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The firm had retained the same name until 1988 when it merged with smaller firm
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304:"Old-Line Law Firm Agrees To Biggest New York Merger"
271:: The Inside Story of the Great Wall Street Law Firms
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236:Attorney General of the United States
16:Defunct American law firm (1845–1994)
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214:, the former general counsel to
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114:. It was established in 1845 by
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106:was a large American blue-chip
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525:Halleck, Peachy & Billings
388:"Todd Stitzer's Golden Ticket"
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362:"Lord Day Law Firm to Close"
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415:End Is Seen For Lord Day
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555:Jenkens & Gilchrist
161:and generations of the
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715:Hopkins & Sutter
585:Pennie & Edmonds
495:Cellino & Barnes
475:Altheimer & Gray
240:Dwight D. Eisenhower
232:Herbert Brownell Jr.
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670:Baker & Daniels
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565:Lord Day & Lord
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745:Rogers & Wells
705:Graham & James
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248:, CEO of
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