Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP , known as Troutman Pepper , is an American law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys located in 23 U.S. cities. In terms of revenue, Troutman Pepper placed 47th on The American Lawyer ' s 2022 AmLaw 100 rankings of U.S. law firms, with $ 1,029,503,000 in gross revenue in 2021.
39-451: On July 1, 2020, Troutman Sanders merged with Pepper Hamilton to become Troutman Pepper. Stephen E. Lewis of Troutman Sanders was the firm's managing partner and became chair of Troutman Pepper after the merger. Troutman Sanders was founded in 1897 in Atlanta as the law practice of Walter T. Colquitt. Colquitt was well known in Atlanta near the end of the 19th century for his representation of
78-621: Is also approved by the Virginia State Board of Bar Examiners and is the most common alma mater of judges in the State of Virginia . The school was founded in 1870 as a college within the University of Richmond. In 1890, the family of the late T. C. Williams, a university trustee, donated $ 25,000 as the nucleus of an endowment for the law school. In recognition of this gift, the school was named The T. C. Williams School of Law in 1920. In 2022,
117-733: Is ranked 66th (tie) in the US by US News , among the top five value law schools by the National Jurist , and one of the Princeton Review 's 167 Best Law Schools of 2018 . With approximately 150 J.D. candidates per class year, the University of Richmond School of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association . Richmond Law's Dean, Wendy Perdue, is also a former president of the Association of American Law Schools . Richmond Law
156-622: The Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest , vol. 1 (1996) - vol. 19 (2016), focuses on issues pertaining to social welfare, public policy, and a broad spectrum of jurisprudence. Publishing three annual volumes, PILR posts its articles and other related content online to reach the widest audience possible. Of these annual publications, two volumes specifically attempt to confront prominent and difficult issues raised by modern society: The Richmond Journal of Law and Technology (JOLT)
195-512: The Class of 2018 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation (i.e. as attorneys). Richmond's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 11%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2018 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation. Richmond Law has recently launched several new initiatives focusing on expanding areas of
234-789: The Commonwealth of Virginia. Three days before leaving office, President Obama commuted Dujuan Farrow's life sentence after the Institute for Actual Innocence submitted his case for clemency review. The University of Richmond Law Review , founded in 1958, publishes four issues a year: the Annual Survey in November, the Symposium Issue in March, and two general issues in January and May. In addition, since 2015,
273-671: The Georgia Railway and Electric Company, which would later become the Georgia Power Company. In 1930, Colquitt formed a partnership with two brothers, Henry and Robert Troutman, both lawyers with clients such as Gulf Refining Company, the Georgia Real Estate Commission and the National Surety Company. Additionally, Colquitt had two other attorneys, Robert S. Parker and Preston Stanley Arkwright Jr., join
312-402: The Georgia Real Estate Commission and the National Surety Company. Additionally, Colquitt had two other attorneys, Robert S. Parker and Preston Stanley Arkwright Jr., join the firm creating Colquitt, Parker, Troutman and Arkwright. For the next 30 years, the firm grew in size, reputation, and client base, and went through a few name changes as partnerships were formed and broken. By the late 1960s,
351-549: The IPI, Richmond law students are able to obtain a certificate of concentration in Intellectual Property Law. The Institute for Actual Innocence, founded in 2005, works to identify and exonerate wrongfully convicted individuals in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The institute is an academic program that partners students with local attorneys and community leaders to seek post-conviction relief for wrongfully convicted prisoners in
390-479: The Law Review has published an online volume each year. Staff members are selected at the end of their first year of law school after participating in a journal competition, which takes into consideration students' grades and the results of a casenote and Bluebook exam. The Richmond Public Interest Law Review (PILR) is a law review published by the University of Richmond School of Law. The journal, formerly known as
