Venable LLP is an American law firm headquartered in

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It is the largest law firm in the state of Maryland. Founded in 1900 by Richard Venable in

Baltimore Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was ...

, today Venable has 10 offices across the United States and 800 attorneys who practice in areas such as corporate law, complex litigation, labor and employment, intellectual property, cybersecurity and data privacy, advertising and marketing, entertainment and media, environmental law, bankruptcy and restructuring, and various government affairs. In 2021, Venable was ranked as the 78th highest grossing law firm in the world. From 2020 to 2021, Venable's total revenue grew from $681.8 million to $717 million. Revenue per lawyer saw a similar increase, with each lawyer generating a revenue of $965,031 and each equity partner generating $1.23 million on average.

History

Venable was founded in 1900 by law professor Richard Venable in

. It became the second-largest law firm in the Baltimore-Washington area in 1999 when it merged with Washington-based Tucker Flyer. The firm expanded cross country to Los Angeles in 2006. In 2017, Venable headquarters moved to a new building in Washington, located at 600 Massachusetts Avenue. In one of the largest law firm mergers of 2018, Venable acquired the New York intellectual property firm Fitzpatrick Cella, which had 100 attorneys at the time. Venable opened a construction law office in Chicago in January 2021, with firm chairman Stu Ingis stating that the decision to expand was founded on Venable's "history of measured, strategic growth through the addition of talented attorneys and practices in markets that support client needs". In ''

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, Venable terminated its lobbying deal with

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, Russia's largest bank. It was known that

had paid more than $800,000 to Venable for lobbying since 2017, according to Senate records. In November 2022, Venable announced that it would merge with Genovese Joblove & Battista, a multi-practice Florida-based law firm with offices in Miami, Tampa, and Fort Lauderdale.

Notable alumni and current attorneys

*John Banghart, former National Security Council's Director for Federal Cybersecurity *

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, former

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from Indiana * James H. Burnley IV, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation *

John Marshall Butler John Marshall Butler (July 21, 1897March 14, 1978) was an American lawyer and politician. A Republican, he served as a United States Senator from Maryland from 1951 to 1963. Early life and career Born in Baltimore, Maryland, to John Harvey and ...

, former

from Maryland *

Benjamin Civiletti Benjamin Richard Civiletti (July 17, 1935October 16, 2022) was an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney General during the Carter administration, from 1979 to 1981. The first Italian American to lead the U.S. Department of Jus ...

, former United States Attorney General *Kathleen G. Cox, Judge of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Maryland *C. Carey Deeley, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Maryland *

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, former Managing Director of Venable's West Coast Offices, Partner at

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, husband of Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris and

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*Susan K. Gauvey, United States Magistrate Judge of the District Court for the District of Maryland * James W. Gerlach, former United States Representative, Pennsylvania *

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, former Undersecretary of

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and former head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, former

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from

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' 3rd congressional district * Amy Berman Jackson, District Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia *Joseph H.H. Kaplan, former Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge * Benson E. Legg, former Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Maryland * Daniel E. Lungren, former United States Representative, California and former Attorney General of California * L. Paige Marvel, Article I

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for the United States Tax Court * Powell Moore, former White House Legislative staff member and U.S. Department of State and Department of Defense official * J. Frederick Motz,

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of the

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* Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., former federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit *R. Frances O'Brien, Chief Judge of the General District Court of Arlington, Virginia *Michael T. Pedone, Chief Legal Counsel to Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland * Mark Pryor, former

from

* William D. Quarles, Jr., former United States District Judge for the District of Maryland *

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, the first elected

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*David E. Rice, United States Bankruptcy Judge * James E. Rogan, former

of California and current judge of the

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John Sarbanes John Peter Spyros Sarbanes ( ; born May 22, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician who is the U.S. representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the state capital of Annapolis, central p ...

, Maryland's 3rd congressional district * Paul Sarbanes, former

from Maryland and former

from Maryland * Brian Schwalb, Attorney General for the District of Columbia * Ari Schwartz, former member of the White House National Security Council where he served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Cybersecurity *

Bart Stupak Bartholomew Thomas Stupak (; born February 29, 1952) is an American politician and lobbyist. A member of the Democratic Party, Stupak served as the U.S. representative from from 1993 to 2011. Stupak chose not to seek re-election in 2010. He dep ...

, former

from

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* Roger W. Titus, federal judge on the

* Robert L. Wilkins,

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of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit *Zuberi Bakari Williams, Judge of the District Court of Maryland, Montgomery County

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