Arnold and Porter
Headquarters:
555 Twelfth St. NW
Washington, DC 20004
Employees: 1,350
Chairman: Thomas Milch
Privately held
Website:
http://www.arnoldporter.com
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Arnold & Porter LLP is a major international
law firm with headquarters in Washington, DC.
Arnold & Porter attorneys practice
in over 20 distinct areas of law, working together in coordinated,
cross-disciplinary teams to provide transactional, regulatory,
and litigation services in the following areas of practice:
- Antitrust/Competition and Consumer Protection
- Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization
- Compensation and Benefits
- Congressional Investigations
- Consumer Product Safety
- Corporate and Securities
- Employment
- Environmental
- FDA and Healthcare
- Financial Services
- Government Contracts
- Information Security
- Intellectual Property
- International Arbitration
- International Trade
- Litigation
- National and Homeland Security
- Political Law, Government Ethics, and Lobbying Compliance
- Privacy
- Product Liability and Mass Tort Litigation
- Public Policy and Legislative
- Real Estate
- Securities Enforcement and Litigation
- Subprime Lending Regulation, Enforcement & Litigation
- Tax, Trusts, and Estates
- Telecommunications, Internet, and Media
- Toxic Tort
- White Collar Criminal Defense
Arnold & Porter was named to Fortune
magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" for the
sixth consecutive year.
The firm is not only comprised of top lawyers
from America and Europe's best colleges and law schools, but
of doctors, biologists, chemists, public policy professionals,
and former high-ranking officials from the US government. In
fact, over 80 partners have served in positions in the US government,
from the Federal Trade Commission to the Department of Justice
to the US Congress.
History
Shortly after World War II, three veterans
of the New Deal founded the law firm then known as Arnold, Fortas
& Porter. Thurman Arnold was a former Yale Law School professor,
Assistant Attorney General, and US Court of Appeals Judge. Abe
Fortas, who would later become a Supreme Court Justice, also
served in various government positions, including as Undersecretary
of the Interior. Paul Porter was a former Chairman of the Federal
Communications Commission and Administrator of the wartime Office
of Price Administration.
Thurman Arnold, a brilliant, iconoclastic
lawyer and economist, endowed the firm with its institutional
ambition to confront and find creative answers to complex legal
issues. Abe Fortas contributed a meticulous and uncompromising
emphasis on technical excellence, and Paul Porter, a quintessential
"Washington lawyer," infused the firm with a tradition
of independence and originality. They were three very different
people who together gave the firm they founded an appreciation
and respect for individuality.
These principles and the personalities
of Arnold & Porter's founders still shape the firm today.
Many of the firm's attorneys have held senior positions in the
White House and in such US government agencies as the Departments
of State and Justice, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal
Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, and
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Several attorneys, both
partners and associates, teach part-time at law schools, and
many write for legal and business publications. Many also participate
in national and local bar association activities as well as in
continuing legal education programs.
Benefits
Benefits offered to all attorneys working
25 or more hours per week include:
* Medical, vision, and dental coverage;
* Medical, vision, and dental coverage for spouses, domestic
partners, and their children;
* Life insurance equal to two times base annual earnings;
* Long-term disability coverage;
* Supplemental long-term disability insurance;
* Supplemental life insurance;
* Dependent life insurance;
* Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts;
* 401(k) through employee contributions;
* Profit-sharing through firm and employee contributions;
* Travel Accident Insurance coverage;
* Long-Term Care benefit;
* Employee Assistance Program;
* Pre-tax transportation program;
* Salary advance;
* Exercise facilities and showers (Washington, DC, only);
* On-site cafeteria available for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
(Washington, DC, only);
* A "healthy incentive" bonus; and
* Vacation/sick leave.
Updated August 8, 2008
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