November 21, 1620 - First English written contract in North America, executed aboard the Mayflower off Cape Cod, MA; 41 men signed Mayflower Compact: " In ye name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwriten, the loyall subjects of our dread soveraigne Lord King James by ye grace of God, of Great Britaine, Franc, & Ireland king, defender of ye faith, &c...."

October 4, 1636 - The General Court of the Plymouth Colony instituted legal code, first composed in North America.

July 21, 1733 - Harvard College granted first honorary Doctor of Law degree in U. S. to John Winthrop.

1792 - John Wells, orphan from Otsego County, New York, started law practice in lower Manhattan; 1818 - established one of first law partnerships with George Washington Strong; focused on commercial claims, litigation, maritime law, real estate, wills; 1878 - Charles Strong headed firm; John L. Cadwalader, former Assistant Secretary of State, joined; catapulted Strong & Cadwalader into ranks of elite firms representing major corporations; 1883 - George W. Wickersham, antitrust expert, joined Firm (serve as U.S. Attorney General under President Taft in 1909); 1889 - Henry W. Taft joined; renowned for corporate antitrust defense work, railroad expertise (appointed Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York in 1905); 1914 - name changed to Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft; 1942 - Catherine Noyes Lee made partner, first woman partner of major Wall Street firm.

1805 - Thomas Addis Emmet began law practice in New York City; represented Robert Fulton, John Jacob Astor; handled 45 appeals before New York State Supreme Court; Attorney General of State of new York during War of 1812; 1920 - Langdon P. Martin and Franklin D. Roosevelt joined firm (FDR left in 1924 after contracting polio); 1921 - George Whitney Martin joined firm, name changed to Emmet, Marvin & Martin.

1836 - Hiram Barney, William Mulligan founded Kelley Drye &Warren.

August 19, 1841 - First set of standard bankruptcy laws; before repealed a few years later, 33,737 people invoked newfound right to voluntarily declare for bankruptcy.

April 29, 1845 - Macon B. Allen, Robert Morris Jr.,  first blacks to open law practice; May 3, 1855 - Allen became first African-American admitted to Bar in Massachusetts.

1849 - Francis N. Bangs started law practice; 1880 - Francis L. Stetson, former New York City assistant corporation counsel, joined as partner; developed J.P. Morgan & Company account (1901 - helped Morgan create United States Steel Corporation and Northern Securities Company, railroad trust; reorganized United States Rubber Company, helped establish International Harvester Company); 1894 - formed firm of Stetson, Jennings & Russell; 1896-1914 - no more than 7 partners; 1919 - first real partnership created under Allen Wardwell (joined firm as clerk after graduating from Harvard Law School in 1898); 1920 - Frank Polk joined firm; 1921 - John W. Davis, ambassador to Great Britain from 1918-1921, joined; renamed Davis Polk Wardwell Gardiner & Reed (George H. Gardiner, Lansing P. Reed); 1954 - 26 partners, called Davis Polk Wardwell Sunderland & Kiendl (Edwin Sunderland, Theodore Kiendl); 1964 - 37 partners; renamed Davis Polk & Wardwell; 1998 - gross revenues of $435 million; 1999 - profits per partner of $1.61 million.

April 3, 1849 - Frederick Billings, arrived from Vermont on April 1, rented small office on Brenham Place to practice land law; first lawyer in San Francisco; first customer - John A. Sutter (gold discovered on his property ion January 24); formed partnership with Archibald Peachy, opened an office in City Hotel on Clay St. (at Kearny); December 31, 1849 - Henry Wager Halleck joined firm, renamed "Halleck, Peachy & Billings, Attorneys & Solicitors"; handled more than 800 of California's 1,400 land claim cases; 1861 - firm dissolved.

October 15, 1852 - Richard Tobin admitted to practice before Supreme Court of California; 1875 - Robert (oldest son) joined firm as partner; 1919 - Cyril R. Tobin (grandson) took over; California's oldest law firm.

1853 - Frederick H. Winston established law practice in Chicago, represented railroads; 1860 - Winston's partner, Norman B. Judd, nominated Abraham Lincoln for President during Republican national Convention in Chicago; 1878 - Frederick S. Winston (son) joined firm; 1892 - Silas H. Strawn joined firm; 1951 - name changed to Winston, Strawn, Black & Towner; 1987 - organization structure changed from operating committee to executive committee.

