Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

{{Infobox Law Firm

| firm_name = Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

| firm_logo = Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe logo.svg

| image_size = 150px

| headquarters = San Francisco, California, U.S.

| num_offices = 25+

| num_attorneys = 1,000+

| practice_areas = Tech, Energy & Infrastructure, Finance

| key_people = Mitch Zuklie (Chairman)

| date_founded = 1863

| revenue = {{profit}} $1.16 billion (as of 2019){{cite web |title=Orrick's Partner Profits Break $2 Million, Firm Posts Double-Digit Revenue Growth |url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2020/02/10/orricks-partner-profits-break-2-million-firm-posts-double-digit-revenue-growth/

|website = Law.com | first = Dylan | last = Jackson

| date = February 10, 2020 | access-date = March 19, 2020}}

| company_type = Limited liability partnership

| homepage = [http://www.orrick.com/ www.orrick.com]

}}

Orrick is an international law firm founded in San Francisco, California. The firm advises on transactions, litigation and regulatory matters for venture-backed companies, public companies, E&I funds, financial institutions and governments.{{Cite web|title=Orrick opens in Geneva with former Akin Gump partner|url=https://globalarbitrationreview.com/orrick-opens-in-geneva-former-akin-gump-partner|access-date=2020-12-21|website=globalarbitrationreview.com|language=en}}

History

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Founded in San Francisco in 1863, Orrick earliest work included funding the Golden Gate Bridge construction, shaping the California Corporate Securities Act and the first offerings under the Securities Act of 1933, and litigating over hydroelectric power and water development rights in the Lake Tahoe region.{{Cite web|date=2013-08-29|title=Orrick Celebrates 150 Years, Including More than a Century in Public Finance|url=https://www.bondbuyer.com/news/orrick-celebrates-150-years-including-more-than-a-century-in-public-finance|access-date=2020-09-11|website=Bond Buyer|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2013-08-29|title=Orrick Herrington: Building California's Infrastructure|url=https://www.bondbuyer.com/slideshow/orrick-herrington-building-californias-infrastructure|access-date=2020-09-11|website=Bond Buyer|language=en}}

In the 1980s, the firm began expanding outside of the Bay Area, establishing offices in New York and Los Angeles.{{Cite web|title=The Scion Of San Francisco: Judge William H. Orrick III - Law360|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/559414/the-scion-of-san-francisco-judge-william-h-orrick-iii|access-date=2020-11-17|website=www.law360.com|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Deutsch|first=Claudia H.|date=1996-02-23|title=Law Knows No City Limits;As New York's Firms Thin Out, Outsiders Rush In|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/23/business/law-knows-no-city-limits-as-new-york-s-firms-thin-out-outsiders-rush-in.html|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2020-11-17}} By the late 1990s, it opened its first international offices in Tokyo, and London and Paris followed in 2002.{{Cite web|last=Young|first=Eric|title=Orrick Mines Coudert Brothers to Double Size of London Office|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2005/07/04/newscolumn4.html|access-date=2020-11-17|website=www.bizjournals.com|url-access=subscription}}{{verification needed|date=March 2025}}{{verification needed|date=March 2025}} Additionally, in 2002, Orrick opened its "Global Operations Center" in Wheeling, WV.{{Cite web|last=Baxter|first=Ralph|title=At the Beginning|url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/almID/1202575852868/at-the-beginning/|access-date=2020-12-16|website=The American Lawyer|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=The Innovators: All About Location|url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/almID/1202611688102/the-innovators-all-about-location/|access-date=2020-12-16|website=The American Lawyer|language=en}}

Orrick acquired 40 lawyers and their litigation practices from Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine in 1998.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/20/business/donovan-leisure-old-line-law-firm-to-shut-its-doors.html | work=The New York Times | first=Melody | last=Petersen | title=Donovan, Leisure, Old-Line Law Firm, to Shut Its Doors | date=1998-04-20}}

