Overview:
Arnold & Porter attorneys, practicing in more than 25 distinct areas of the law, conduct business on six continents. Our global reach, experience, and deep knowledge allow us to work across geographic, cultural, technological, and ideological borders, serving clients whose business needs require US, EU, or cross-border regulatory, litigation, and transactional services.
We provide the full breadth of legal resources to represent all of our clients’ interests. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and specialized experience in our clients’ industries, we are able to offer truly innovative and effective solutions that align with both clients’ short- and long-term business objectives.
For those clients who cannot afford legal counsel, we maintain a broad and meaningful pro bono practice. With a lengthy record of excellence, we remain committed to the community at large. In 2009, we were one of the top three pro bono firms named by The American Lawyer, with an average of 150 pro bono hours per lawyer.
We set our standards high, expect the best from our attorneys, and return top-tier work on behalf of our clients. Our tradition of excellence is distinguished, and our attorneys are widely respected in the US and abroad. Our attorneys are leaders in their fields, speak frequently throughout the world on the firm’s core practice areas, and are published widely in legal journals, industry and mass media, and “hot topic” books.
Our team is not only comprised of top lawyers from America and Europe’s best colleges and law schools, but of doctors, biologists, chemists, public policy professionals, and former high-ranking officials from the US government. In fact, over 80 of our partners have served in positions in the US government, from the Federal Trade Commission to the Department of Justice to the US Congress. Their insider perspectives are integral to understanding the legal and policy frameworks in which complex business and legal issues arise, and how best to structure transactions and overcome litigation and regulatory challenges.
Areas of law:
Administrative Law
Advertising
Antitrust and Trade Regulation
Appellate Practice
Asset Protection
Banking and Finance
Banking Law
Bankruptcy
Business and Industry
Business Litigation
Capital Markets
Chemical Law
Civil Litigation
Class Actions
Commercial Law
Commercial Litigation
Competition Law
Computer and Software
Construction Law
Consumer Law
Contracts
Copyright
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Corporate Law
Corporate Litigation
Corporate Taxation
Criminal Law
Customs Law
Data Protection
Debtor and Creditor
Defective Products
Domain Names
E-Commerce
Elder Law
Election and Political Law
Employee Benefits
Employees Rights
Employment
Environmental and Natural Resources
Environmental Law
ERISA
Estate and Trust
Estate Planning
Ethics
European Community Law
Family Law
Finance
Financial Litigation
Financial Services Law
Food and Beverages Law
Franchising
Fraud
General Practice
Government
Government Contracts
Health Care
Health Care and Social
Hospitality Law
Human Resources Law
Import and Export
Information Technology
Inheritance Law
Insolvency
Insurance
Insurance Fraud
Intellectual Property
International Arbitration
International Law
International Trade
Internet Law
Investment Law
Joint Ventures
Labor
Land Use and Zoning
Licensing Law
Litigation
Local, Municipal and State Law
Malpractice
Media
Medicare and Medicaid
Mergers and Acquisitions
Money Laundering
Natural Resources
Nonprofit Organizations
Patents
Personal Injury
Personal Property
Pharmaceutical Law
Privacy Law
Private Equity
Product Liability
Product Liability Litigation
Professional Liability
Professional Malpractice
Project Finance
Property Law
Public Finance
Public Law
Real Estate
Regulatory Law
Research and Development
Science and Technology
Securities
Social Security
Tax
Tax Planning
Telecommunications Law
Torts
Toxic Torts
Trade
Trade Investment
Trade Secrets
Trademark
Unfair Competition
US Federal Courts
Venture Capital
White Collar Crime
Will
Workers Compensation
Wrongful Termination