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O’Melveny & Myers LLP is an international law firm founded in Los Angeles, California. The firm is the 48th largest law firm in the world. It employs around 800 lawyers in 16〔(Office listing )〕 offices worldwide. The firm has represented clients, such as Bank of America, Exxon Mobil, Fannie Mae, Goldman Sachs, the District of Columbia, New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and other law firms. They represented former Enron Corporation chief executive Jeffrey K. Skilling during his four-month fraud and conspiracy trial. The firm was founded in 1885 as "Graves & O'Melveny" by Henry O'Melveny and Jackson Graves.〔(Firm history )〕 The firm became "O'Melveny & Myers" when Chief Justice of California Louis Wescott Myers joined the firm after retiring from the Supreme Court. The former Chair of the firm, Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr., who serves at the firm's Washington, D.C. office, is the former White House Counsel during the Reagan Administration. Former U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher (1925-2011), who served as the firm's Chairman from 1981-1991, was a Senior Partner at the firm's Century City, CA office. Litigation partner (Bradley J. Butwin ) is the current Chair of the firm. O’Melveny & Myers attorneys represent clients in many areas, including antitrust and competitiveness issues, appellate work, aviation law, capital markets, class-action defense, corporate law, entertainment and media law, finance and restructuring, white collar defense and corporate investigations, healthcare law, insurance and mass torts, intellectual property and technology, labor and employment law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, project development and real estate, SEC, securities litigation, strategic counseling, tax law, and trial and litigation work. ==Notable partners and alumni== *Former partner Louis Caldera served as United States Secretary of the Army. *Warren Christopher (1925-2011), former U.S. Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton, was a Senior Partner at the firm's Century City, CA office until his death in 2011. *William T. Coleman, was Secretary of Transportation under President Gerald Ford, and also helped Thurgood Marshall win Brown vs. Board of Education. Currently a senior partner and the Senior Counselor in the Washington, DC office. *Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr., former White House Counsel to President Ronald Reagan. He is the former Chair of the firm and works out of the Washington, DC office. *Walter E. Dellinger III was United States Solicitor General for the 1996-97 Term of the Supreme Court. Currently a partner at the Washington, DC office. *Former partner Sandra Segal Ikuta is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. *Former associate Mike Gatto is California State Assemblyman and Chairman of the Appropriations Committee. *Former associate Goodwin Liu is an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court. *Former partner Kim McLane Wardlaw is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. *Former partner Michael Zimmerman is a former Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court. *Sri Srinivasan, now a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, was the former chair of the appellate practice.〔http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/August/11-osg-1096.html〕 *Former partner Alejandro Mayorkas is the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. *Pamela Harris, now a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit *Richard Riordan, 39th Mayor of Los Angeles (1993-2001). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「O'Melveny & Myers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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