Reed Smith Law Firm - Pittsburgh (48171872007)

Reed Smith LLP is a global law firm headquartered in

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, with more than 1,500

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s in 30 offices throughout the

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, the

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History

Reed Smith was founded in Pittsburgh in 1877 by

Philander C. Knox Philander Chase Knox (May 6, 1853October 12, 1921) was an American lawyer, bank director and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Knox served in the Cabinet of three different presidents and represented Pennsylvania in the United States ...

and James H. Reed. The two partners created a relationship with American industrial tycoon,

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, and the firm grew with Carnegie's business. Large businesses, such as

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, and personalities – many of whom, like Carnegie, Knox and Reed, were fellow members of the

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– joined the firm's client roster, including

Andrew Mellon Andrew William Mellon (; March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937), sometimes A. W. Mellon, was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician. From the wealthy Mellon family of Pittsburgh, Pennsylva ...

(now

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) and

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. During the 1880s, Edwin W. Smith and other partners joined the firm and, in 1922, the firm adopted the name Reed Smith Shaw & McClay. During the

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era, Reed Smith established a securities practice, and partner Ralph H. Demmler became chair of the

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. Despite a clear history of refusing repair work to the

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, which had been advocated by, most especially, general manager of the Cambria Iron Company and member of the

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and of the

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, who had become a member for the express purpose of monitoring the dam's condition; club members Knox and Reed were able to fend off four lawsuits seeking responsibility for the

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of 1889 against the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, stewards of the dam, Colonel Unger, its president, and against 50 named members. Each case was "either settled or discontinued and, as far as is known, no one bringing action profited thereby.""The Johnstown Flood", by Robert D. Christie, ''The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine'', Volume 54, Number 2, April 1971.
/ref> The Club was never held legally responsible for the disaster. Knox and Reed successfully argued that the dam's failure was a natural disaster which was an

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, and no legal compensation was paid to the survivors of the flood. The perceived injustice aided the acceptance of “ strict, joint, and several liability,” so that a “non-negligent defendant could be held liable for damage caused by the unnatural use of land. 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York

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From 1970 to the present, the firm engaged in a series of mergers and acquisitions to create one of the largest law firms in the world. In the 1970s, Reed Smith set up office in Washington, DC and in 1989, merged with Washington firm Pierson, Ball & Dowd, thereby obtaining a health care practice. In 1978, Reed Smith merged with Philadelphia law firm, Townsend Elliott & Munson (which was founded in 1842 by prominent Philadelphia citizen, Joseph B. Townsend whose ''pro bono'' accomplishments included being Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, Chairman of the Board of

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, and a Board Manager of

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- see his papers in archives of

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). Reed Smith opened new offices in New York and New Jersey in the 1990s and acquired a

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firm, Hazel & Thomas. During the 2000s Reed Smith experienced rapid international growth. Acquiring the UK law firm Warner Cranston turned Reed Smith transatlantic in 2001 and it opened offices in Paris and Munich four years later. It opened an office in Delaware and combined with a California law firm, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, which moved the firm to among the 20 largest law firms in the US. In 2007 Reed Smith merged with UK law firm, Richards Butler, which added offices in France, Greece, the Middle East and Hong Kong. According to market analyst Adviser Rankings the total

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of Reed Smith's stock market clients in the

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is the third highest of all US-law firms. The firm counsels 13 of the world's 15 largest commercial and savings banks; 25 of the world's 35 largest oil and gas companies; and the world's three largest pharmaceutical distribution and wholesale companies. Reed Smith opened their second German office in 2015 in Frankfurt, Germany's financial center, to meet growing client demand in the German market. bell atlantic tower

In 2016, Reed Smith entered into a formal alliance with Singapore firm Resource Law. A year later the firm opened a new office in Miami. On April 30, 2018 Reed Smith hired Lewis Zirogiannis (

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's former Chief Compliance Officer) as a partner for its global regulatory enforcement practice in

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. In 2018, Reed Smith hired 14 lawyers from competitor

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and added a new office in

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. In January 2020, the firm hired technology, M&A and private equity lawyer Craig Lilly. Lilly previously led Greenberg Traurig’s Silicon Valley corporate practice group. 3 pnc plaza

Recognition

According to '' Chambers USA'', the firm services clients in matters of bankruptcy, insurance, finance, M&A, labor and employment, and more general litigation, across various industries, including entertainment and media, life sciences, shipping and finance, and has been awarded 43 ''Chambers USA'' rankings. ''Chambers UK'' awards Reed Smith top rankings for shipping, media and entertainment, commodities, and insurance work, and the firm is also ranked in

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for its corporate M&A practice and a score of other areas. It is also rated highly for its shipping litigation and climate change work by ''Chambers Global''. *Reed Smith retained its position as one of the world's 20 strongest law firm brands in the 2018 Acritas Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index. *Legal media outlet "The American Lawyer" awarded Reed Smith with its top Pro Bono Award in 2018. *Reed Smith was named to BTI Global Elite in 2018, a list of 28 law firms with the biggest imprint on corporate counsel key brand activities influencing hiring and selection. *The firm won the i-law Maritime Law Award at the Lloyd's List Global Awards, an authority on maritime news since 1734. The award highlights excellence and leadership in the shipping and maritime industry. In addition, the head of Reed Smith's global Shipping Group has also been recognised as Lloyd's List's top maritime lawyer of 2018. * Reed Smith was ranked 5th in the Vault Best Law Firms in the Mid-Atlantic ranking. *In 2018, the firm has been ranked 25th in the AmLaw 100, a list analyzing the financial health of the 100 largest law firms in the US by gross revenue and other key metrics. *Reed Smith has been ranked a Top-tier Firm in Legal 500 German 2018 Rankings in seven categories, and 12 of the German partners received recommendations in their areas of specialty in the Legal 500 Germany 2018 handbook. *The firm was ranked 6th of all US law firms in