429-679: The Philadelphia Bar Association’s 81st Chancellor in 2008. He was the third African-American to serve in that office since the Association’s founding in 1802. In 2021, the firm partnered with the University of Richmond School of Law as the "innovator-in-residence" for the university's Legal Business Design Challenge, a course that allows law students to identify business opportunities or improve client services for law firms. On December 20, 2021, its attorneys successfully overturned
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#1733084966954468-496: The Philadelphia Bar Association’s 81st Chancellor in 2008. He was the third African-American to serve in that office since the Association’s founding in 1802. In 2021, the firm partnered with the University of Richmond School of Law as the "innovator-in-residence" for the university's Legal Business Design Challenge, a course that allows law students to identify business opportunities or improve client services for law firms. On December 20, 2021, its attorneys successfully overturned
507-485: The cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Richmond Law for the 2020–21 academic year is $ 67,550. The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years, based on data from the 2020–21 academic year, is $ 202,650. For the 2018–2019 school year, 67% of entering students received scholarships. The 50th percentile grant amount of scholarships was $ 35,000. According to Richmond School of Law's official 2018 ABA-required disclosures, 85% of
546-498: The firm creating Colquitt, Parker, Troutman and Arkwright. For the next 30 years, the firm grew in size, reputation, and client base, and went through a few name changes as partnerships were formed and broken. By the late 1960s, the firm was known as Troutman Sams Schroder & Lockerman. In 1971, then-president of Georgia Power , Ed Hatch, suggested the merger of Troutman Sams Schroder & Lockerman with former Governor Carl Sanders ' firm, Sanders Ashmore & Boozer. Hatch believed
585-749: The firm experienced growth in the United States and internationally. In 2001, Troutman Sanders merged with Mays & Valentine LLP, which added 150 attorneys to the firm and offices in Richmond, Tysons Corner, and Virginia Beach, Virginia. This spurred further growth and the subsequent opening of offices in Raleigh, NC (2003) and New York City with the acquisition of the New York office of Jenkens & Gilchrist Parker Chapin LLP in 2005. In 2006, Carl Sanders retired and Webb became
624-468: The firm moved from downtown Atlanta's Candler Building to Midtown Atlanta 's new 55-story Bank of America Plaza . From 1993 to 2015, Robert W. Webb Jr. served as managing partner, while the firm experienced growth in the United States and internationally. In 2001, Troutman Sanders merged with Mays & Valentine LLP, which added 150 attorneys to the firm and offices in Richmond, Tysons Corner, and Virginia Beach, Virginia. This spurred further growth and
663-591: The firm was known as Troutman Sams Schroder & Lockerman. In 1971, then-president of Georgia Power , Ed Hatch, suggested the merger of Troutman Sams Schroder & Lockerman with former Governor Carl Sanders ' firm, Sanders Ashmore & Boozer. Hatch believed the merger would keep intact the decades of utility expertise of the Troutman firm, while merging the fresh talent and energy of Sanders’ young firm. The new firm would operate as Troutman Sanders Lockerman & Ashmore, until shortened to Troutman Sanders in 1992 when
702-742: The firm's chairman and managing partner while Sanders served as chairman emeritus until his death in 2014. In 2009, the firm merged with D.C.-based Ross Dixon & Bell. Troutman Sanders grew to 15 offices after the merger, adding Chicago, Orange County, San Diego, and doubling its D.C. presence. This brought the total number of attorneys to over 650. In 2011, Stephen E. Lewis became the managing partner. In 2015, Webb retired and Lewis became chairman as well. The firm continued to expand, with offices opened in 2014 in Charlotte and in 2015 in San Francisco. Before merging with Pepper Hamilton in 2020, Troutman Sanders
741-600: The landmark ruling Erie Railroad v. Tompkins (1938). Pepper was also instrumental in Supreme Court arguments that led to many New Deal provisions being struck down as beyond the Federal Government's commerce power. In 1954, the Pepper firm and another Philadelphia law firm — Evans, Bayard & Frick — merged as Pepper, Bodine, Frick, Scheetz & Hamilton creating a 35-lawyer entity. This merger brought in some aspects of
