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Crowell & Moring LLP 
Headquarters Washington, D.C., United States No. of offices 8 No. of attorneys 440 Major practice areas General practice Revenue 
$339 million (2009)Date founded 1979 Company type LLP Website www.crowell.com Crowell & Moring is an international law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in Irvine, New York City, Los Angeles, Anchorage, San Francisco, London and Brussels, and around 450 lawyers.[1]. The firm was founded in 1979 by 53 lawyers, most of whom were previously at Jones Day.
The firm has grown steadily since its founding, through acquisitions of practice groups, mergers, and an influx of lateral partners and internal promotions. In October 2009, Crowell & Moring opened a San Francisco office by merging with a 28-lawyer litigation team from Folger Levin & Kahn.[2] In August 2009, the firm brought on five partners[3] from Patton Boggs and opened an Anchorage, AK office to expand its Environment & Natural Resources Group's work in energy and climate change. In October 2008, Crowell & Moring launched an office in Los Angeles by merging with seven-lawyer white collar defense boutique Lightfoot Vandevelde Sadowsky Crouchley Rutherford & Levine LLP. In 2007, it lured a 10-lawyer financial services group from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney to its New York office. These moves were followed by an additional seven intellectual property lawyers[4] in 2008. Crowell & Moring also raided Morgan & Finnegan to open in New York in 2006 and then merged with King Pagano Harrison, a health care and litigation boutique of some 20 attorneys.
Government contracts
Crowell & Moring represented Blackwater Worldwide in the investigation after a series of deadly shootouts in the Iraqi capital left several Iraqi security agents and civilians dead in May 2007. According to the Legal Times, two other large defense contractors, Erinys Iraq and Kuwait & Gulf Link Transport Co., are among the firm's clients. Crowell also routinely counsels companies bidding for government contracts and in oversight investigations that sometimes result from those contracts.
References
- ^ Chambers and Partners : Chambers USA Guide Profile
- ^ http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202434919984 Law.com: Half of Folger Levin to Join Crowell & Moring ]
- ^ The AmLaw Daily: Alaska, Ho! Crowell Raids Patton Boggs, Sets Up in Anchorage
- ^ Washington Business Journal: Crowell & Moring adds IP attorneys
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