Schiff Hardin

Schiff Hardin LLP is 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 is a general practice firm serving corporate clients in a number of practices.

Schiff Hardin LLP
Headquarters Chicago
No. of offices7
No. of attorneysmore than 300
Major practice areasGeneral practice
Revenue$227M [1]
Date founded1864 (Chicago)
Company typeLimited Liability Partnership
Websitewww.schiffhardin.com

History

The firm was founded in 1864 as Hitchcock & Dupee and ranks 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; today the company still turns to Schiff Hardin for all matters of legal advice. The firm acquired its current name in 2004.[3]

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
  • 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.[4][5]
  • United States of America v. Conrad M. Black et al.[6] — The firm represented Mark S. Kipnis, the former general counsel of Hollinger International, Inc., in this highly publicized trial.[7]
  • People v. Harper[8] — 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.[9][10]
  • Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Woodley[11] — In a case that has 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.[12]

Notable Clients
AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. Michael Jordan[13]
Bunn-O-Matic Corporation Laidlaw International, Inc.
CenterPoint Properties Trust Lek Pharmaceuticals[14]
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[15]
Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc.[16] Wittur Inc.[17]

References
  1. "Law.com". Law.com.
  2. "Offices". Schiff Hardin.
  3. "About Us". Schiff Hardin.
  4. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/search/historicalcharge.cfm?ID=100011430&SessionID=&TYPE=news
  5. http://www.schiffhardin.com/9744.htm
  6. http://www.schiffhardin.com/EXP-WCC-Mark_Kipnis.htm
  7. http://www.schiffhardin.com/EXP-WCC-Mark_Kipnis.htm
  8. http://www.schiffhardin.com/EXP-PB-Julie_Rea_Harper.htm
  9. http://www.schiffhardin.com/EXP-PB-Julie_Rea_Harper.htm
  10. https://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/ilHarperSummary.html
  11. http://www.schiffhardin.com/EXP-LIT-ALDF-Woodley.htm
  12. http://www.schiffhardin.com/EXP-LIT-ALDF-Woodley.htm
  13. http://www.schiffhardin.com/EXP-IP-Michael_Jordan.htm
  14. http://www.schiffhardin.com/EXP-IP-Lek_Pharmaceuticals.htm
  15. http://www.schiffhardin.com/EXP-IP-Thermos.htm
  16. http://www.schiffhardin.com/EXP-IP-Insurance_Auto_Auctions.htm
  17. http://www.schiffhardin.com/EXP-RBCR-Wittur.htm
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