. *Reed Smith received 18 practice rankings and 42 individual lawyer recommendations in the 2018 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. *Reed Smith has been named a 2018 Top Ten Family Friendly Firm by

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Law Women. *Reed Smith was named winner of the 2017 ''Chambers USA'' Product Liability “Best Firm” award and is also ranked 10th in the United States by media outlet ''Vault'' in the same practice group category. *In 2017, Reed Smith was listed by

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as one of the top Global 20 Firms. *Reed Smith named Private Equity Team of the Year at British Legal Awards 2017. *According to the National Law Journal's 2017 NLJ 500 ranking of firms based on size, Reed Smith has 1536 attorneys and is ranked 15th in the United States. *Ranked 17th on Law360's Global 20 Ranking in 2016. *Legal Week's 2013 annual Client Satisfaction Report ranks Reed Smith #5 in the U.S. International firms category. * Reed Smith ranked 8th on the 2013 inaugural "Social Index" of Am Law 50 Firms in survey ranking use of social media technologies. *Reed Smith advances eight spots on Acritas’ Sharplegal US Law Firm Brand Index 2014, earning recognition as a Top 20 U.S. brand. * Ranked 19th among American law firms with the most gross revenue by AmLaw 100 in 2010. * Ranked 1st out of 411 law firms by The BTI Client Relationship Scorecard for building and maintaining client relationships, June 2009. Reed Smith was listed as one of America's Best Corporate Law Firms and one of the 20 world's strongest law firm brands in the 2018 Acritas Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index. It was also listed by market analysts

and BTI Consulting as one of the 20 Elite Global Law Firms. In the financial year of 2018-19 revenues at Reed Smith increased by 5% reaching $1.17 billion and profits per partner grew 7% to $1.26 million. Reed Smith's

office is the firm's largest and generating the 6th highest revenue of all US-law firms in the United Kingdom while highest-earning partners received a profit share of $3.3 million (£2.5 million) over 2017. Philander C Know-H&E

Notable cases and transactions

* The firm handled the US and EU competition clearance for Hong Kong shipping firm

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in its $6.3 billion acquisition by China's

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Shipping. * Advised

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B.V. on the $3 billion sale to private equity firm BC Partners from investor

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. * Successfully dismissed a $6 billion FCA (False Claims Act) suit from the US Department of Justice on behalf of healthcare provider HCR Manor Care. * Advised

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in its suit against Colorado Town over sales-tax bill. * The firm represented

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, the world's largest lessor of intermodal containers based on fleet size, in completing the negotiation and documentation of an amendment to increase its revolving credit facility from $700 million to $1.5 billion. * Reed Smith advised

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on the sale of a $1 billion portfolio of shipping loans. * Represents Russian company Concord Management and Consulting in the 2018 indictment on crimes related to interference in the United States 2016 and 2018 elections. * Reed Smith successfully defended artist Curtis Jackson, better known as

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, in a number of disputes including a suit accusing him of stealing content from a third party protected under copyright law. * Represented French luxury perfumes and cosmetics house

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, part of the

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Luxury Products division, against actress

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. * Represented global financial services holding company

as trustee or fiscal agent with respect to various bonds issued by governmental instrumentalities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The Commonwealth and its instrumentalities have approximately $70 billion in debt that they cannot afford to pay and are seeking to restructure. * Represented multinational financial services company in the largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history in Jefferson County, Alabama, listing more than $4 billion in outstanding long-term debt as of the filing date. * Reed Smith represented

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to fend off a $539 million suit brought by bondholders against the bank in the Argentina bond default litigation. * Represented

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Motor Credit Corp. in securing $15 billion in financing through a syndicated credit facility. * Advised the

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pension scheme on a buy-in worth over £1.6 billion with specialist insurer Rothesay Life. * Reed Smith successfully defended

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against a number of patent disputes by Motion Games. Opernturm (UBS) und Alte Oper Frankfurt-2012-Ffm-b

Notable staff

Attorneys who have worked at Reed Smith include: *

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, lawyer and

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at the

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, Knox and Reed

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; bank director; politician who served as United States Attorney General;

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from Pennsylvania; Secretary of State *

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, founding member of the firm;

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, Northern Virginia community activist; member of the

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from Virginia's 48th district *

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, former Pennsylvania State Senator from Pittsburgh; founder of the National Hockey League's

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judge *

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for the

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; author *

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, former American football safety in the NFL; CEO of

* Sheryl H. Lipman,

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of the

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; former Counsel to the

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, federal judge on the

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; former

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judge * Ralph H. Demmler, corporate banking law specialist; chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. *

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judge, 1994-2014, and Chief Justice, 2008–14

Popular culture

The firm is depicted in

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's book ''The Price of Justice''.

Offices

As of January 2018, Reed Smith has 28 offices across three continents. While Pittsburgh and Philadelphia were the two earliest offices practicing law, the London office is the largest office, with over 350 attorneys, . In addition to its offices, Reed Smith has a Global Customer Centre, also located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It houses Reed Smith's 24/7/365 firm-wide administrative operations, including the Network Operating Center,

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and the Business Centre.

References

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External links

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