In 2003, the firm added a team from the Venture Law Group (VLG).{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2005/03/14/newscolumn8.html|title=More partners leave merged Heller and VLG firm for Orrick|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=2018-07-27}} In 2005 at the expense of the now-defunct law firm Coudert Brothers Orrick expanded its London office and opened offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai with Coudert Brothers professionals.{{Cite news|url=http://observer.com/2005/05/coudert-growls-at-orrick-in-hiring-of-11-partners/|title=Coudert Growls at Orrick In Hiring of 11 Partners|date=2005-05-30|work=Observer|access-date=2018-07-27|language=en-US}}

In 2006, the firm engaged in merger negotiations with legacy Wall Street firm Dewey Ballantine;{{Cite news|url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/almID/900005551771/|title=Dewey Ballantine and Orrick Move Closer to Merger {{!}} The American Lawyer|work=The American Lawyer|access-date=2018-07-27}} the merger was unsuccessful.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dewey-timeline/then-and-now-a-dewey-timeline-idUSBRE84B00V20120512|title=Then and now: A Dewey timeline|author=Reuters Editorial|work=U.S.|access-date=2018-07-27|language=en-US}} The same year, Orrick expanded its Paris office through a combination with Rambaud Martel, a M&A and dispute resolution firm in France.{{cite web|last=Lawyer |first=The |url=http://www.thelawyer.com/orrick-seals-merger-with-rambaud-martel/117910.article |title=Orrick seals merger with Rambaud Martel - The Lawyer {{pipe}} Legal News and Jobs {{pipe}} Advancing the business of law |publisher=The Lawyer |access-date=2018-01-18}}

In 2008, Orrick expanded into Germany by combining with Hölters & Elsing (Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten);{{Cite news|url=https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/almID/1202424550346/Orrick-to-merge-with-Germanys-Holters--Elsing-/|title=Orrick to merge with Germany's Holters & Elsing {{!}} National Law Journal|work=National Law Journal|access-date=2018-07-27}} today, the firm has offices in Düsseldorf and Munich.

Also in 2008, the firm admitted almost two dozen partners in its London, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., offices from the San Francisco firm Heller Ehrman, including 27 hired after Heller's Sept. 26, 2008, announcement of dissolution.{{cite news|url=http://www.abajournal.com/news/some_firms_still_seek_laterals_including_orrick_set_to_hire_27_heller_partn/|publisher=The ABA Journal|title= Some Firms Still Seek Laterals—Including Orrick, Set to Hire 27 Heller Partners|author= Debra Cassens Weiss|date=2009-10-09|access-date=2008-11-17 }}

In 2013, Mitch Zuklie, a Silicon Valley tech lawyer, assumed the role of firm Chairman & CEO.{{Cite web|last=Pierrepont|first=Nathalie|title=Orrick's Mitchell Zuklie|url=https://www.law.com/therecorder/almID/1202646161446/orricks-mitchell-zuklie/|access-date=2020-11-10|website=The Recorder|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Triedman|first=Julie|title=Q&A: Orrick Chair Takes Stock After Strategic Shifts|url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/almID/1202754779602/qa-orrick-chair-takes-stock-after-strategic-shifts/|access-date=2020-11-10|website=The American Lawyer|language=en}}

More recent office openings have included Geneva in 2015,{{Cite web|title=Orrick opens in Geneva with former Akin Gump partner|url=https://globalarbitrationreview.com/orrick-opens-in-geneva-former-akin-gump-partner|access-date=2020-12-23|website=globalarbitrationreview.com|language=en}} Houston in 2016,{{Cite web|last=Jeffreys|first=Brenda Jeffreys|title=Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Opens Houston Office|url=https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/almID/1202747333599/Orrick-Herrington-amp-Sutcliffe-Opens-Houston-Office/|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Texas Lawyer|language=en}} Austin in 2018, Boston in 2019,{{Cite web|last=Tribe|first=Meghan|title=Orrick Opens in Boston With Ropes & Gray Hires|url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2019/01/02/orrick-opens-in-boston-with-ropes-gray-hires/|access-date=2020-12-23|website=The American Lawyer|language=en}} and Singapore in 2021.{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=David |date=20 August 2021 |title=Orrick plants Singapore flag following 2020 Hong Kong exit |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/orrick-plants-singapore-flag-following-2020-hong-kong-exit-2021-08-20/ |access-date=10 April 2025 |website=Reuters}}{{Cite web |title=Orrick targets Asia's renewable energy sector with Singapore office launch |url=https://www.globallegalpost.com/news/orrick-targets-asias-renewable-energy-sector-with-singapore-office-launch-978883672 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=www.globallegalpost.com |language=en}}

