Arent Fox Schiff LLP (formerly Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn) is a national

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and lobbying firm. It represents global corporations, local and national politicians, and large non-profit organizations. The firm is ranked 77th on the Vault Law 100 list of most prestigious law firms in the United States. The firm is based in Washington, D.C. with offices in New York City, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles,

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, and Lake Forest. In 2022, Arent Fox merged with

Schiff Hardin Schiff Hardin LLP was 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. It was a general practice firm ...

Practice areas

ArentFox Schiff is a general service firm. In addition to its lobbying practice, it has practices in

antitrust Competition law is the field of law that promotes or seeks to maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies. Competition law is implemented through public and private enforcement. It is also known as antitrust l ...

, corporate,

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, intellectual property,

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, real estate, tax law,

bankruptcy Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor ...

, international trade,

corporate finance Corporate finance is the area of finance that deals with the sources of funding, the capital structure of corporations, the actions that managers take to increase the Value investing, value of the firm to the shareholders, and the tools and anal ...

, and ERISA matters. The firm also has special practice groups for certain industries, such as the automotive industry, construction,

healthcare Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health profe ...

, hospitality, energy, non-profit organizations, media and entertainment, sweepstakes and loyalty programs, and

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. In 2023, it was reported that the firm launched a Metaverse enforcement team to coordinate legal strategies pertaining to virtual reality and

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-related matters.

Notable lawyers and alumni

* David J. Bardin, former Deputy Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration *

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, Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court, practiced white-collar criminal defense at the firm during the 1980s. * Bob Bennett, former United States Senator from Utah. * Randall Boe was an associate at Arent Fox before becoming general counsel to

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. *

Dale Bumpers Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925 – January 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prio ...

, former

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and

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for Arkansas, worked in the firm's Washington, D.C. office prior to his death on January 1, 2016. * John Culver, former

for Iowa, worked in the firm's Washington, D.C. office prior to his death on December 27, 2018. * Phil English, Former Member of the

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from

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. *

Lorie Skjerven Gildea Lorie Skjerven Gildea (born October 6, 1961) is an American attorney and jurist serving as Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. She served as an associate justice on the Court from 2006 to 2010 and as a district judge for Hennepin County ...

, Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, was an associate at Arent Fox before returning to Minnesota and beginning her career as a

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. * Byron Dorgan, former United States Senator from North Dakota. * Doug Jones, former United States Senator from Alabama. *

Robert C. O'Brien Robert Charles O'Brien Jr. (born June 18, 1966) is an American attorney who served as the 27th United States national security advisor from 2019 to 2021. He was the fourth and final person to hold the position during the presidency of Donald Tru ...

, former 28th United States National Security Advisor, former US delegate to the 60th session of the United Nations General Assembly, joined the firm's Los Angeles office in 2007. * Deborah K. Owen, former member of the

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(FTC), joined the firm in 1994 * Pierre-Richard Prosper, former United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, joined the firm's Los Angeles office in 2007. * Jim Talent, former U.S. Senator from Missouri, served as a lobbyist at Arent Fox in 2001. *

Fred Thompson Freddie Dalton Thompson (August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, actor, and radio personality. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Tennessee f ...

, former U.S. Senator for Tennessee, actor, and

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has served as a lobbyist for Arent Fox. * Chris Van Hollen, U.S. Senator from Maryland, former member of the

from Maryland's

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