1853 - Frederic Rene Coudert founded Coudert Brothers in New York; later joined by two brothers, Charles (junior) and Louis Leonce; 1879 - opened law office in Paris, believed to be first international law practice.

1853 - Fredrick Hampden Winston began law practice in Chicago; 1894 - Silas H. Strawn joined firm (managing partner for 40 years); 1953 -approximately 40 lawyers; 2003 - nearly 900 lawyers.

1865 - John Codman Ropes, John Chipman Gray  founded Ropes & Gray.

February 14, 1870 - Esther Morris became world's first female justice of the peace.

June 30, 1870 - Ada Kepley became first female law school graduate from Union College of Law (Northwestern), 1869-1870.

1873 - Thomas Shearman, John W. Sterling formed partnership.

1874 - Evans Searle (E. S.) Pillsbury opened law office in San Francisco; 1875 - William E. Green became partner, renamed Pillsbury & Green; 1879 - David Titus replaced Green as partner, renamed Pillsbury & Titus; 1883 - Pillsbury resigned partnership, formed Wallace, Pillsbury & Blanding; 1895 - Alfred Sutro, Frank D. Madison joined firm; 1898 - Horace D. Pillsbury (son), joined; renamed E.S. Pillsbury and Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro; 1904 - Alfred Sutro made partner; 1905 - renamed Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro; 1998 - elected Mary Cranston as new chair of managing board, first woman to lead major law firm; 2001 - merged with Winthrop Stimson Putnam and Roberts' created bi-coastal law firm focused on capital markets, intellectual property, finance, energy, litigation, real estate; 2005 - merged with Washington, DC-based Shaw Pittman (founded 1954 by Bradley Shaw, Steuart Pittman); name changed to Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.

August 21, 1878 - The American Bar Association  founded in Saratoga, NY.

1879 - Algernon Sydney Sullivan, William Nelson Cromwell founded Sullivan & Cromwell; 1882 - involved in formation of Edison General Electric Company; 1902 - involved in formation of United States Steel Corporation.

February 15, 1879 - President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before Supreme Court.

March 3, 1879 - Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood became first woman admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court.

1881 - Alexander Morrison became associated with San Francisco firm of Cope & Boyd; 1883 - with colleague Thomas V. O'Brien formed firm of O'Brien & Morrison; 1890 - Constantine E.A. Foerster, William R. Daingerfield became associated with firm, name changed to O'Brien, Morrison, & Daingerfield; 1892 - Morrison and Foerster dissolved firm, commenced practice of law under name of Morrison & Foerster; 1975 - name made permanent after 14 changes.

1883 - Robert M. Fitzgerald opened Oakland legal practice in two-room office on Broadway; 1895 - Carl H. Abbott became junior partner; 1900 - formed partnership with Donald Y. Campbell, E.S. Fowler; moved practice to San Francisco; 1906 - earthquake, fire precipitated Fitzgerald and Abbott's return to Oakland; 1908 - Charles A. Beardsley became  associate; 1913 - made partner; name changed to Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley; oldest law firm in continuous existence in East Bay area, one of oldest firms in California.

1885 - John R. Jarboe, former general counsel for German Savings and Loan Society (later part of First Interstate Bank of California) founded Jarboe, Harrison & Goodfellow; 1891 - partnership dissolved; 1901 - W. S. Goodfellow formed new partnership with Charles Eells, Goodfellow & Eells; 1910 - William H. Orrick joined firm; 1914 - Stanley Moore joined, name changed to Goodfellow, Eells, Moore & Orrick; 1927 - Ralph Palmer, Tom Dahlquist, George Herrington, Mitchell Neff became partners; 1932 - Eric Sutcliffe joined firm; 1947 - became managing partner; 1980 - name changed to Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe.

January 2, 1885 - Jackson A. Graves (32), Henry W. O'Melveny (26) entered into written agreement; established law firm of Graves & O'Melveny; later named O'Melveny &Myers in Los Angeles.