In 2022, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe was a founding member of the Legal Alliance for Reproductive Rights, a coalition of United States law firms offering free legal services to people seeking and providing abortions in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overruled Roe v. Wade.{{cite news |last1=Lancaster |first1=Alaina |title=20 Law Firms Offer Pro Bono Legal Services to Defend Abortion Rights |url=https://www.law.com/therecorder/2022/06/01/20-law-firms-offer-pro-bono-legal-services-to-defend-abortion-rights/ |access-date=6 July 2022 |publisher=Law.com |date=June 1, 2022}}

In 2023, Orrick merged with AmLaw 200 Buckley.{{Cite web |last=Dayal |first=Mahira |date=Oct 27, 2023 |title=Orrick, Buckley to Combine D.C. Offices, One Year After Merger |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/orrick-buckley-to-combine-d-c-offices-one-year-after-merger |website=Bloomberg Law}}{{Cite web |title=Orrick to Merge With Buckley, Nearly Doubling Its DC Footprint |url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2023/01/19/orrick-to-merge-with-buckley-nearly-doubling-its-dc-footprint/?slreturn=2025031214317 |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=The American Lawyer |language=en}} This grew Orrick's financial regulation, enforcement, and litigation services, and doubled the firm's footprint in Washington. D.C. The combination expanded Orrick's offerings to consumer banks, fintechs, and the payment arms of major global tech players.{{Cite web |title=Orrick to Merge With Buckley, Nearly Doubling Its DC Footprint |url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2023/01/19/orrick-to-merge-with-buckley-nearly-doubling-its-dc-footprint/?slreturn=20250312-44424 |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=The American Lawyer |language=en}}

In 2025, Orrick expanded by hiring a 13-lawyer tech company and venture capital team from Gunderson Dettmer in Los Angeles.{{Cite web |title=Orrick Picks Up 13-Lawyer Tech, VC Group From Gunderson Dettmer |url=https://www.law.com/therecorder/2025/02/10/orrick-picks-up-13-lawyer-tech-vc-group-from-gunderson-dettmer-/?slreturn=20250424164754 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=The Recorder |language=en}}

Recognition and rankings

Law360 named Orrick to its Global 20 list for the eighth time in 2019.{{Cite web|title=Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2019 - Law360|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/1181369/law360-reveals-the-global-20-firms-of-2019|access-date=2021-01-12|website=www.law360.com|language=en}}

Financial Times named Orrick North America's most digital law firm in 2020. Between 2016 and 2020, they named Orrick North America&#39's most innovative law firm three times and runner-up two times.{{Cite web|url=http://rankings.ft.com/usil/nalf-2017-ft25-most-innovative-law-firms-and-legal-service-providers-2017|title=Innovative Lawyers - Financial Times|website=rankings.ft.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-25}}{{Cite web|date=2020-12-11|title=North America Innovative Lawyers|url=https://www.ft.com/reports/north-america-innovative-lawyers |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211/https://www.ft.com/reports/north-america-innovative-lawyers |archive-date=2022-12-11 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-12|website=www.ft.com|language=en-GB}}

Fortune recognized Orrick as one of its 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2020 for the fifth consecutive year.{{cite web|title=Best Companies to Work For 2020|url=https://fortune.com/best-companies/2020/orrick/|access-date=2020-03-19|website=Fortune|language=en-US}}

