DLA Piper, the Glossary
DLA Piper is a law firm with offices in over 40 countries across the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.[1]
Table of Contents
92 relations: A. B. Krongard, Abu Dhabi, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Alex. Brown & Sons, Algeria, Asia–Pacific, Australasia, Baltimore, Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign, Bart Chilton, Bipartisan Policy Center, Central Intelligence Agency, Chair (officer), Chicago, Chief executive officer, Denver Nuggets, Dick Armey, Doha, Doug Emhoff, Dublin, Europe, ExxonMobil, Facebook, Ferrellgas, George J. Mitchell, Governor of Michigan, Harry McPherson, Helen Winkelmann, House of Lords, Houston, Indonesia, James J. Blanchard, Jared Genser, Jonathan Lisle, José María Aznar, JPMorgan Chase, Kamala Harris, Kuwait, Law firm, Liberal Democrats (UK), Limited liability partnership, List of ambassadors of the United States to Canada, List of governors of Delaware, List of largest United States–based law firms by head count, Lobbying, Lyndon B. Johnson, Mark Zuckerberg, Mel Martínez, Mexico City, Middle East, ... Expand index (42 more) »
- Foreign law firms with offices in Japan
- Foreign law firms with offices in the Netherlands
- Law firms established in 2005
- Law firms of the United States
- Multinational law firms
A. B. Krongard
Alvin Bernard "Buzzy" Krongard (born October 25, 1936) was the executive director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (أَبُو ظَبِي) is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is an American multinational law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C.. DLA Piper and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld are foreign law firms with offices in Hong Kong.
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Alex. Brown & Sons
Alex.
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Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.
Asia–Pacific
The Asia–Pacific (APAC) is the region of the world adjoining the western Pacific Ocean.
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Australasia
Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand, and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Baltimore
Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.
Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign
On April 4, 2011, Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, announced his candidacy for re-election as president.
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Bart Chilton
Bartholomew Hamilton Chilton (May 1, 1960 – April 27, 2019) was an American civil servant.
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Bipartisan Policy Center
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is a Washington, D.C.–based think tank that promotes bipartisanship.
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Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.
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Chair (officer)
The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly.
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Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer (CEO) (chief executive (CE), or managing director (MD) in the UK) is the highest officer charged with the management of an organization especially a company or nonprofit institution.
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Denver Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver.
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Dick Armey
Richard Keith Armey (born July 7, 1940) is an American economist and politician.
Doha
Doha (ad-Dawḥa or ad-Dūḥa) is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar.
Doug Emhoff
Douglas Craig Emhoff (born October 13, 1964) is an American lawyer who is the second gentleman of the United States.
Dublin
Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil Corporation (commonly shortened to Exxon) is an American multinational oil and gas corporation and the largest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil.
Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by American technology conglomerate Meta.
Ferrellgas
Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. is an American supplier of propane founded years ago in Atchison, Kansas by A.C. Ferrell.
George J. Mitchell
George John Mitchell Jr. (born August 20, 1933) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer.
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Governor of Michigan
The governor of Michigan is the head of government, and chief executive of the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Harry McPherson
Harry Cummings McPherson Jr. (August 22, 1929 – February 16, 2012) served as counsel and special counsel to President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1969 and was Johnson's chief speechwriter from 1966 to 1969.
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Helen Winkelmann
Dame Helen Diana Winkelmann (born 1962) is the 13th and current chief justice of New Zealand – head of the New Zealand judiciary – having been sworn in on 14 March 2019.
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House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Houston
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
James J. Blanchard
James Johnston Blanchard (born August 8, 1942) is an American attorney, diplomat, and politician who served as the 45th governor of Michigan from 1983 to 1991.
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Jared Genser
Jared Genser (born June 17, 1972) is an international human rights lawyer who serves as managing director of the law firm Perseus Strategies, LLC, Special Advisor on the Responsibility to Protect to the Organization of American States, and Co-Founder and General Counsel to the Neurorights Foundation.
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Jonathan Lisle
Jonathan Lisle is a British DJ.
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José María Aznar
José María Alfredo Aznar López (born 25 February 1953) is a Spanish politician who was the prime minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004.
