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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Main office:
101 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10178
Tel: (212) 808-7800
Fax: (212) 808-7897
Other offices:
Chicago, Illinois
Stamford, Connecticut
Washington, DC
Tysons Corner, Virginia
Parsippany, New Jersey
Brussels, Belgium
Jakarta, Indonesia (affiliate)
Mumbai, India (affiliate)
Web: www.kelleydrye.com
Managing Partner: James J. Kirk
Number of partners: 105 (includes 5 active Of Counsel)
Number of associates: 194 (including 11 PT associates)
Total number of attorneys: 299
Total number of support staff: 340
American Lawyer Media rankings: 118 th on AmLaw 200, 131 th on NLJ
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Areas of Practice/Names of Practice Area Heads:
Commercial Litigation/Richard E. Donovan
Labor and Employment Law/Kenneth Kirschner
Antitrust/Trade Regulation/Richard E. Donovan
Broker Dealer/Paul F. McCurdy
Corporate Finance and Securities/M. Ridgway Barker
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation/David E. Barry
Financial Institutions/Merrill B. Stone
Intellectual Property/William R. Golden
Mergers & Acquisitions/Jane E. Jablons
Private Equity/John T. Capetta
Real Estate/Robert D. Bickford
Restructuring, Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights/Mark I. Bane
Tax/John A. Garraty
Telecommunications/Robert J. Aamoth
White Collar Crime/Corporate Investigations/Julian Solotorovsky
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Firm Overview:
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, founded in 1836, represents some of the
world’s most accomplished businesses and organizations. The Firm has
approximately 300 attorneys throughout our offices in New York,
Washington, D.C., Tysons Corner, Chicago, Stamford, Parsippany and
Brussels, and affiliate offices in Jakarta and Mumbai. In more than 20 practice
areas, we provide exceptional legal counsel that reflects the extensive
experience, proven capabilities and industry expertise for which our attorneys
are known. Recognizing that premium service is inextricably linked
with first-rate performance, for more than 165 years, Kelley Drye has helped
clients reach their business goals by combining expert legal advice with
unparalleled client service.
Industries Represented: Financial Institutions/Financial Services,
Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Chemical, Technology,
Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices, Insurance, Real Estate,
Petroleum/Oil/Gas, Food and Beverage, among others.
Diversity Efforts: We cultivate a diverse workplace by embracing our
employees’ individuality, varying perspectives and different life experiences.
This allows us to build and promote an environment that values inclusion
– one that encourages the uniqueness of all here, and empowers them to
succeed. More than a philosophy, our diversity objectives are about actively
enhancing our Firm by aggressively hiring, retaining, promoting and creating
leadership opportunities for attorneys of all backgrounds. Kelley Drye
has developed and committed to a comprehensive set of goals to identify
and eliminate barriers to creating and maintaining a diverse workplace.
Pro Bono: The Firm approaches pro bono representations with the same
importance as those for other clients, and makes all of its resources available
for these matters. Agencies which regularly refer matters to the Firm
include: Network for Women’s Services; Lawyers’ Committee for Human
Rights; MFY (Mobilization for Youth) Legal Services; inMotion; U.S. District
Court pro bono panels; The Legal Aid Society; Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts;
Partnership for the Homeless; Brooklyn Legal Services; and the September
11th Fund.
Languages: Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Hindi, Marathi, French, German,
Mandarin, Russian, among others.
Selected Practice Groups:
Commercial Litigation
The Commercial Litigation Group is the Firm's largest practice and is
at the heart of much of the work we do for our clients. We have successfully
handled several of the most prominent litigation cases in recent history.
We have represented clients in virtually every type of case and forum,
in federal and state courts, including large class actions, multi-district litigation,
governmental regulatory and administrative actions, as well as
smaller state and federal court actions. We have the ability, with local counsel,
to effectively litigate anywhere, both across the nation and around the
world.
Our attorneys have extensive experience with alternative dispute resolution
and have had great success with motions to dismiss and for summary
judgment. In fact, a growing number of our clients seek alternatives to
conventional litigation to resolve their disputes. Kelley Drye lawyers have
expertise in determining if and when mediation, mini-trials, arbitration
and other forms of alternative dispute resolution are appropriate.
Kelley Drye is on the cutting edge in the use of computerized litigation
support technology, document imaging, optical character recognition,
work-product retrieval and computer graphic systems.