O'Melveny & Myers LLP
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O'Melveny & Myers LLP is an international law firm based in Los Angeles, California, broadly recognized as one of the finest in the country. The firm was founded in 1885, and has a strong record of public service. Attorneys of the firm have served at the highest level of government under both Republican and Democrat administrations. Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher is a partner at the firm's Century City, CA office. The current chair of the firm is the former White House Counsel during the Reagan Administration, Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr., who is located in the Washington, D.C. office.
O'Melveny has 13 offices worldwide and more than 1,000 lawyers in its employ. Areas of practice include anti-trust and competitiveness issues, appellate work, aviation law, capital markets, class-action defense, corporate law, entertainment and media law, finance and restructuring, "global enforcement" and criminal defense, 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
Partners at its Century City office include Former U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Daniel Petrocelli, who achieved fame as the attorney in the successful wrongful death lawsuit brought by Ronald Goldman's family against OJ Simpson. Petrocelli also represented Jeffrey Skilling in his criminal prosecution arrising out of the collapse of the Enron Corporation.Notable cases
The firm represented the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) in the lawsuits over the Belmont Learning Center in Los Angeles in the 1990s. The LAUSD later sued the lawfirm for malpractice due, in part, to the involvement of its attorneys on all sides of the negotiations. [link] The lawsuit was eventually settled, with the law firm paying $3 million towards completion of Belmont.[link]Office Locations
- Beijing
- Brussels
- Century City
- Hong Kong
- London
- Los Angeles
- Newport Beach
- New York
- San Francisco
- Shanghai
- Silicon Valley
- Tokyo
- Washington, D.C.
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