780-432: The landmark ruling Erie Railroad v. Tompkins (1938). Pepper was also instrumental in Supreme Court arguments that led to many New Deal provisions being struck down as beyond the Federal Government's commerce power. In 1954, the Pepper firm and another Philadelphia law firm — Evans, Bayard & Frick — merged as Pepper, Bodine, Frick, Scheetz & Hamilton creating a 35-lawyer entity. This merger brought in some aspects of
819-518: The law such as intellectual property , wrongful convictions and family law. The school is making a strong push to become a center for intellectual property law, as evidenced by the recent founding of the Intellectual Property Institute (IPI) and the offering of a joint degree program with Virginia Tech that will enable students to earn both a Bachelor of Science degree and a Juris Doctor degree in as little as six years’ time. Through
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#1733084966954858-479: The legacy of John G. Johnson (ob. 1917), a solo practitioner, and an eminent antitrust lawyer who had represented Standard Oil and U.S. Steel, argued 168 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, and was called the greatest lawyer in the English speaking world in his New York Times obituary. In 1955, shortly after the merger of the Pepper and Evans firms, George Wharton Pepper retired from practice because of failing health. He
897-429: The legacy of John G. Johnson (ob. 1917), a solo practitioner, and an eminent antitrust lawyer who had represented Standard Oil and U.S. Steel, argued 168 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, and was called the greatest lawyer in the English speaking world in his New York Times obituary. In 1955, shortly after the merger of the Pepper and Evans firms, George Wharton Pepper retired from practice because of failing health. He
936-463: The merger would keep intact the decades of utility expertise of the Troutman firm, while merging the fresh talent and energy of Sanders’ young firm. The new firm would operate as Troutman Sanders Lockerman & Ashmore, until shortened to Troutman Sanders in 1992 when the firm moved from downtown Atlanta's Candler Building to Midtown Atlanta 's new 55-story Bank of America Plaza . From 1993 to 2015, Robert W. Webb Jr. served as managing partner, while
975-427: The merger, adding Chicago, Orange County, San Diego, and doubling its D.C. presence. This brought the total number of attorneys to over 650. In 2011, Stephen E. Lewis became the managing partner. In 2015, Webb retired and Lewis became chairman as well. The firm continued to expand, with offices opened in 2014 in Charlotte and in 2015 in San Francisco. Before merging with Pepper Hamilton in 2020, Troutman Sanders
1014-477: The present campus. Returning servicemen from World War I created space problems for the college and the law department had to be relocated to the old Columbia Building at Grace and Lombardy streets. In 1920, the law department was reorganized as a separate School of Law within what was now the University of Richmond. The current Law School building, constructed in the Collegiate Gothic architectural style,
1053-406: The school changed the official name from the "T. C. Williams School of Law" to the "University of Richmond School of Law" in keeping with its naming principle that prohibits the use of names of people who engaged in enslavement or openly advocated the enslavement of people. In 1914, Richmond College (as the university was then known), including its law department, moved from its location downtown to
1092-438: The subsequent opening of offices in Raleigh, NC (2003) and New York City with the acquisition of the New York office of Jenkens & Gilchrist Parker Chapin LLP in 2005. In 2006, Carl Sanders retired and Webb became the firm's chairman and managing partner while Sanders served as chairman emeritus until his death in 2014. In 2009, the firm merged with D.C.-based Ross Dixon & Bell. Troutman Sanders grew to 15 offices after
1131-524: The wrongful conviction of Devonia Inman, who spent 23 years in prison for a murder in South Georgia. On February 9, 2023 it was reported the organization was a target of a cyberattack: “We can confirm that on Feb. 8 Troutman Pepper was a target of a cyberattack,” the firm said in a statement. “Following our established protocols, we took immediate action to contain the threat and inspect thoroughly before we restore systems access.” In 2024, Troutman Pepper
1170-466: The wrongful conviction of Devonia Inman, who spent 23 years in prison for a murder in South Georgia. On February 9, 2023 it was reported the organization was a target of a cyberattack: “We can confirm that on Feb. 8 Troutman Pepper was a target of a cyberattack,” the firm said in a statement. “Following our established protocols, we took immediate action to contain the threat and inspect thoroughly before we restore systems access.” In 2024, Troutman Pepper