1890 - John D. Bicknell, Walter Trask  formed law firm; 1897 - Judge James Gibson joined firm; became Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

1890 - Emanuel S. Heller opened law practice at 124 Sansome Street, Room 30 in San Francisco; 1896 -  partnership of Heller & Powers formed; 1905 - Sidney Ehrman entered partnership, renamed Heller, Powers & Ehrman; 1921 - Jerome White and Florence McAuliffe joined partnership, renamed Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe; 1929 - McAuliffe negotiated financing for construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; 1937 - White served as Golden Gate Bridge District's General Counsel, arranged for the bonds to carry project; 1969 - took on Parisi v. Davidson case pro bono, successfully argued in U.S. Supreme Court, defined rights of conscientious objectors during Vietnam War; 2003 - The American Lawyer recognized firm as one of Top 20 "A-List" law firms in the U.S.

1890 - George Wharton Pepper joined law practice of Bayard Henry on Walnut Street in Philadelphia; 1922 - Pepper appointed to United States Senate to fill unexpired term of Senator Boies Penrose; 1954 - merged with Evans, Bayard & Frick, renamed Pepper, Bodine, Frick, Scheetz &Hamilton; 1960 - merged with Moffett, Frye &Leopold (first female partner, Roberta P. McKinney); 1992 - Barbara W. Mather elected firm’s first executive partner; among first women to become chief executive of major law firm in United States.

September, 1904 - Frank Hogan started law firm in Washington, DC; 1925 - Nelson T. Hartson, former solicitor of internal revenue, joined firm; renamed Hogan & Hartson.

1913 - Frank Rockwell, former Summit County (OH) prosecuting attorney, Charles T. Grant, his assistant, established law partnership of Rockwell & Grant; 1921 - Lisle M. Buckingham, Judge C.R. Grant, Joseph Thomas formed law partner-ship of Grant, Thomas & Buckingham; 1929 - Buckingham's firm merged; renamed Rockwell, Grant, Thomas & Buckingham; January 1934 - Gillum H. Doolittle, attorney for twenty-five years, recruited to into partnership to replace Grant; 1943 - Thomas became Firestone’s general counsel; Edmund Burroughs joined firm, name changed to Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs; 1977 - firm incorporated, name changed to Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, A Legal Professional Association; June 1996 - became partnership again, renamed Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP.

July 1, 1918 - Richard Hale, Dudley Dorr founded Hale & Dorr.

1919  - Edward B. Burling (Chicago lawyer), J. Harry Covington (former Maryland Congressman and Judge) founded Covington & Burling.

1919 - R. C. Fulbright, J. H. Crooker founded firm; became Fulbright & Jaworski.

January 29, 1926 - Violette Neatley Anderson became first African-American woman admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court.

July 26, 1926 - National Bar Association incorporated.

January 1934 - Dana Latham, Paul R. Watkins (former general counsel for Pacific Finance Corporation)  established law practice in Los Angeles, CA; 1972 - opened first office outside LA, in Orange County, CA; 1983 - 237 attorneys; July 1999 - nation's fourth-largest law firm, gross revenues of $502 million, seventeenth in revenues per lawyer ($605,000);  2007 - more than 2,100 attorneys in 24 offices around world; generated gross revenue over $2 billion, highest figure ever reported for U. S.-based law firm; profit per partner of $2.37. million ($1.86 million in 2006).

July 22, 1939 - Fiorello LaGuardia, Mayor of New York City, appointed Jane Matilda Bolin (31) first black woman judge; justice of the Domestic Relations Court (renamed the Family Court in 1962), served with distinction for 40 years.

1945 - Robert S. Strauss, Richard A. Gump left FBI, opened Gump & Strauss law firm in Dallas, TX; 1950 - Irving L. Goldberg and William joined firm, name changed to Goldberg, Fonville, Gump, Strauss & Hauer; 1966 - Henry D. Akin joined firm, Irving L. Goldberg resigned after being appointed to U.S. Court of Appeals for Fifth Circuit; name of 20-lawyer firm changed to Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld.

1948 - Marshall Skadden, John Slate, Les Arps opened law  firm; 1961 - name changed to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

January 12, 1948 - The Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law-school applicants because of race.

