Kramer Levin
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| Headquarters | New York City |
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| No. of offices | 3 |
| No. of attorneys | about 375 |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Revenue | $ 325 million |
| Date founded | 1968 (New York City) |
| Founder | Arthur Kramer |
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| www.kramerlevin.com | |
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP is a law firm with offices in New York City, Silicon Valley and Paris.
The Firm was founded in 1968 in New York under the name Kramer, Lowenstein, Nessen & Kamin. Founding members include Arthur Kramer, Louis Lowenstein, Maurice Nessen, and Sherwin Kamin.
When Eugene Nickerson, a descendant of President John Adams, joined the firm, its name changed to Nickerson, Kramer, Lowenstein, Nessen & Kamin. The firm's current name, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, emerged as a result of personnel changes over a number of years, including Nickerson leaving to join the federal bench of the Eastern District of New York, Lou Lowenstein joining the faculty of Columbia Law School, Gary P. Naftalis becoming a name partner, and Marvin E. Frankel, the former Southern District of New York judge, joining the Firm.
The Am Law survey named Kramer Levin one of six growth champions of 2005.
Each department at Kramer Levin, according to a study of the firm by Chambers Associates, has an assigning partner. There is “no formal rotation through the different sub-practices,” meaning that lawyers at the firm can take choose their direction. The juniors that Chambers spoke to had opportunities to work directly for partners.
It has offices in Paris and Silicon Valley, but 95% of its attorneys are based in New York.
Kramer Levin also has an office in Paris, France which it acquired in 1999 from the legacy US firm Rogers & Wells which did not want to merge with the rest of the firm to London-based Clifford Chance. The firm maintains strong relationships with other firms throughout the world. There are 35 lawyers at the Paris office, which focuses on finance and corporate law.
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