Schiff Hardin
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{{Infobox Law Firm
| firm_name = Schiff Hardin LLP
| firm_logo = Image:Schiff-hardin-logo.JPG
| headquarters = Chicago
| num_offices = 7
| num_attorneys = more than 300
| practice_areas = General practice
| revenue = $227M {{Cite web|url=https://www.law.com/|title=Law.com|website=Law.com}}
| date_founded = {{start date and age|1864}}, in Chicago
| founders = Charles Hitchcock and Charles Dupee
| company_type = Limited liability partnership
| homepage = {{URL|www.schiffhardin.com}}
}}
Schiff Hardin LLP was a national law firm with more than 300 attorneys practicing out of seven offices nationwide — Ann Arbor, Chicago, Lake Forest, New York, Newport Beach, San Francisco, and Washington, DC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.schiffhardin.com/offices|title=Offices|website=Schiff Hardin}} It was a general practice firm serving corporate clients. In 2022, Schiff Hardin merged with Arent Fox to form the firm of ArentFox Schiff. {{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/arent-fox-schiff-hardin-will-merge-form-475-mln-revenue-firm-2021-12-01/|title = Arent Fox, Schiff Hardin will merge to form $475 MLN revenue firm|newspaper = Reuters|date = December 2021|last1 = Merken|first1 = Sara}}
History
The firm was founded in 1864 as Hitchcock & Dupee and ranked as one of Chicago's oldest law firms. In its early years, it represented the Chicago City Railway Company and Chicago Transit Authority.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} In 1889, Hitchcock & Dupee gained Northern Trust as a client; the company continued to turn to Schiff Hardin for all legal advice until the Arent Fox merger. The firm acquired its current name in 2004.{{Cite web|url=https://www.schiffhardin.com/about-us|title=About Us|website=Schiff Hardin}}
Schiff Hardin opened a Washington, D.C. office in 1977. An office in New York City (1991) followed. 2002 brought a suburban Chicago office in Lake Forest. In 2007, the firm merged with Morgenstein & Jubelirer to open a San Francisco office, followed by an Ann Arbor, Michigan office in 2012.
Notable cases
- Chicago Board Options Exchange — In the early 1970s, the firm created the legal structure of the CBOE. In June 2010, the firm represented the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated in its approximately $3 billion demutualization transaction, in which the CBOE converted from a member-owned Delaware non-stock corporation to a Delaware stock corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of a new parent holding company, CBOE Holdings, Inc.http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/search/historicalcharge.cfm?ID=100011430&SessionID=&TYPE=news {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.schiffhardin.com/9744.htm|title=StackPath}}
- United States of America v. Conrad M. Black et al. — The firm represented Mark S. Kipnis, the former general counsel of Hollinger International, Inc., in this highly publicized trial.{{Cite web|url=http://www.schiffhardin.com/EXP-WCC-Mark_Kipnis.htm|title=StackPath}}
- People v. Harper — Schiff Hardin represented Julie Rae Harper, a woman wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for the murder of her young son, at her retrial. This case generated considerable media attention after ABC-TV's 20/20 program ran a show about the case.{{Cite web|url=http://www.schiffhardin.com/EXP-PB-Julie_Rea_Harper.htm|title = StackPath}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/ilHarperSummary.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803091941/https://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/ilHarperSummary.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |date=2024-03-19 |title=How Long Does Motorcycle Accident Case Take? |url=https://www.mcwhirterlaw.com/how-long-will-my-motorcycle-accident-case-take/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |language=en-US}}
- Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Woodley — In a case that received nationwide attention, the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), represented by Schiff Hardin's Animal Law practice attorneys and North Carolina counsel, obtained a full and final judgment in Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Woodley in a case involving animal hoarding.{{Cite web|url=http://www.schiffhardin.com/EXP-LIT-ALDF-Woodley.htm|title = StackPath}}
Notable clients
References
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External links
- {{official|http://www.schiffhardin.com/index.htm }}
- [http://www.schiffhardin.com/news_111307.htm Worth Magazine's Top 100 Attorneys List Honors Schiff Hardin LLP Partners Thomas W. Abendroth and John D. Dadakis]
- [http://www.natlawreview.com/organization/schiff-hardin-llp Schiff Hardin LLP Organizational Profile at the National Law Review]
- [https://www.criminallawyer-chicago.com/ Goldman & Associates Criminal Lawyer]
- [http://www.chambersandpartners.com/USA/Firms/2605-33241 Chambers & Partners Firm Profile]
- [https://www.cnnorrislaw.com/ C. Norris Law Group Website]
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