August 30, 1961 - J B Parsons first African American judge of a U.S. District Court.

May 2004 - Hale and Dorr LLP merged with  Washington firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering LLP.

May, 2005 - 152-year-old Coudert Brothers (first American law firm to open offices in London, Singapore, Moscow) announced it intended to break apart; result of unfocused growth, unprofitable overseas expansion, loss of partners to other firms.

2007 - Latham & Watkins generated gross revenue over $2 billion, highest figure ever reported for U. S.-based law firm; profit per partner of $2.37. million ($1.86 million in 2006).

June 2008 - Decades-old conflict over rules governing civil lawsuits; 2005 - federal legislation made it harder to file class-action lawsuits in state courts (judges, juries perceived as hostile to business); 2007 - number of megaverdicts (more than $100 million) dropped to 2  from 27 in 2000.

(Allen Allen & Hemsley), Valeries Lawson (1995). The Allens Affair: How One Man Shook the Foundations of a Leading Australian Law Firm. (Sydney, AU: Macmillan, 291 p.). Powles, Adrian; Allen Allen & Hemsley; Law firms--New South Wales--Sydney; Embezzlement--New South Wales--Sydney.

(Arnold Fortas & Porter), Norman Diamond (1997). A Practice Almost Perfect: The Early Days at Arnold, Fortas & Porter. (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 336 p.). Arnold, Fortas & Porter--History; Law firms--Washington (D.C.)--History.

(Baker & Botts), Kenneth Lipartito and Joseph Pratt (1991). Baker & Botts in the Development of Modern Houston. (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 255 p.). Baker & Botts--History; Law firms--Texas--Houston--History; Houston (Tex.)--History.

(Birmingham Bar Association), Pat Boyd Rumore (2000). Lawyers in a New South City: A History of the Legal Profession in Birmingham. (Birmingham, AL: Association Pub. Co., 312 p.). Birmingham Bar Association--History; Practice of law--Alabama--Birmingham--History; Lawyers--Alabama--Birmingham--History; Law firms--Alabama--Birmingham--History.

(Boodle Hatfield and Co.), Victor Belcher (1985). Boodle, Hatfield and Co.: The History of a London Law Firm in Three Centuries. (London, UK: Boodle, Hatfield, and Co, 175 p.). Boodle, Hatfield and Co.--History; Lawyers--England--London--Biography; Law firms--England--London--Biography.

(Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP), Ruth Dean ((2003). The Value of Integrity: A Memoir Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP. (Akron, OH: Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP, 81 p.). Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP.

(Carter, Ledyard & Milburn), Francis M. Ellis and Edward F. Clark, Jr. (1988). A Brief History of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, from 1854 to 1988: Including Some Whimsical Tales about the Firm and Its People. (Portsmouth, NH: P.E. Randall, 195 p.). Carter, Ledyard & Milburn--History; Law firms--New York (State)--New York--History; Lawyers--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

(Coudert Brothers), Sol M. Linowitz (1985). The Making of a Public Man: A Memoir. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 258 p.). Partner, Senior Counsel (Coudert Brothers), 1969-1994. Linowitz, Sol M., 1913-; Lawyers--United States--Biography; Statesmen--United States--Biography.

(Coudert Brothers), Sol M. Linowitz with Martin Mayer (1994). The Betrayed Profession: Lawyering at the End of the Twentieth Century. (New York, NY: Scribner, 273 p.). Partner, Senior Counsel (Coudert Brothers), 1969-1994. Lawyers--United States; Legal ethics--United States; Practice of law--Corrupt practices--United States.

(Coudert Brothers), Virginia Kays Veenswijk (1994). Coudert Brothers: A Legacy in Law: The History of America's First International Law Firm, 1853-1993. (New York, NY: Dutton, 448 p.). Coudert Brothers--History; Law firms--New York (State)--New York--History; Lawyers--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

(Covington & Burling), Howard C. Westwood (1986). Covington & Burling, 1919-1984. (Washington, DC: Covington & Burling, 403 p.). Covington & Burling--History; Law firms--Washington (D.C.)--History; Lawyers--Washington (D.C.)--Biography; Practice of law--Washington (D.C.)--History.

