Foley & Lardner LLP is an international law firm founded in 1842 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The 167-year old law firm was established originally as the law office of Finch & Lynde by Asahel Finch, Jr. and William Pitt Lynde. Foley & Lardner is a general practice law firm that has intellectual property, litigation, regulatory, tax, and business law as its primary practice areas. It specializes in corporate governance and compliance, mergers and acquisitions, securities litigation, and labor and employment.

Operating with 1,011 lawyers, 21 offices, and more than 60 practices, Foley & Lardner is the 24th largest law firm in the entire United States according to the National Law Journal’s 2007 NLJ 250 evaluation. It has international offices in Brussels, Tokyo, and Shanghai. By revenue rankings, the firm is in 25th place according to the American Lawyer Magazine’s 2006 AmLaw 100 evaluation of U.S. law firms. The firm’s gross revenue per 2005 figures is $610,500,000. Globally, Foley & Lardner occupies the 31st spot in the world’s highest-grossing law firms in the 2005 Global 100 survey.

Foley & Lardner has been recognized several times for its excellent legal practice. The Wellesley, Massachusetts-based BTI Consulting Group named it as one of the Top 4 Law Firms in the U.S. legal industry. CIO Magazine has included Foley & Lardner six times to its CIO 100 list for excellent client-focused connectivity and cutting-edge world interactivity.

Foley & Lardner has among its notable list of clients, the Heritage Foundation, Coors Brewing Company, Harley Davidson, Hewlett-Packard, and Major League Baseball.

Famous men and women have worked previously and presently for Foley & Lardner. Among them are Pres. Barack Obama, who worked as summer associate to law office Hopkins & Sutter, a firm absorbed by Foley & Lardner in 2001; US Senator Russell Feingold; Major League Baseball President Bob DuPuy; and Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Thomas E. Fairchild.