Defunct American law firm
Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts Headquarters
New York City
No. of offices 5 Offices New York City, Tokyo, London, Hong Kong, and Singapore Date founded 1868 (1868 ) Dissolved 2001 (2001 ) (merged with
Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro )
Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts was a prominent
New York City law firm that traced its origins to a law partnership formed there in 1868. It merged with
San Francisco –based law firm
Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro in 2001.
[1] The merged firm subsequently became
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in 2005.
[2]
History
The firm was founded in 1868 as Root & Clarke. After several name changes, and the addition of
Bronson Winthrop , it was known as Winthrop & Stimson after 1898, and Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts after 1927.
[3] The firm represented clients including
W. E. B. Du Bois ,
[4]
America West Airlines ,
[5]
Zapata Petroleum ,
[6]
Clark Estates Inc. ,
[6] and
Ethyl Corporation ,
[7] among others.
In 1980, the firm published Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts: A History of a Law Firm .
[8]
Immediately prior to its 2001 merger, Winthrop had offices in Tokyo, London, Hong Kong, and Singapore with more than half of the firm's revenue coming from abroad.
[9] The 2001 merger with
Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro , which was then twice the size of New York based Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, created one of the largest law firms in the country with more than 860 lawyers in 16 offices.
[9] As of 2000, Pillsbury had been headquartered in San Francisco for 126 years.
[10]
In 2005, the Pillsbury Winthrop LLP firm merged with Shaw Pittman LLP forming a new entity, known as
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, with over 900 lawyers.
[11]
Notable alumni
Felix Frankfurter , a
U.S. Supreme Court justice, worked at the firm.
The firm produced a number of leaders in law, jurisprudence and public service, including:
References
^
"Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts" . Bloomberg Business . Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 30 April 2015 .
^ Young, Eric (March 29, 2005).
"Merger approved; it's now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman" . www.bizjournals.com . Retrieved 3 July 2018 .
^ On Active Service in Peace and War , by Henry L. Stimson and McGeorge Bundy (Harper Brothers, 1955)
^
"Letter from Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts to W. E. B. Du Bois, January 15, 1929" . credo.library.umass.edu .
University of Massachusetts Amherst . Retrieved 3 July 2018 .
^ Starkie, David (2008).
Aviation Markets: Studies in Competition and Regulatory Reform . Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 188.
ISBN
9780754673880 . Retrieved 3 July 2018 .
^
a
b Dietrich, Kris (2015).
Taboo Genocide: Holodomor 1933 & the Extermination of Ukraine . p. 952.
ISBN
9781499056082 . Retrieved 3 July 2018 .
^ Crawford, James; Lee, Karen (2005).
ICSID Reports .
Cambridge University Press . p. 21.
ISBN
9780521841337 . Retrieved 3 July 2018 .
^
Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts: A History of a Law Firm . Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts. 1980. Retrieved 3 July 2018 .
^
a
b Trivedi, Kruti (July 18, 2000).
"Planned Merger Would Create One of Biggest U.S. Law Firms" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 3 July 2018 .
^
"Law Firms to Merge in Global Deal" .
Los Angeles Times . 19 July 2000. Retrieved 3 July 2018 .
^
"Pillsbury Winthrop and Shaw Pittman Agree to Merge, Forming Formidable New Player Among the Nation's Top 20 Law Firms" .
Business Wire . February 9, 2005. Retrieved 3 July 2018 .
^ Cushman, Clare; Peppers, Todd C. (2015).
Of Courtiers and Kings: More Stories of Supreme Court Law Clerks and Their Justices .
University of Virginia Press . p. 75.
ISBN
9780813937274 . Retrieved 3 July 2018 .
^
"A Moment with President Raymond P. Shafer" (PDF) . Allegheny College. 1986. Retrieved 9 January 2022 .
^ Stossel, Scott (2011).
Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver . Other Press, LLC. p. 153.
ISBN
9781590515143 . Retrieved 3 July 2018 .
^
"B. WINTHROP DEAD; STIMSON PARTNER; Senior Member of Law Firm Here Was 80; A Leader in Social, Charity Circles" (PDF) .
The New York Times . July 15, 1944. Retrieved 29 June 2018 .
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