(Craig & Craig), Jack E. Horsley (1991). History of Craig & Craig, Attorneys. (Mattoon, IL: Craig & Craig, 232 p.). Craig & Craig--History; Law firms--Illinois--Mattoon--History; Lawyers--Illinois--Mattoon--Biography.

(Cravath Swaine and Moore - result of 1853 merger), Robert T. Swaine (1946-1948). The Cravath Firm and Its Predecessors, 1819-1947. (New York, NY: Privately Printed at Ad Press, 3 vols.). Cravath, Swaine and Moore, lawyers, New York. 

(Davis. Polk & Wardell), William H. Harbaugh (1973). Lawyer’s Lawyer: The Life of John W. Davis. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 648 p.). Professor of History (University of Virginia). Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955.

(Debevoise & Plimpton founded 1931), D. Bret Carlson (1991). Debevoise & Plimpton: The Autobiography of a Law Firm. (New York, NY: Debevoise & Plimpton, 273 p.). Retired Partner. Debevoise & Plimpton--History; Law firms--New York (State)--New York--History; Lawyers--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

(Dickie McCamey & Chilcote), J. Lawrence McBride (1995). History of Dickie, Mccamey & Chilcote, P.C.: A Pittsburgh Law Firm with a Tradition of Service for over a Century, 1889-1993 (Pittsburgh, PA: Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, 288 p.). Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote--History; Law firms--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History; Lawyers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Biography.

(Edwards & Angell - founded 1894), Edward Winsor (1978). Edwards & Angell: A Firm History  (Providence, RI: E. Winsor). Edwards & Angell; Law partnership--Rhode Island--Providence; Lawyers--Rhode Island--Providence--Biography.

(Fairbridge Arderne & Lawton), R.M. MacSymon  (1990). Fairbridge Arderne & Lawton: A History of a Cape Law Firm. (Kenwyn, South Africa: Juta, 262 p.). Fairbridge Arderne & Lawton--History; Law firms--South Africa--Cape Town--History; Lawyers--South Africa--Cape Town--Biography.

(Finley Kumble), Kim Issac Eisler (1990). Shark Tank: Greed, Politics, and the Collapse of Finley Kumble, One of America's Largest Law Firms. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 236 p.). Kumble, Steven J., 1933- ; Finley, Kumble--History; Lawyers--New York (State)--New York--Biography; Law partnership--New York (State)--New York--History.

(Finley Kumble), Steven J. Kumble and Kevin J. Lahart (1990). Conduct Unbecoming: The Rise and Ruin of Finley, Kumble. (New York, NY: Carroll & Graf, 312 p.). Finley, Kumble--History; Law firms--United States--History;

(Foley & Lardner), Ellen D. Langill (1992). Foley & Lardner, Attorneys at Law, 1842-1992. (Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 245 p.). Foley & Lardner--History; Law firms--Wisconsin--History;

(Fulbright & Jaworsk), John H. Crooker, Jr. and Gibson Gayle, Jr. ; foreword by Thomas M. Reavley (1994). Fulbright & Jaworski: 75 Years, 1919-1994. (Houston, TX: Fulbright & Jaworski, 202 p.). Fulbright & Jaworski--History; Law firms--Texas--Houston--History.

(Gardner Carton & Douglas), ed Tom Arthur (1994). Since 1910: Chronicles of Gardner, Carton & Douglas. (Chicago, IL: T. Arthur, 197 p.). Gardner, Carton & Douglas--History; Law firms--Illinois--Chicago--History; Lawyers--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.

(Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher), Jane Wilson (1990). Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Lawyers: An Early History. (Los Angeles, CA: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, 551 p.). Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher--History; Law firms--California--History; Lawyers--California--Biography; California, Southern--History.

(Hale & Dorr), John A. Dolan (1993). Hale and Dorr, Backgrounds & Styles. (Boston, MA: Hale and Dorr, 319 p.). Hale and Dorr--History; Lawyers--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography; Law firms--Massachusetts--Boston--History.

(Hansell & Post), Harvey H Jackson (1989). Hansell & Post: From King & Anderson to Jones, Day, Reavis, & Pogue, 1880-1990. (Atlanta, GA: Hansell & Post, 289 p.). Hansell & Post; Law; Mergers-Law firms.

