have_about_250_l/|website = ABA Journal|access-date = 2016-01-29|first = ABA|last = Journal}} which has operated in the Rocky Mountain region since 1903 with 75 lawyers and offices in Denver, Colorado Springs and Casper, and practice areas in litigation, real estate, banking, insurance, energy infrastructure and religious institutions. The merged firm was renamed Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP.
On January 1, 2016, Lewis Roca Rothgerber combined with Christie, Parker & Hale,{{Cite web|title = New Year, New Name: Lewis Roca Rothgerber Merges in SoCal|url = http://www.law.com/sites/articles/2016/01/03/new-year-new-name-merger-sends-lewis-roca-rothgerber-to-socal/|website = www.law.com|access-date = 2016-01-29}} a Los Angeles-based intellectual property firm, to become Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP. Founded in 1954 by James Christie, Robert Parker and Russell Hale, CPH had included about 40 attorneys in Los Angeles and Orange County and had handled patent work for SpaceShipOne,{{Cite web|title = Christie, Parker & Hale Obtains an Important Patent for a Burt Rutan Engineered Hybrid Rocket System {{!}} Business Wire|url = http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20091123006061/en/Christie-Parker-Hale-Obtains-Important-Patent-Burt|website = www.businesswire.com|access-date = 2016-01-29}} the first privately funded human space flight, among other clients.
= Notable alumni =
Notable alumni of the firm include former Wyoming Governor and ambassador to Ireland Mike Sullivan; former Arizona Governor and Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano; Honolulu civil rights attorney David Schutter; and James Lyons, who was Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State for Economic Initiatives in Ireland and Northern Ireland.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}
Notable judicial alumni include Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Mary M. Schroeder, United States District Court for the District of Arizona Judge John C. Hinderaker, former Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Scott Bales, and Arizona Court of Appeals Judges David Gass and David Weinzweig.
Phoenix lawyers John Paul Frank and John J. Flynn of Lewis and Roca and others represented Ernesto Miranda on a pro bono basis, which led to the landmark Miranda v. Arizona decision on June 13, 1966 in which the U.S. Supreme Court declared the specific rights set of for criminal defendants. The Miranda warning is the formal warning that is now required to be given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody (or in a custodial situation) before they are interrogated, in accordance with the Miranda ruling.
Recognition and rankings
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie attorneys were included in the 2016 "Best Law Firms" rankings by U.S. News & World Report.{{Cite web|title = Lewis Roca Rothgerber named to 2016 Best Law Firms list|url = http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Lewis+Roca+Rothgerber+named+to+2016+Best+Law+Firms+list/11032921.html|website = StreetInsider.com|access-date = 2016-01-29}}
Locations
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External links
- [http://www.lewisroca.com/ Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie homepage]
- [http://www.chambersandpartners.com/USA/Firms/3399-32533 Chambers USA profile]
- [http://www.martindale.com/Lewis-Roca-LLP/law-firm-42688 Profile]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell
- [http://www.natlawreview.com/organization/lewis-and-roca-llp Organizational Profile ] from The National Law Review
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