Duane Morris
| Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| No. of offices | 27 |
| No. of attorneys | 750 |
| Major practice areas | Full Service |
| Key people | John Soroko (Chairman), Charles J. O'Donnell (COO) |
| Date founded | 1904 |
| Founder | Russell Duane, Roland S. Morris |
| Company type | Limited Liability Partnership |
| Website | |
| duanemorris.com | |
Duane Morris LLP is a law firm headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1904 as Duane, Morris, Heckscher & Roberts, the firm has offices in the United States, London, Singapore, Vietnam, Oman, Myanmar and Shanghai. In addition to legal services, Duane Morris has independent affiliates employing approximately 100 professionals engaged in other disciplines.
U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers awarded Duane Morris top-tier national rankings in bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law, construction law and litigation, employee benefits (ERISA) law, health care law, immigration, insurance, patent law and venture capital law. Overall, 28 Duane Morris practice groups were nationally ranked. Duane Morris was also named Law Firm of the Year for Construction Law.
Chambers USA 2014 edition ranks Duane Morris among national leaders in Insurance, Construction and Immigration. Attorneys received 61 citations for excellence, and 19 practices are cited for excellence.
In 2014, the Am Law 100 ranked Duane Morris as the 68th largest law firm in the U.S. based on gross revenue.
In 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014 Duane Morris was named one of the Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers "50 Best Law Firms for Women," and was cited for its Women's Initiative Program. Duane Morris is featured in the December/January issue of the magazine, and on workingmother.com and flextime lawyers.com.
In 2007, Duane Morris was named one of the 20 best companies for working women by Philadelphia Magazine and one of the top 50 law firms for women by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC, a national consulting firm focused on the retention and advancement of women.
In 2013, Duane Morris opened an office in Myanmar. Also in 2013, Duane Morris opened an office in Oman.
Duane Morris is the 70th largest law firm based on the Am Law 100 rankings, with a gross revenue of $420,500,000[broken link, conflicts with prior paragraph ranking]
Under the ten-year leadership of Chairman Sheldon Bonovitz from early 1998 to early 2008, Duane Morris grew from a little more than 200 lawyers in 1998 to more than 650 by January 2008. Revenues increased over that period from $70 million to $375 million for 2007. Bonovitz stepped down at the beginning of January 2008, replaced by former Vice Chairman John J. Soroko.
Harvard Business School completed a case study of the firm's growth entitled "Duane Morris: Balancing Growth and Culture at a Law Firm," which was presented in curriculum during the 2006-2007 academic year.
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