Paul Hastings
{{Short description|American multinational law firm}}
{{For|the railroad executive|Paul P. Hastings}}
{{Infobox Law Firm
| firm_name = Paul Hastings LLP
| firm_logo = Paul Hastings logo.svg
| num_offices = 23
|num_attorneys=Approximately 1,056 (2024)| practice_areas = Finance, M&A, private equity, private credit, litigation, restructurings, white collar and government disputes, energy, infrastructure, intellectual property, employment, real estate
| key_people = {{Plain list|
- Frank Lopez, Chair
- Sherrese Smith, Managing Partner
- Seth Zachary, Chair Emeritus
}}
|revenue={{profit}} $2.2 billion (2024)|profit_per_equity_partner={{profit}} $6.70 million (2024)| date_founded = November 1, 1951
| founder = Lee Paul, Robert Hastings, Leonard Janofsky
| company_type = Limited liability partnership
| homepage = [http://www.paulhastings.com www.paulhastings.com]
}}
Paul Hastings LLP is an American multinational law firm with over 1,000 lawyers in 23 offices throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia. The firm represents a client base in finance, M&A, private equity, private credit, and litigation.{{Cite web |title=Will Private Credit Produce Another Kirkland? |url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2024/10/07/will-private-credit-produce-another-kirkland/?slreturn=20241029164124 |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=The American Lawyer |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Strom |first=Roy |date=September 3, 2024 |title=Paul Hastings Hiring Surge Pays Dividends as Lawyer Demand Grows |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/paul-hastings-hiring-surge-pays-dividends-as-lawyer-demand-grows |access-date=October 29, 2024 |work=Bloomberg}}
The firm specializes in white collar and government disputes, energy, infrastructure, and intellectual property.{{Cite web|title=Paul Hastings LLP, Global {{!}} Chambers Profiles|url=https://chambers.com/law-firm/paul-hastings-llp-global-2:25003|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Chambers.com}} Paul Hastings is ranked as one of the most prestigious law firms in the United States.{{cite web |title=Top Law Firm Rankings: Vault Law 100 |url=https://vault.com/best-companies-to-work-for/law/top-100-law-firms-rankings |website=Vault |access-date=9 October 2024 |language=en}}
History
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Paul Hastings was founded in Los Angeles in 1951 by Lee Paul, Robert Hastings, and Leonard Janofsky. Its largest office is in New York, with additional offices elsewhere in the United States and throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America.{{Cite web|title=Paul Hastings LLP - The Inside View|url=https://www.chambers-associate.com/paul-hastings/true-picture/25003/1|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Chambers-associate.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Paul Hastings LLP - Offices|url=https://www.paulhastings.com/offices|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Paulhastings.com|language=en-US}}
As of October 2022, the chairman of the firm is Frank Lopez.{{Cite web|title=After More Than 2 Decades, Seth Zachary stepped down as Chair of Paul Hastings|url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2021/10/11/after-more-than-2-decades-seth-zachary-will-step-down-as-chair-of-paul-hastings-405-92417/|access-date=2021-10-18|website=The American Lawyer|language=en}} Over the last two decades, the firm more than tripled its profits per partner to become one of the largest law firms in the world. Over this period, the firm has had the largest profit per partner growth in the highest-grossing half of the Am Law 100.{{Cite web|title=Top 100 US Law Firms|url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/rankings/the-2021-am-law-100/|access-date=2022-01-14|website=The American Lawyer|language=en}}
- Revenue Per Lawyer (2024): $1.72 million{{Cite web |title=Paul Hastings |url=https://www.law.com/international-edition/law-firm-profile/?id=232&name=Paul-Hastings |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=www.law.com}}
In October 2021, the firm announced that Mr. Zachary would step down as chair in October 2022. Frank Lopez, co-head of the firm's securities and capital markets practice and partner in the firm's leveraged finance practice in New York, was voted chair-elect effective October 2021. Washington, D.C.–based Sherrese Smith, vice chair of the firm's data privacy and cybersecurity practice and partner in the firm's media, technology and telecommunications practice, was elected managing partner.
In November 2023, amid a wave of antisemitic incidents at elite U.S. law schools, Paul Hastings was among a group of major law firms who sent a letter to top law school deans warning them that an escalation in incidents targeting Jewish students would have corporate hiring consequences. The letter said "We look to you to ensure your students who hope to join our firms after graduation are prepared to be an active part of workplace communities that have zero tolerance policies for any form of discrimination or harassment, much less the kind that has been taking place on some law school campuses."{{cite news |last1=Sorkin |first1=Andrew Ross |last2=Mattu |first2=Ravi |last3=Warner |first3=Bernhard |last4=Kessler |first4=Sarah |last5=de la Merced |first5=Michael J. |last6=Hirsch |first6=Lauren |last7=Livni |first7=Ephrat |title=Law Firms Warn Universities About Antisemitism on Campus |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/business/dealbook/law-firms-schools-antisemitism.html |access-date=2 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=2 November 2023}}
Notable current or former attorneys
- Ronald Barak (born 1943), Olympic gymnast.
- Bradley J. Bondi, brother of United States Attorney General Pam Bondi.{{Cite news |last=Thrush |first=Glenn |last2=Goldman |first2=Adam |date=2025-03-05 |title=Attorney General’s Brother Seeks to Lead D.C. Bar Association |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/us/politics/pam-bondi-brother.html |access-date=2025-05-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
- Ralph B. Everett, first African-American partner at Paul Hastings and adviser to several U.S. presidential campaigns.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/ralph-bernard-everett-41|title=Ralph Bernard Everett's Biography|website=The HistoryMakers}}
- Jay C. Gandhi, first South Asian American federal judge in California, was a partner at the firm.
- Robert Luskin,{{cite news |title=US Senator Menendez to swap legal teams, hiring law firm Paul Hastings |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-senator-menendez-swap-legal-teams-hiring-law-firm-paul-hastings-2023-11-17/ |work=Reuters |author=Mike Scarcella |date=2023-11-17 |access-date=2025-07-01}} specialist in white-collar crime and federal and state government investigations, and an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches a course in global anti-corruption.
- Thomas P. O'Brien, former U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, joined Paul Hastings in 2009.{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/08/10/paul-hastings-lands-obrien-the-us-attorney-in-los-angeles/|title=Paul Hastings Lands O'Brien, the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles|last=Jones|first=Ashby|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=2016-11-30}}
- Robert P. Silvers, U.S. Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans.{{cite web |title=Paul Hastings Partner Pay Shown in Disclosure for Key Biden DHS Post |url=https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2021/05/12/paul-hastings-partner-pay-shown-in-disclosure-for-key-biden-dhs-post/ |website=Law.com |author=Mike Scarcella |date=2021-05-12 |access-date=2025-07-01}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.paulhastings.com Official Website]
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