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| {{Infobox Law Firm | |||
| | firm_name = Pepper Hamilton LLP | |||
| | firm_logo = ] | |||
| | headquarters = ]<br>] | |||
| | num_offices = 13 offices | |||
| | num_attorneys = approximately 500 | |||
| | num_employees = approximately 1,200 total | |||
| | practice_areas = General practice | |||
| | key_people = {{ubl|], Chairman of Executive Committee|Thomas J. Cole, Jr., Managing Partner| }} | |||
| | revenue = $324.6 million (2011) | |||
| | date_founded = 1890 | |||
| | founder = ] | |||
| | company_type = ] | |||
| | firm_slogan = We counsel each client as if it were our only client. | |||
| | homepage = | |||
| | dissolved = <!-- Date/Reason the company dissolved, e.g., merger or bankruptcy --> | |||
| }} | |||
| '''Pepper Hamilton LLP''' is a U.S.based ] with 13 offices and around 500 ].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Organizational profile of Pepper Hamilton LLP|journal=The National Law Review|url=http://www.natlawreview.com/organization/pepper-hamilton-llp}}</ref> The firm is ranked among the 100 largest firms by revenue in the United States. The firm’s largest practices include defense of pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in ] litigation and related matters, corporate transactions and commercial litigation. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| The firm was founded in 1890 in Philadelphia by ], who joined the practice of Bayard Henry. Pepper emerged as a leading lawyer in Philadelphia and the nation, and was prominent in Republican politics. In 1954, the Pepper firm and another Philadelphia law firm — Evans, Bayard & Frick — merged as Pepper, Bodine, Frick, Scheetz & Hamilton creating a 35-lawyer entity. Shortly after the merger of the Pepper and Evans firms, George Wharton Pepper retired from practice because of failing health. In 1955, he was succeeded as chairman of the firm by John D.M. Hamilton, who was chairman of the ] in 1940. In 1960, another merger brought in the firm of Moffett, Frye & Leopold. The firm grew significantly in the 1980s, 1990s and in recent years. In 2007, the partnership elected Nina M. Gussack as chairwoman of Pepper’s Executive Committee, the first woman to be elected to that position.<ref>Mondics,Chris. , ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', November 26, 2007. Accessed December 22, 2014.</ref> Pepper partner A. Michael Pratt became the ]’s 81st Chancellor in 2008.<ref>Mondics,Chris. , ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', December 04, 2007. Accessed December 22, 2014.</ref> He is the third African-American to serve in that office since the Association’s founding in 1802. | |||
| ===Controversies=== | |||
| In 2004–2005, Pepper was hit with lawsuits first in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court<ref></ref> and then the District Court in Delaware. The first lawsuit alleged that "Pepper Hamilton's simultaneous representation of SFC and its affiliates, as well as its insurer, Royal Indemnity, and the Gagne family members as investors, created a situation in which the law firm had 'unavoidable and inevitable divided loyalties.'" | |||
| Thus the complaint alleged that Pepper "foreseeably contributed to the financial demise of SFC" and caused "hundreds of millions of dollars of harm."<ref name="law.com"></ref> | |||
| In the second lawsuit, Royal Indemnity made malpractice claims against Pepper Hamilton and Gagne, as well as two accounting firms, Freed Maxick & Battaglia and McGladrey & Pullen, alleging that the lawyers and accountants garnered millions in fees from SFC and were effective "SFC insiders" who "had every incentive to ensure the success of SFC's fraud."<ref name="law.com"/> | |||
| Pepper settled the lawsuits in late 2007. | |||
| ===Notable cases=== | |||
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| *Representation of ] Detainees <ref></ref> | |||
| *] and State of Alaska Settle ] Lawsuit | |||
| ===Practice groups=== | |||
| ===Offices=== | |||
| *1890 – ] | |||
| *1969 – ] | |||
| *1969 – ] | |||
| *1979 – ] | |||
| *1983 – ] | |||
| *1984 – ] | |||
| *1990 – ] | |||
| *1995 – ] | |||
| *2001 – ] | |||
| *2004 – ] | |||
| *: 6 lawyers as of July 2013<ref name=blumenthal2013/> | |||
| *2006 – ] | |||
| * 2012 – ] | |||
| *: 12 lawyers as of July 2013<ref name=blumenthal2013/> | |||
| *2013 – ] <ref>{{cite news|title=Pepper Hamilton Opens Silicon Valley Office - New Office Marks Third Pepper Office in California|url=http://www.pepperlaw.com/news.aspx?AnnouncementKey=2117|accessdate=28 January 2014|date=12 November 2013}}</ref> | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| <ref name="blumenthal2014">{{cite news | title=Freeh succeeded as Pepper Hamilton chairman | author=Blumenthal, Jeff | work=] | date=2 October 2014 | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2014/10/02/freeh-replaced-as-pepper-hamilton-chairman.html | deadurl=no<!--added to archive.org--> }}</ref> | |||
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| ==External links== | |||
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