(Hogan & Hartson - founded in September, 1904, in Washington, D.C., by Frank Hogan; Nelson T. Hartson, former solicitor of internal revenue, joined the firm in 1925), Lester Cohen (1985). Frank Hogan Remembered: Reminiscences. (Washington, DC: Hogan & Hartson, 149 p.). Hogan, Francis Joseph, 1877-1944; Hogan & Hartson--History; Lawyers--Washington (D.C.)--Biography; Law partnership--Washington (D.C.)--History.

(Hogan & Hartson), Adrian Kinnane (2004). The Heart of It All: A History of Hogan & Hartson L L.P. (Rockville, MD: Montrose Press, 194 p.). Researcher and Manager for Historical Projects (History Associates). Hogan, Francis Joseph, 1877-1944; Hogan & Hartson--History; Lawyers--Washington (D.C.)--Biography; Law partnership--Washington (D.C.)--History. 

(Howe and Hummel), Richard H. Rovere ; illustrated by Reginald Marsh ; with an introduction by Calvin Trillin (1996). Howe & Hummel, Their True and Scandalous History. (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 169 p. [orig. pub. 1947]). Howe, William F., 1828-1902; Hummel, Abraham H., 1849-1926; Lawyers--New York (State)--New York--Biography; Law partnership--New York (State)--New York--History.

(Hunton & Williams), Anne H. Freeman (1989). The Style of a Law Firm: Eight Gentlemen from Virginia. (Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 290 p.). Hunton & Williams--History; Law firms--Virginia--Richmond--History; Lawyers--Virginia--Richmond--Biography.

(Jones Day - origins to 1893, Blandin & Rice founded in Cleveland by Judge Edwin J. Blandin and William Lowe Rice), Albert Borowitz (1993). Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue: The First Century. (Cleveland, OH: Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue, 423 p.). Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue--History; Law firms--Ohio--Cleveland--History.

(Kelley Drye & Warren), Robert M. Lunny (1985). Kelley, Drye & Warren: An Informal History, 1836-1984. (New York, NY: Kelly, Drye & Warren, 246 p.). Kelley, Drye & Warren--History; Law partnership--New York (State)--New York--History; Lawyers--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

(King & Spaulding), Della Wager Wells (1985). The First Hundred Years: A Centennial History of King & Spalding. (Atlanta, GA: King & Spaulding, 334 p.). King, Alexander Campbell, b. 1856; Spalding, Jack Johnson, 1856-1938; King & Spalding--History; Lawyers--Georgia--Atlanta--Biography.

(Latham & Watkins), Austin H. Peck, Jr. (1984). Bold Beginnings: A Story About the First 50 Ears of Latham & Watkins. (Los Angeles, CA: Latham & Watkins, 539 p.). Latham & Watkins--History; Law partnership--California--Los Angeles--History; Lawyers--California--Los Angeles--Biography.

(Linklaters & Paines), Judy Slinn (1987). Linklaters & Paines: The First One Hundred and Fifty Years. (London, UK: Longman, 260 p.). Linklaters & Paines (Firm); London Solicitors.

(Milbank, Tweed - since1886), Ellen Joan Pollock (1990). Turks and Brahmins: Upheaval at Milbank, Tweed: Wall Street's Gentlemen Take Off Their Gloves. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 284 p.). Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy--History; Law partnership--New York (State)--New York--History; Lawyers--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

(Milbank Tweed), Milton C. Regan, Jr. (2004). Eat What You Kill: The Fall of a Wall Street Lawyer. (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 402 p.). Professor of Law (Georgetown University Law Center). Gellene, John--Trials, litigation, etc.; Bucyrus-Erie Company--Trials, litigation, etc.; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy--Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Perjury)--Wisconsin--Milwaukee; Bankruptcy lawyers--United States; Bankruptcy--United States; Legal ethics--United States. Conflicting interests. 

(Morgan Lewis & Bockius), Paul B. Dilks, Jr. (1994). Morgan, Lewis & Bockius: A Law Firm and Its Times, 1873-1993. (Philadelphia, PA: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, 455 p.). Morgan, Lewis & Bockius--History; Law firms--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History; Lawyers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography.