The American Lawyer included Orrick among the top 5 firms on its 2020 A-List.{{Cite web|last1=August 05|first1=Dan Packel {{!}}|last2=AM|first2=2020 at 05:00|title=The 2020 A-List: Amid Upheaval, Firms Focus on Finding Balance|url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2020/08/05/the-2020-a-list-amid-upheaval-firms-focus-on-finding-balance/|access-date=2021-01-15|website=The American Lawyer|language=en}}

Law360 named Orrick as Employment Law Group of the Year for the fifth time and Project Finance Group of the Year for the seventh time in 2020.{{Cite web|title=Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year - Law360|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/1327476/law360-names-practice-groups-of-the-year|access-date=2021-01-15|website=www.law360.com|language=en}} They also named the firm Tech Group of the Year for the third time in 2018,{{Cite web|title=Technology Group Of The Year: Orrick - Law360|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/1115415/technology-group-of-the-year-orrick|access-date=2021-01-19|website=www.law360.com|language=en}} IP Group of the Year for the fourth time in 2016,{{Cite web|title=IP Group Of The Year: Orrick - Law360|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/755320/ip-group-of-the-year-orrick|access-date=2021-01-19|website=www.law360.com|language=en}} and Privacy Group of the Year in 2016.{{Cite web|title=Privacy Group Of The Year: Orrick - Law360|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/885672/privacy-group-of-the-year-orrick|access-date=2021-01-19|website=www.law360.com|language=en}}

The American Lawyer named Orrick as Intellectual Property Litigation Department of the Year for 2015.{{Cite news|url=http://www.americanlawyer.com/id=1202745122893?keywords=orrick&publication=The+American+Lawyer|title=Winner, Intellectual Property: Orrick|work=The American Lawyer|access-date=2017-04-24|language=en-US}} In addition, the firm was one of six finalists for Litigation Department of the Year in 2016.{{Cite news|url=http://www.americanlawyer.com/id=1202745122074?keywords=orrick&publication=The+American+Lawyer|title=Litigation Department of the Year, Finalist: Orrick|work=The American Lawyer|access-date=2017-04-24|language=en-US}} The Recorder recognized Orrick's California-based employment litigation team as California Labor & Employment Department of the Year for the fourth consecutive year in 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://www.law.com/therecorder/sites/therecorder/2017/11/14/litigation-departments-of-the-year-labor-employment-orrick-herrington-sutcliffe/|title=Litigation Departments of the Year, Labor & Employment: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe {{!}} The Recorder|work=The Recorder|access-date=2018-01-24}}

The National Law Journal named Orrick to its Appellate Hot List for the ninth time in 2020.{{Cite news|url=https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/sites/nationallawjournal/2017/10/30/the-2017-appellate-hot-list-orrick/|title=Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe {{!}} National Law Journal|work=National Law Journal|access-date=2018-01-24}}{{Cite web|title=The 2020 Appellate Hot List|url=https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2020/11/01/the-2020-appellate-hot-list/|access-date=2021-01-19|website=National Law Journal|language=en}}

Global Arbitration Review (GAR) included Orrick in its 2024 list of the world's top 30 international arbitration practices.{{Cite web |title=The GAR 30 and Power Index revealed |url=https://globalarbitrationreview.com/article/the-gar-30-and-power-index-revealed-2 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=globalarbitrationreview.com |language=en}}

Pitchbook ranked Orrick in the top 5 globally and #1 in Europe for venture capital in 2024.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-04 |title=Global league tables: 2024 Annual |url=https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/global-league-tables-2024-annual |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=PitchBook |language=en}}

The Bond Buyer ranked Orrick #1 bond counsel in 2019, a position the firm has held for two decades.{{Cite web|date=2020-01-21|title=Top muni bond counsel of 2019|url=https://www.bondbuyer.com/list/top-municipal-bond-counsel-of-2019|access-date=2021-01-27|website=Bond Buyer|language=en}}

