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DLA Piper
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| Headquarters | Decentralized |
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| No. of Offices | 64 |
| No. of Attorneys | 3,600+ |
| Major Practice Areas | General Practice |
| Date Founded | 2005 (merger) |
| Company Type | Law Firm |
| Website | dlapiper.com |
DLA Piper (known until 4 September 2006 as DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary) is the second largest law firm in the world by number of attorneys and the only firm in the world with more than 1,500 lawyers on each side of the Atlantic. DLA Piper is a legal services organization whose members and affiliates are separate and distinct legal entities.[1]
Together, the organization boasts more than 3,600 lawyers in 25 countries and 64 offices throughout the world. DLA Piper was formed as a result of the 2005 merger of San Diego-based Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP, London-based DLA LLP (previously Dibb Lupton Alsop), and Piper Rudnick LLP (itself a 1999 merger of Baltimore-based Piper & Marbury and Chicago-based Rudnick & Wolfe). In 2006, the firm had more than $1.8 billion in revenue, making it one of the highest grossing law firms in the world.
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The firm is managed globally by three joint chief executive officers: Nigel Knowles, Frank Burch, and Lee Miller. The three were previously the managing partners of legacy firms (DLA, Piper & Marbury, and Rudnick & Wolfe, respectively). The Chairman of the firm's Global Board is former U.S. Democratic Senator George Mitchell, who chaired the peace negotiations which led to the 1998 Belfast Peace Agreement and for which he won various awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the UN (UNESCO) Peace Prize. As a member of the Senate, Mitchell pushed through the Americans With Disabilities Act, the ratification of the North Atlantic Free Trade Association, and the creation of the World Trade Organization. Mr. Mitchell may be best known for 2006-2007 assignment investigating steroid use for Major League Baseball, which culminated in the so-called "Mitchell Report."
DLA Piper represents more than 140 of the top 250 companies in the Fortune 500, and nearly half of the FTSE 250 or their subsidiaries. DLA Piper were recently revealed to be the primary brokers of the purchase of The Broker Network by Towergate Partnership in the UK insurance sector [1].
The firm has won many awards, including Global Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2006 in London (beating out Baker & McKenzie, Latham & Watkins, Linklaters, and White & Case) and Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2005, which said, "DLA Piper is leading the legal business community by example." [2]
Other Awards:
- Named "Law Firm of the Year" at the Private Equity Awards 2007 for the second year running
- Named a "Legal Market Trailblazer" by BTI Consulting Group
- Ranked #8 on the list of "Top Ten Family-Friendly Firms" compiled by Yale Law Women in 2007
- Recognized as a "2007 Best Law Firm for Women" by Working Mother Magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers
- #1 on the 2007 American Lawyer Pro Bono ranking for total lawyer participation
DLA Piper employs Eric O'Neill, a former FBI employee involved in uncovering Robert Hanssen as a spy. The event was the basis for the 2007 film "Breach" starring Ryan Phillippe as O'Neill.