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| Headquarters | Newark, New Jersey |
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| No. of offices | 5 |
| No. of attorneys | approximately 230 |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Key people | Patrick C. Dunican, Jr., Chairman and Managing Director |
| Revenue | $96.5M (2006) |
| Date founded | 1926 |
| Founder | Andrew Crummy |
| Company type | Professional corporation |
| Website | gibbonslaw.com |
Gibbons P.C. is a large U.S. law firm based in Newark, New Jersey. The firm has 230 lawyers in five offices across three states. As of 2005, Gibbons was the fourth-largest law firm in New Jersey. In 2007, Gibbons was ranked 193rd in the National Law Journal's list of the 250 largest American law firms. The firm also ranked 179th in profit per attorney on the 2007 AmLaw 200 survey.
History
The firm was founded in 1926 by Andrew Crummy, a World War I veteran who attended New York University and Harvard Law School. After working as an IRS agent he formed a law partnership which was originally called Crummy & Rossbach. John Joseph Gibbons, for whom the firm is currently named, originally joined the firm in 1950, and stayed until 1969 when he was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Gibbons returned to the firm in 1990, at which point the firm was called Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione.
Gibbons is one of many large law firms providing counsel to the detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
Practice areas
The firm is well-known for its litigation practice, particularly in the area of civil rights. The John J. Gibbons Fellowship in Public Interest & Constitutional Law, founded by Judge Gibbons, represents and files amicus curiae briefs on behalf of poor and underrepresented parties, often on a pro bono publico basis. The firm also has practices in corporate law, securities, international trade, tax law, intellectual property, real estate, white-collar criminal defense, and many other areas.
Notable lawyers and alumni
- David W. Marston, former United States Attorney who was ousted by President Jimmy Carter, founded Gibbons' Philadelphia office.
- Jonathan Hafetz, one of the Guantanamo Bay attorneys, was a Gibbons Fellow before joining the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.
Offices
- Newark, New Jersey
- New York City (at One Penn Plaza)
- Trenton, New Jersey
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Wilmington, Delaware
References
- Dunican firm bio
- ^ AmLaw200 Performance Statistics, 2007
- ^ Article about Marston's career from Law.com
- Firm history
- Gibbons Fellowship page
- Full list of practice areas
- Marston's firm bio
- Hafetz's biography from Brennan Center
External links
- Homepage
- LawPeriscope profile (outdated)
- Vault.com profile (under old name)
- Chambers USA profile
- Profile from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell