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Defunct law firm
Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon Headquarters
New York City , U.S. Date founded 1869 Dissolved 1995
[1]
Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon
[2] was a prominent
New York City
law firm tracing its origin back to 1869.
[3]
[4]
[5] The firm was later known as Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, & Alexander;
[6] and was later renamed Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander. The firm is known best as the legal relaunching pad of
Richard Nixon .
[7] The firm employed some 190 lawyers at the time of dissolution in 1995. Among problems that ultimately destroyed the firm were a long internal fight for leadership, management, and significant client defections.
[7]
[3]
Notable alumni and employees
Geoffrey Berman ,
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York [
citation needed ]
William P. Ford , defender of civil rights for Salvadorans.
David M. Friedman , U.S. Ambassador
Randolph H. Guthrie , chairman of the
Studebaker corporation and later of
Studebaker-Worthington .
Elizabeth Blodgett Hall , headmistress for
Concord Academy
Gao Xiqing , General Manager of the
China Investment Corporation
Leonard Garment , White House Counsel after the resignation of John Dean
[8]
[9]
[10]
James Halpern , a
judge of the
United States Tax Court
Lewis "Scooter" Libby , a former Assistant to Vice President
Dick Cheney and President
George W. Bush
John N. Mitchell ,
United States Attorney General
[11]
[12]
[13]
[14]
[15]
[16]
Richard M. Nixon , the thirty-seventh
President of the United States
[17]
[18]
Ralph Oman , former Register of Copyrights of the United States
Jed S. Rakoff , a
United States District Judge for the
Southern District of New York
[19]
John Sears , an attorney and a Republican political strategist.
Gordon C. Strachan , aide to White House Chief of Staff
H.R. "Bob" Haldeman under
U.S.
President
Richard Nixon
John Kirby (attorney) , notable for his successful defense for Nintendo against Universal Studios over the copyrightability of the character of Donkey Kong.
References
^ James J. Florio (2018).
Standing on Principle: Lessons Learned in Public Life . Rutgers University Press. pp. 243–.
ISBN
978-0-8135-9433-0 .
^ Torry, Saundra (22 November 1993).
"Leonard Garment finds a challenge in expansion puzzle" . Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via washingtonpost.com.
^
a
b
"Lawyers: The Factories" .
Time magazine . 24 January 1964. Archived from
the original on December 14, 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via time.com.
^
Galbraith, John Kenneth (30 July 1973).
"How the Great New York Lawyers let us Down" . New York Magazine . New York Media, LLC. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via Google Books.
^ "The Personal Papers of John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006)".
CiteSeerX
10.1.1.362.1963 .
^
"Milton C. Rose, 97, Lawyer At Firm of Nixon and Mitchell" . The New York Times . 21 March 2002. Retrieved 22 July 2017 .
^
a
b Goldberg, Carey (1 October 1995).
"The Mudge Rose Firm Enters the Tar Pit of Legal History" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 29 September 2014 .
^
"In Search of Deep Throat" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 2018-09-20 .
^ Garment, Leonard (25 October 2001).
Crazy Rhythm: From Brooklyn And Jazz To Nixon's White House, Watergate, And Beyond . Da Capo Press, Incorporated. p.
62 .
ISBN
9780306810824 . Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via Internet Archive. Nixon-Mudge.
^ Paul Moorehead (July 22, 2013).
"Radical Enlightenment: The Man Behind Nixon's Federal Indian Policy" . Indian Country Media Network . Retrieved 22 July 2017 .
^ LESLEY OELSNERMAY 11, 1973 (1973-05-11).
"A Time of Trouble Looms for Mitchell Firm - The New York Times" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 2018-09-20 . {{
cite web }}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link )
^ Mintz, Morton (30 August 1977).
"Law Firm Accused of Aiding One Client Over Another" . Washington Post . Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via washingtonpost.com.
^
"Mitchell Takes Leave From His Law Office - The New York Times" .
The New York Times . 1973-05-12. Retrieved 2018-09-20 .
^ By FRED P. GRAHAMFEB. 16, 1972 (1972-02-16).
"Mitchell Quits; Nomination Goes To Kleindienst - The New York Times" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 2018-09-20 . {{
cite web }}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link )
^
Reeves, Richard (20 December 1971).
"Mitchell Redux" . New York Magazine . New York Media, LLC. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via Google Books.
^ Staff and Wire Reports (10 November 1988).
"John Mitchell, Key Watergate Figure, Dies at 75" . Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via LA Times.
^ By TOM GOLDSTEINSEPT. 20, 1975 (1975-09-20).
"Court Rejects a Nixon Bid To Resign From State Bar - The New York Times" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 2018-09-20 . {{
cite web }}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link )
^ TOM GOLDSTEINJULY 9, 1976 (1976-07-09).
"New York Court Disbars Nixon for Watergate Acts - The New York Times" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 2018-09-20 . {{
cite web }}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link )
^
"Paid Notice: Deaths: ROBINSON, DONALD J." 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
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