Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Headquarters:
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Attorneys: 600
Chairman: Jack Nusbaum
Website: http://www.willkie.com
Recruiting Page
Willkie Farr and Gallagher is an international
law firm based in New York with eight offices worldwide including
Washington, DC, London, Paris, Milan, Rome, Frankfurt and Brussels.
The firm's areas of expertise include
- Corporate and Financial Services
- Environmental
- Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits
- Government Relations
- Intellectual Property
- International Trade
- Litigation
- Private Clients Group
- Real Estate
- Tax
- Telecommunications
Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo is
an attorney with the firm.
History
In 1888, Hornblower & Byrne,
the original predecessor of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP,
opened its doors at 280 Broadway.
The Firm consisted of four lawyers:
two young "name" partners -- William B. Hornblower,
37, a Columbia Law School graduate, and James Byrne, 31,
from Harvard Law School -- and two "associates" (law
clerks) -- Edward Sanford and Mark Potter. The nonlegal
staff consisted of one male stenographer and a couple of office
boys.
Of all the individuals associated with
the Firm in its 100-plus year history, Wendell L. Willkie is
probably the most famous. After losing the 1940 Presidential
election to incumbent FDR, Willkie accepted Harold Gallagher's
offer to join the Firm, and became a partner in April 1941.
The Firm's name changed to Willkie, Owen,
Otis & Bailly, then in 1942 to Willkie, Owen, Otis, Farr
& Gallagher. For more than 60 years thereafter,
and to this day, Willkie's name has always appeared first in
the Firm's masthead, surpassing the 47 years that William Hornblower
held that distinction.
In 1968 the Firm became known as Willkie
Farr & Gallagher, its name today, a name it has held longer
than any other in its history.
Benefits
First year associates currently earn $125,000
per year. All associates in good standing also typically
receive a bonus. Associates are entitled and encouraged
to take four weeks of vacation each year.
Willkie offers a salary advance to all
incoming associates and reimbursements for moving expenses, bar
review courses, bar examination fees and bar association dues.
Other benefits include:
- Clerkship bonus
- MBA bonus
- 12 Weeks paid (and 24 weeks unpaid) maternity leave
- Paternity leave
- Subsidized health and dental insurance (including spouses,
same-sex domestic partners and children)
- Life and disability insurance
- Free blackberry device
- Emergency-day care center
- Year round business casual
- Attorney lounge
- Subsidized health club membership
- Free private banking at Citibank or Chase
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