1209-687: Was named a recipient of a HIAS Pennsylvania Golden Door Award, in recognition of activities that include the provision of pro bono services to low-income immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Troutman Sanders Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP , known as Troutman Pepper , is an American law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys located in 23 U.S. cities. In terms of revenue, Troutman Pepper placed 47th on The American Lawyer ' s 2022 AmLaw 100 rankings of U.S. law firms, with $ 1,029,503,000 in gross revenue in 2021. On July 1, 2020, Troutman Sanders merged with Pepper Hamilton to become Troutman Pepper. Stephen E. Lewis of Troutman Sanders
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1248-503: Was named a recipient of a HIAS Pennsylvania Golden Door Award, in recognition of activities that include the provision of pro bono services to low-income immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. University of Richmond School of Law The University of Richmond School of Law (abbreviated as Richmond Law ) is the law school of the University of Richmond , a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia . Richmond Law
1287-591: Was organized into 17 areas of legal practice within five departments: Corporate, Real Estate & Finance, Business Litigation, Specialized Litigation, and Energy and Regulatory. A number of notable lawyers and alumni were associated with the firm. During its history, Troutman Sanders was known by a number of names: Pepper Hamilton dates its founding to 1890 when former U.S. Senator George Wharton Pepper began his legal practice in Philadelphia. Pepper's essays on conflicts of laws were cited by Justice Brandeis in
1326-534: Was organized into 17 areas of legal practice within five departments: Corporate, Real Estate & Finance, Business Litigation, Specialized Litigation, and Energy and Regulatory. A number of notable lawyers and alumni were associated with the firm. During its history, Troutman Sanders was known by a number of names: Pepper Hamilton dates its founding to 1890 when former U.S. Senator George Wharton Pepper began his legal practice in Philadelphia. Pepper's essays on conflicts of laws were cited by Justice Brandeis in
1365-419: Was originally opened in 1954, and it was enlarged in 1972 and 1981. In 1991, the building was significantly expanded, renovated, and refurbished. The Law School building now provides modern and technologically equipped classrooms, seminar rooms, a law library, a moot courtroom , faculty and administrative offices, faculty and student lounges, and offices for most student organizations. The Richmond School of Law
1404-444: Was ranked 66th in the 2024 ranking of law schools by U.S. News & World Report . According to US News, the school has 408 students with a student-to-faculty ratio of 5:1. For the class entering in 2023, the University of Richmond School of Law accepted 41.46% of applicants, with 19.45% of those accepted enrolling. The average enrollee had a 164 LSAT score and 3.75 undergraduate GPA . The total cost of attendance (indicating
1443-520: Was succeeded as chairman of the firm by John D. M. Hamilton , who was chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1940. In 1960, another merger brought in the firm of Moffett, Frye & Leopold. The firm grew significantly in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. In 2007, the partnership elected Nina M. Gussack as chairwoman of Pepper's Executive Committee, the first woman to be elected to that position. Pepper partner A. Michael Pratt became
1482-448: Was succeeded as chairman of the firm by John D. M. Hamilton , who was chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1940. In 1960, another merger brought in the firm of Moffett, Frye & Leopold. The firm grew significantly in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. In 2007, the partnership elected Nina M. Gussack as chairwoman of Pepper's Executive Committee, the first woman to be elected to that position. Pepper partner A. Michael Pratt became
1521-514: Was the firm's managing partner and became chair of Troutman Pepper after the merger. Troutman Sanders was founded in 1897 in Atlanta as the law practice of Walter T. Colquitt. Colquitt was well known in Atlanta near the end of the 19th century for his representation of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, which would later become the Georgia Power Company. In 1930, Colquitt formed a partnership with two brothers, Henry and Robert Troutman, both lawyers with clients such as Gulf Refining Company,
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