Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon was a prominent

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law firm tracing its origin back to 1869. The firm was later known as Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, & Alexander; and was later renamed Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander. The firm is known best as the legal relaunching pad of

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

. The firm employed some 190 lawyers at the time of dissolution in 1995. Among problems that ultimately destroyed the firm were a long internal fight for leadership, management, and significant client defections.

Notable alumni and employees

Geoffrey Berman Geoffrey Steven Berman (born September 12, 1959) is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2018 to 2020. Berman served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern Dis ...

, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York * Carolyn Clark Campbell, Clerk Of Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit * Martin J. Dockery * Robert E. Ferdon * William P. Ford, defender of civil rights for Salvadorans. * David M. Friedman, U.S. Ambassador * Randolph H. Guthrie, chairman of the Studebaker corporation and later of

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. *

Elizabeth Blodgett Hall Elizabeth Blodgett Hall (November 16, 1909 - July 18, 2005) was an administrator of both secondary and college level institutions. She was a pioneer and innovator of the 'early college' model of post-secondary education. Early life Hall was born ...

, headmistress for

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* Gao Xiqing, General Manager of the

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Leonard Garment Leonard Garment (May 11, 1924 – July 13, 2013) was an American attorney, public servant, and arts advocate. He served U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford in the White House in various positions from 1969 to 1976, including Counselor ...

, White House Counsel after the resignation of John Dean * James Halpern, a judge of the

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* Sheldon Kurtz * Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former Assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney and President

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* Franklin B. Lincoln * John N. Mitchell,

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* Richard M. Nixon, the thirty-seventh

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, former Register of Copyrights of the United States * Milton C. Rose *

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, a

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for the

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* Donald J. Robinson * Hanns-Eberhard Schleyer, German lawyer and son of

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* John Sears, an attorney and a Republican political strategist. * Frank E. Schwelb * Gordon C. Strachan, aide to White House Chief of Staff H.R. "Bob" Haldeman under

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President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

* James P. Tannian * Evan Lerner * Donald Zoeller

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