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JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (stylized as JPMorganChase) is an American multinational finance company headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware.
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Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current vice president of the United States, having held the position since 2021 under President Joe Biden.
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Kuwait
Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia.
Law firm
A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law.
Liberal Democrats (UK)
The Liberal Democrats (colloquially known as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1988.
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Limited liability partnership
A limited liability partnership (LLP) is a partnership in which some or all partners (depending on the jurisdiction) have limited liabilities.
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List of ambassadors of the United States to Canada
This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Canada.
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List of governors of Delaware
The governor of Delaware (known as the president of Delaware from 1776 to 1792) is the head of government of Delaware and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
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List of largest United States–based law firms by head count
This article lists the largest law firms in the United States by total number of attorneys.
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Lobbying
Lobbying is a form of advocacy, which lawfully attempts to directly influence legislators or government officials, such as regulatory agencies or judiciary.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
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Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American businessman.
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Mel Martínez
Melquíades Rafael Ruiz Martínez (born October 23, 1946) is a Cuban-American lobbyist and former politician who served as a United States senator from Florida from 2005 to 2009 and as general chairman of the Republican Party from November 2006 until October 19, 2007.
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Mexico City
Mexico City (Ciudad de México,; abbr.: CDMX; Central Nahuatl:,; Otomi) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America.
Middle East
The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
Mike Castle
Michael Newbold Castle (born July 2, 1939) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 69th Governor of Delaware from 1985 to 1992 and as the U.S. representative from from 1993 to 2011.
Miriam González Durántez
Miriam González Durántez, Lady Clegg (born 31 May 1968) is a Spanish international trade lawyer, vice chair of UBS Europe, and founder of Inspiring Girls.
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Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.
New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
Nick Clegg
Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg (born 7 January 1967) is a British retired politician and media executive who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015 and as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015.
Nickname
A nickname or nick, also known as a sobriquet, is a substitute for the proper name of a person, place or thing.
Nigel Knowles
Sir Nigel Knowles is the former global co-chairman of the law firm DLA Piper and since 2017 newly appointed Chairman of DWF LLP.
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OpenSecrets
OpenSecrets is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. that tracks and publishes data on campaign finance and lobbying, including a revolving door database which documents the individuals who have worked in both the public sector and lobbying firms and may have conflicts of interest.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France.
Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives
Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, also known as floor leaders, are congresspeople who coordinate legislative initiatives and serve as the chief spokespersons for their parties on the House floor.
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Party leaders of the United States Senate
The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and people of the party leadership of the United States Senate.
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Paul Ceglia
Paul D. Ceglia (born July 22, 1973) is an American fugitive.
Paul V. Niemeyer
Paul Victor Niemeyer (born April 5, 1941) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
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Peerage
A peerage is a legal system historically comprising various hereditary titles (and sometimes non-hereditary titles) in a number of countries, and composed of assorted noble ranks.
Peter Bynoe
Peter Charles Bernard Bynoe (born March 20, 1951) is a Chicago attorney and businessman, formerly the only African-American equity partner in the Chicago office of DLA Piper.
Prime Minister of Spain
The prime minister of Spain, officially president of the Government (Presidente del Gobierno), is the head of government of Spain.
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Qatar
Qatar (قطر) officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf.
Ray LaHood
Raymond H. LaHood (born December 6, 1945) is an American politician who served as the 16th United States Secretary of Transportation from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama.
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
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Rudi M. Brewster
Rudi Milton Brewster (May 8, 1932 – September 7, 2012) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, best known for 2006 ruling in a patent infringements suit against Microsoft tied to the licensing of the MP3 format.
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San Diego
San Diego is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan (Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States.
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Saxby Chambliss
Clarence Saxby Chambliss (born November 10, 1943) is an American lawyer and retired politician who was a United States Senator from Georgia from 2003 to 2015.
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São Paulo
São Paulo is the most populous city in Brazil and the capital of the state of São Paulo.
Second ladies and gentlemen of the United States
The second gentleman or second lady of the United States (SGOTUS or SLOTUS) is the informal title held by the spouse of the vice president of the United States, concurrent with the vice president's term of office.
