King and Spalding
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| Headquarters |
1180 Peachtree Atlanta |
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| No. of offices | 20 |
| No. of attorneys | 800 |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Revenue |
 $861.5 million USD (2013) |
| Date founded | 1885 (Atlanta) |
| Company type | LLP |
| Website | www |
King & Spalding LLP is an American law firm with 129 years of service. It was founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1885 by Alexander C. King and Jack Spalding. The firm has expanded nationally, with offices in Austin, Charlotte, Houston, New York, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C. and Chicago. The firm has a London-based international arm, King & Spalding International LLP, which opened in 2003, and office or affiliates in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Moscow, Paris, Riyadh, Singapore and Tokyo.
On June 16, 2003, Corporate Board Member magazine named King & Spalding Atlanta's best corporate law firm for the second consecutive year, and in 2008, ranked the company among the top 20 law firms in the United States preferred by corporate general counsel to represent their companies on national matters.
King & Spalding's senior partners include former United States Attorney General Griffin Bell (now deceased). Georgia's former US Senator Sam Nunn (now retired), former Indiana US Senator and now Director of National Intelligence in the Trump Administration Dan Coats, former Florida US Senator Connie Mack, and former Georgia governor George Busbee (now deceased) also joined the firm after their respective retirements from public office. The firm's current chairman Robert Hays has held the position since 2005. President Trump's FBI Director nominee Christopher A. Wray joined the firm in late 2005.
Notable representations include: Monsanto, The Coca-Cola Company, Chevron Corporation and General Motors Corporation. The firm also "advises [President] Trump’s family real estate empire", according to one report which cited also the American Civil Liberties Union on the subject.
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