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Schiff Hardin LLP
Schiff Hardin LLP
HeadquartersChicago
No. of offices7
No. of attorneysmore than 300
Major practice areasGeneral practice
Revenue$227M [1]
Date founded1864; 160 years ago (1864), in Chicago
FoundersCharles Hitchcock and Charles Dupee
Company typePrivate
Websitewww.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.[2] It was a general practice firm serving corporate clients. In 2022, Schiff Hardin merged with Arent Fox to form the firm of ArentFox Schiff. [3]

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. 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.[4]

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 deals and cases

Notable clients

AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. Michael Jordan[11]
Bunn-O-Matic Corporation Laidlaw International, Inc.
CenterPoint Properties Trust Lek Pharmaceuticals[12]
Chicago Board Options Exchange Newell Rubbermaid Inc.
Chicago Transit Authority NiSource Inc.
Dorel Industries Inc. Northern Trust
Eastman Kodak Company Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Emaar Properties Sanford
Geneva Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Novartis The Thermos Company[13]
Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc.[14] Wittur Inc.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Law.com". Law.com.
  2. ^ "Offices". Schiff Hardin.
  3. ^ Merken, Sara (December 2021). "Arent Fox, Schiff Hardin will merge to form $475 MLN revenue firm". Reuters.
  4. ^ "About Us". Schiff Hardin.
  5. ^ http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/search/historicalcharge.cfm?ID=100011430&SessionID=&TYPE=news [dead link]
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  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2021.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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