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Seoul
Seoul, officially Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea.
Squire Patton Boggs
Squire Patton Boggs is an international law firm with over 40 offices in 20 countries. DLA Piper and Squire Patton Boggs are foreign law firms with offices in Hong Kong and foreign law firms with offices in Japan.
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Steve Davis (scientist)
Steven J. Davis is an earth system scientist at the University of California, Irvine's Department of Earth System Science and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering He is a highly cited researcher.
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Supreme Court of New Zealand
The Supreme Court of New Zealand (Mana) is the highest court and the court of last resort of New Zealand.
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Swiss association
A Swiss association ("Verein" in German, "association" in French, "associazione" in Italian) is a type of corporation in Swiss law.
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Thomas C. Wheeler
Thomas Craig Wheeler (born March 18, 1948) is a former judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, appointed to that court in 2005 by President George W. Bush.
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Timothy Clement-Jones, Baron Clement-Jones
Timothy Francis Clement-Jones, Baron Clement-Jones, (born 26October 1949) is a Liberal Democrat peer and spokesman for the digital economy in the House of Lords.
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Tom Daschle
Thomas Andrew Daschle (born December 9, 1947) is an American politician and lobbyist who represented South Dakota in the United States Senate from 1987 to 2005.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (in case citations, 4th Cir.) is a federal court located in Richmond, Virginia, with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts.
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United States Court of Federal Claims
The United States Court of Federal Claims (in case citations, Fed. Cl. or C.F.C.) is a United States federal court that hears monetary claims against the U.S. government.
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United States District Court for the District of Maryland
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland (in case citations, D. Md.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Maryland.
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United States District Court for the Southern District of California
The United States District Court for the Southern District of California (in case citations, S.D. Cal.) is a federal court in the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.
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University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California.
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Wellington
Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand.
See also
Foreign law firms with offices in Japan
- A&O Shearman
- Allen & Overy
- Ashurst LLP
- Baker McKenzie
- Clifford Chance
- DLA Piper
- Davis Polk
- Foley & Lardner
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Hogan Lovells
- Jones Day
- K&L Gates
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
- King & Wood Mallesons
- Latham & Watkins
- Linklaters
- Loyens & Loeff
- Milbank
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Morrison & Foerster
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Paul Hastings
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
- Ropes & Gray
- Shearman & Sterling
- Sidley Austin
- Simmons & Simmons
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- Squire Patton Boggs
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Vinson & Elkins
- White & Case
Foreign law firms with offices in the Netherlands
- Allen & Overy
- Baker McKenzie
- Bird & Bird
- Clifford Chance
- DLA Piper
- Dentons
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Fieldfisher
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Greenberg Traurig
- Hogan Lovells
- Jones Day
- Linklaters
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Osborne Clarke
- Simmons & Simmons
- Taylor Wessing
Law firms established in 2005
- Broad & Bright
- Burleson LLP
- DLA Piper
- Edwards Wildman Palmer
Law firms of the United States
- Covington & Burling
- DLA Piper
- Debevoise & Plimpton
- Dentons
- Faegre Drinker
- Holland & Knight
- Kaye Scholer
- Latham & Watkins
- List of largest United States–based law firms by profits per partner
- Mayer Brown
- McAllister Olivarius
- Mintz Levin
- Proskauer Rose
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Stange Law Firm
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Troutman Pepper
- White-shoe firm
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Multinational law firms
- Allen & Overy
- Baker McKenzie
- CMS (law firm)
- Clifford Chance
- Cooley LLP
- DLA Piper
- Davis Polk
- Dentons
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Gibson Dunn
- Goodwin Procter
- Greenberg Traurig
- Hogan Lovells
- Jones Day
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Latham & Watkins
- Linklaters
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Ropes & Gray
- Sidley Austin
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges
- White & Case
- Wolf Theiss
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLA_Piper
Also known as DLA Phillips Fox, DLA Piper Europe, DLA Piper International, DLA Piper New Zealand, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, DLA Piper U.S., DLA Piper USA, Phillips Fox, Piper Rudnick, Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, Piper and Marbury.
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