Orrick's London technology team was recognized as the Service Provider of the Year at the 18th annual Investor AllStars awards.{{Cite news|url=http://www.investorallstars.com/awards/2017-shortlist/|title=2017 Winners & Shortlist » Investor Allstars Awards|work=Investor Allstars Awards|access-date=2018-01-25|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|title=Latest visionaries of Europe's technology universe revealed.|url=https://www.gpbullhound.com/news/news/ias2020-winners-announced/,%20https://www.gpbullhound.com/news/news/ias2020-winners-announced/|access-date=2021-02-02|website=www.gpbullhound.com|date=2 October 2020 }}

The Diversity Lab named Orrick as a Mansfield Certified firm for the seventh year in a row in 2024.{{Cite web |date=2 October 2024 |title=More than 360 Law Firms Achieve Mansfield Certification for 2023–24,Marking a Double-Digit Increase in the Push for Leadership Diversity |url=https://www.diversitylab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/US-Canada-2023-24-Mansfield-Certified-Firms-Press-Release-October-2024.pdf |access-date=26 March 2025 |website=Mansfield Rule}}

Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) awarded Orrick with the 2020 Thomas L. Sager Award. The award is for Am Law 200 law firms committed to a more diverse workforce and improving the hiring, retention and promotion of diverse attorneys.{{Cite web|title=Thomas L. Sager Award {{!}} Minority Corporate Counsel|url=https://www.mcca.com/awards/thomas-sager-award/|access-date=2021-02-02|website=Minority Corporate Counsel Association|language=en-US}}

Orrick was named one of the "50 Best Law Firms for Women" by Working Mother magazine for the eleventh time and Yale Law Women's list of top firms for gender equality and family friendliness for the eighth time in 2020.{{Cite news|url=https://abovethelaw.com/2017/06/the-top-10-most-family-friendly-law-firms-2017/|title=The Top 10 Most Family-Friendly Law Firms (2017)|last=Zaretsky|first=Staci|work=Above the Law|access-date=2018-01-25|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.workingmother.com/best-law-firms-for-women-2017|title=The 2017 Working Mother 50 Best Law Firms for Women|work=Working Mother|access-date=2018-01-25|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Top Firms Report 2020 – YLW|url=https://ylw.yale.edu/top-firms/|access-date=2021-02-11|language=en-US}}

Orrick ranked #8 out of 220 firms on The American Lawyer's 2017 Diversity Scorecard.{{Cite news|url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/almID/1202786839599/|title=The 2017 Diversity Scorecard: The Rankings {{!}} The American Lawyer|work=The American Lawyer|access-date=2018-01-25}}

Orrick earned a score of 100 percent for the fourteenth consecutive year in the 2020 Human Rights Campaign's annual Corporate Equality Index (CEI) and Best Places to Work survey.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hrc.org/campaigns/corporate-equality-index|title=HRC's 2018 Corporate Equality Index {{!}} Human Rights Campaign|last=Campaign|first=Human Rights|website=Human Rights Campaign|language=en|access-date=2018-01-25}}{{Cite web|title=Corporate Equality Index|url=https://www.hrc.org/resources/corporate-equality-index|access-date=2021-02-11|website=HRC|language=en-US}}

Vault 2021 named Orrick #1 for Tech & Innovation, #2 for Best Firm to Work For and #2 for Wellness.{{Cite web|title=Vault's 2021 Law Firm Quality of Life, Diversity, and Summer Program Rankings Are Here!|url=https://www.vault.com/blogs/vaults-law-blog-legal-careers-and-industry-news/vaults-2021-law-firm-quality-of-life-diversity-and-summer-program-rankings-are-here|access-date=2021-02-11|website=Vault|language=en}}