(O'Melveny & Myers), William W. Clary (1966). History of the Law Firm of O'Melveny & Myers, 1885-1965. (Los Angeles, CA, 917 p.). O'Melveny & Myers; Lawyers--Los Angeles; Los Angeles (Calif.)--History.

(O'Melveny & Myers), Everett B Clary (2001). History of the Law Firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 1965-1990 and Beyond. (Los Angeles, CA: Privately Printed, 1634 p.). O'Melveny & Myers; Los Angeles (Calif.).

(Osler Hoskin & Harcourt), Curtis Cole (1995). Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt: Portrait of a Partnership. (Toronto, ON: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., 367 p.). Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (Firm)--History; Law partnership--Ontario--Toronto--History.

(Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison - roots to 1875, in modern form since 1946), Arthur L. Liman; with the assistance of Peter Israel (1998). Lawyer: A Life of Counsel and Controversy. (New York, NY: Public Affairs, 386 p.). Partner (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind). Liman, Arthur L.; Lawyers--United States--Biography. 

(Pennie and Edmonds LLP), Ed. Charles E. Miller (2000). Random Reminiscences of Sixty Years of Law Practice: The Memoir of Dean Stockett Edmonds. (Danbury, CT: Rutledge Books, Inc., 160 p.). Edmonds, Dean Stockett; Pennie and Edmonds LLP; patent law.

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(Ropes & Gray), Carl M. Brauer (1991). Ropes & Gray, 1865-1990. (Boston, MA: Ropes & Gray, 193 p.). Ropes & Gray--History; Lawyers--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography; Law partnership--Massachusetts--Boston--History.

(Shearman & Sterling), Walter K. Earle (1963). Mr. Shearman and Mr. Sterling and How They Grew; Being Annals of Their Law Firm, with Biographical an Historical Highlights. (New York, NY, The Firm, 443 p.). Shearman & Sterling (New York, NY).

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(Skadden - founded 1948), Lincoln Caplan (1993). Skadden: Power, Money, and the Rise of a Legal Empire. (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 341 p.). Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom--History; Law firms--New York (State)--New York--History; Lawyers--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

(Slaughter and May), Laurie Dennett (1989). Slaughter and May: A Short History. (Cambridge, UK: Granta, 97 p.). Slaughter and May (Firm); London Solicitors Slaughter and May (Firm), history.

(Sullivan & Cromwell), Nancy Lisagor and Frank Lipsius (1988). A Law Unto Itself: The Untold Story of the Law Firm of Sullivan & Cromwell. (New York, NY: Morrow, 360 p.). Sullivan & Cromwell--History; Lawyers--New York (State)--New York--Biography; Law partnership--New York (State)--New York--History.

(Vinson & Elkins), Nicholas George Malavis (1996). Bless the Pure & Humble: Texas Lawyers and Oil Regulation, 1919-1936. (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 322 p.). Vinson & Elkins--History; Petroleum law and legislation--Texas--History. Public and private sector roles of petroleum business; division between expanding major integrated companies and smaller independents; legal, philosophical battles over rules of capture, property rights, government regulation; evolution of both state, federal involvement in industry.

(Vinson & Elkins), Harold M. Hyman (1998). Craftsmanship and Character: A History of the Vinson & Elkins Law Firm of Houston, 1917-1997. (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Pres, 658 p.). Vinson & Elkins--History; Law firms--Texas--History.

(Wilde Sapte), A.G. Salmon (1985). The History of Wilde Sapte 1785-1985 - with Some Account of the Wilde Family. (London, UK: A.G. Salmon, 189 p.). Wilde Sapte; Law firms-- Great Britain --History. 1785 - founded by Thomas Wilde.

(Wise Carter Child & Caraway), Sherwood Willing Wise (1988). Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway: One Mississippi Law Firm, 1883-1986. (Jackson, MI: Mannsdale Books, 150 p.). Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway--History; Law firms--Mississippi--Jackson--History; Lawyers--Mississippi--Jackson--Biography.

(Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice), Lynn P. Roundtree (2001). The Best Is Yet to Be: The First 125 Years of a Law Firm. (Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair, xxx p.). Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice--History; Law firms--North Carolina--History.

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