Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
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| Headquarters | 200 Liberty Street, New York, New York |
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| No. of offices | 5 |
| No. of attorneys | Approximately 450 |
| Key people | Patrick Quinn, managing partner |
| Revenue | $481.5 million (2014) |
| Date founded | 1792 |
| Founder | John Wells |
| Company type | LLP |
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| www.cadwalader.com | |
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP is New York City's oldest law firm and one of the oldest continuously operating legal practices in the United States. Attorney John Wells founded the practice in 1792. Cadwalader's Lower Manhattan headquarters is one of eight offices in four countries. At the end of 2014, the firm had approximately 450 attorneys and was ranked by The American Lawyer as one of the top 100 American law firms by revenue.
New York City's oldest law firm, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft is headquartered at 200 Liberty Street in Lower Manhattan. The firm's managing partner, Patrick Quinn, oversees approximately 450 attorneys as of year-end 2014. It operates out of eight offices across the United States, Europe and Asia. In addition to its Wall Street location, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has offices in Washington, D.C., Houston, Charlotte, London, Beijing, Hong Kong and Brussels. In 2014, Cadwalader generated $481.5 million, with a profit per partner of $2.21 million.
In 1792, attorney John Wells, a Princeton graduate who was one of approximately 80 lawyers in New York City at the time, founded the law firm that ultimately became known as Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. The firm became a partnership called Wells & Strong in 1818 when George Washington Strong joined Wells' practice.
Wells' death in 1823 prompted Strong to bring in George Griffin as partner. Griffin then left in 1838 and George Washington Strong partnered with Marshall Bidwell. George Washington Strong's son, George Templeton Strong, a lawyer and noted diarist, joined the firm in 1844. The firm became known as Strong, Bidwell & Strong. The firm became Bidwell & Strong in 1855 after George Washington Strong's death. Charles E. Strong, George Templeton Strong's cousin, became the firm's chief in the 1870s. During his tenure, he considered shuttering the firm and moving from law to banking. In 1878, Strong partnered with John Lambert Cadwalader, who was assistant secretary of state during President Ulysses S. Grant's administration.
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