Orrick's summer associate programs were ranked #1 in five markets across the U.S. in The American Lawyer's 2017 Summer Associates Survey{{Cite news|url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/almID/1202798484693/?|title=City by City: A Regional Breakdown of Summer Associate Satisfaction {{!}} The American Lawyer|work=The American Lawyer|access-date=2018-01-25}} and the firm was ranked #20 in the publication's 2020 Mid-Level Associates survey.{{Cite web|last1=August 24|first1=ALM Staff {{!}}|last2=AM|first2=2020 at 05:00|title=The 2020 Midlevel Associates Survey: The Rankings|url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2020/08/24/the-2020-midlevel-associates-survey-the-rankings/|access-date=2021-01-04|website=The American Lawyer|language=en}}

Activities

In 2024, the firm launched the Orrick AI Law Center, which provides a free state AI law tracker and a guide to the EU AI Act, and the Orrick Online Safety Law Center to help clients monitor emerging online safety, privacy and harmful content laws.{{Cite web |title=As Privacy Laws Protecting Minors Fast Evolve, Orrick Releases 'Online Safety Resource Center' |url=https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/2024/06/06/as-privacy-laws-protecting-minors-fast-evolve-orrick-releases-online-safety-resource-center/?slreturn=20250402155512 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Legal Tech News |language=en}}

In 2023, Orrick launched Orrick Tech Studio. This is a free-to-use online website for technology startups and investors.{{Cite web |title=Orrick Launches 'Tech Studio,' Offering Free Digital Resources to Support Startup Market |url=https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/2023/11/02/orrick-launches-tech-studio-offering-free-digital-resources-to-support-startup-market/?slreturn=20250326112519 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Legal Tech News |language=en}} It provides 50+ customizable forms and document generators for content such as nondisclosure agreements, board governance documents, and employee offer letters. It also includes articles, videos, and podcasts that address relevant business, legal, and regulatory issues.

In 2018, the firm started a legal tech investment initiative.

Orrick was ranked #8 for U.S. pro bono impact and #5 for international pro bono impact by The American Lawyer in its 2024 pro bono rankings.{{Cite news|url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/almID/1202791319011/|title=Ranking the Firms {{!}} The American Lawyer|work=The American Lawyer|access-date=2018-02-01}}{{Cite web |title=The 2024 Pro Bono Scorecard: National Report |url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2024/07/09/the-2024-pro-bono-scorecard-national-report/?slreturn=20250402110814 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=The American Lawyer |language=en}} In 2015, Orrick was named to Law360's list of Pro Bono All Stars.{{cite web|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/693831/law360-pro-bono-all-stars-show-dedication-to-helping-others|title=Law360 Pro Bono All Stars Show Dedication To Helping Others - Law360|website=www.law360.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-30}}

An Orrick team worked on the legislation enacted in California in October 2017 to criminalize sexual extortion, part of a national effort on behalf of the firm's pro bono client Legal Momentum.{{Cite news|url=https://www.law.com/therecorder/almID/1202799894356/|title=Orrick Team Builds on Success Fighting Rise of 'Sextortion' {{!}} The Recorder|work=The Recorder|access-date=2018-02-01}}

Orrick lawyers provided legal and technical assistance to the Public International Law & Policy Group on public international law issues facing countries in the Middle East aspiring to become democracies, including Egypt, Libya, Syria and Tunisia.[http://www.americanlawyer.com/PubArticleAL.jsp?id=1202607833126]{{dead link|date=January 2018}}

Orrick managed asylum to three family members of the Demiraj family in an asylum case that was submitted and approved by the U.S. Supreme Court.{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/08/us/albania-immigrant-asylum | work=CNN | title=Albanian family granted asylum after cooperating, years of legal battles - CNN.com | date=2012-05-14}}

In 2014, the firm launched the Orrick Cares program in celebration of Orrick's 150th anniversary.{{Cite news|url=https://wtov9.com/news/local/orrick-organizing-clothing-drive|title=Orrick organizing clothing drive|last=Clutter|first=Crissy|work=WTOV|access-date=2018-07-27|language=en-US}}

