In over 60 years of practice in Washington, D.C. and now having seven other offices worldwide, Arnold & Porter has earned respect in a variety of areas. The firm is preeminent in antitrust, as evidenced by AT&T's 2006 merger with BellSouth, transaction, regulatory and litigation, getting an honorable mention in The American Lawyer's "Litigation Department of the Year" for 2008. Long known for its community-mindedness, this firm has an award-winning pro bono tradition that stretches back to the McCarthy era. Co-founders Abe Fortas and Thurmond Arnold defeated a laundry list of erroneous "Communist espionage" charges against Owen Lattimore, which brought numerous other cases to the firm's door.

What types of personalities thrive at your firm?

Many different types of personalities thrive at our firm. We value diversity and try to maintain an environment in which people are comfortable being themselves. We share a commitment to excellence in the practice of law and to public service and pro bono work.

Our paradigm is simple: we expect excellence from our attorneys, and deliver excellence to our clients. Arnold & Porter attorneys practice in more than 25 distinct areas of the law, conducting business on six continents. We work across geographic, cultural, technological and ideological borders, serving clients who require US, EU or cross-border regulatory, litigation and transactional services. Our team comprises not only top lawyers from the best universities and law schools across America and Europe, but doctors, biologists, chemists, public policy professionals and former high-ranking officials from the US government. In fact, many of our partners have held positions in the US government, from the Federal Trade Commission to the Department of Justice to the US Congress.