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Robinson, Silverman, Pearce, Aronsohn, and Berman was a
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which practiced from 1950 to 2002. At its height, the firm employed 170 attorneys.


History

The firm was founded in 1950. One partner, Edward I. Koch, served as the mayor of New York from 1978 through 1989. and joined the law firm in 1990. An associate,
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, later became the first lady of
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. Another associate, Rand Levin, began as a litigator for the firm before later becoming the Vice Senior President, Business & Legal Affairs at
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. U. S. federal judge Leonard B. Sand was a partner for 19 years when the firm was called Robinson, Silverman, Pearce, Aronsohn, Sand and Berman. One of the name partners, Alan J. B. Aronsohn, died in 2008.


Merger

In July 2002, it merged with
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–based Bryan Cave LLP to become Bryan Cave Robinson Silverman. In January 2003, the firm's name officially reverted to
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