On Veterans Day in 2014, the firm announced the launch of the Veterans' Legal Career Fair. The event matches legal employers with lawyers who are veterans, active-duty service members or military spouses.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nationallawjournal.com/legaltimes/id=1202676086970/Career-Fair-Planned-For-Lawyers-in-Military-Service|title=Career Fair Planned For Lawyers in Military Service|work=Legal Times|access-date=2017-05-30|language=en-US}}

Orrick was the first global law firm to establish an Impact Finance & Social Enterprise practice.{{Cite news|url=http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=1202736623893/The-Case-for-Pro-Bono-Support-of-Social-Enterprises|title=The Case for Pro Bono Support of Social Enterprises|work=New York Law Journal|access-date=2017-05-30|language=en-US}}{{cite web|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/472911/pro-bono-firm-of-2013-orrick-herrington|title=Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Orrick Herrington - Law360|website=www.law360.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-30}}

Notable lawyers and alumni

Charles C. Adams Jr., United States Ambassador to Finland (2015–2017){{cite web|url=http://content.yudu.com/Library/A20487/LawyerOfTheYear2012/resources/122.htm |title=Dispute Resolution, Lawyer of the Year, 2012 |publisher=Corporate LiveWire |date= |access-date=2013-01-20}}
Wei Christianson, CEO of China and Co-CEO of Asia Pacific at Morgan Stanley{{cite web|url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=109458&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1534882|title=The Estée Lauder Companies Elects Wei Sun Christianson to Its Board of Directors|website=Estee Lauder Companies|access-date=18 December 2014}}
Charity Clark, Vermont Attorney General
Melinda Haag, United States Attorney for the Northern District of California (2010–2016){{cite web|title=Senate Confirms Melinda Haag '87 as New U.S. Attorney in California|url=https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/senate-confirms-melinda-haag-87-as-new-u-s-attorney-in-california/|website=University of California Berkeley Law|date=18 August 2010 |accessdate=12 January 2016|ref=Berkeley Law}}
Eric Johnson, Mayor of Dallas (2019–present){{cite web|author1=Olivia Pulsinelli|date=May 2, 2018|title=Law firm with dozens of offices worldwide enters Austin with 9 attorneys|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2018/03/02/orrick-law-firm-enters-austin-hires-attorneys.html|access-date=January 21, 2019|website=bizjournals.com}}
Sergey Lagodinsky, Member of the European Parliament for Germany (2019–present)[https://www.gppi.net/team/sergey-lagodinsky Sergey Lagodinsky] Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi).
Sean Patrick Maloney, U.S. Representative for New York's 18th congressional district (2013–2023)
Rob McKenna, Attorney General of Washington (2005–2013){{cite web |url=http://www.orrick.com/People/0/9/D/Robert-McKenna |title=Rob McKenna |website=Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP}}
Brian T. Moran, United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington (2019–2021){{Cite news |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-fourteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-eighth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/ |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Ninth Wave of United States Attorney Nominations and Third Wave of United States Marshal Nominations |date=May 10, 2018 |via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |access-date=May 10, 2018 }}{{PD-notice}}
Kimberly J. Mueller, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (2010–present){{cite web |url=http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caed/staticother/page_1563.htm |title=District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller |access-date=2012-02-06 |publisher=United States District Court, Eastern District of California}}
Raul Anthony Ramirez, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (1980–1989){{cite web|url=http://www.ramsadr.com/about.html|title=About|website=Ramirez Arbitration & Mediation}}
McGregor W. Scott, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California (2003–2009; 2017–2021){{cite news |last1=Wire|first1=Sarah D.|title=Trump nominates U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of California |url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-trump-nominates-u-s-attorney-for-the-1509547988-htmlstory.html|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 1, 2017}}

References

External links

[http://www.orrick.com Orrick website]

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-law-firm-orrick-hit-with-lawsuit-over-march-data-breach-2023-08-14/

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