Schiff Hardin LLP![Schiff Hardin LLP](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Schiff-hardin-logo.JPG) |
Headquarters | Chicago |
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No. of offices | 7 |
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No. of attorneys | more than 300 |
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Major practice areas | General practice |
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Revenue | $227M |
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Date founded | 1864; 160 years ago (1864), in Chicago |
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Founders | Charles Hitchcock and Charles Dupee |
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Company type | Private |
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Website | www.schiffhardin.com |
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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. It was a general practice firm serving corporate clients. In 2022, Schiff Hardin merged with Arent Fox to form the "firm of ArentFox Schiff."
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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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