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{{Short description|New York law firm}}

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| headquarters = [[Paramount Plaza]]<br>[[New York City]]
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| practice_areas = primarily litigation
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| key_people = Marc Elliot Kasowitz, founding and managing partner<ref>[http://www.kasowitz.com/attorney/detail.aspx?id=729bb303-a23b-4132-a73a-5d7d5058a7b8&fromsearch=yes Kasowitz's firm bio]</ref>
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| founder = Marc E. Kasowitz
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'''Kasowitz, Benson & Torres''' is a New York law firm founded in 1993. It employs 350 lawyers and maintains offices in several states.<ref name="New York Law Journal Sept 2013"/> The firm focuses on product liability [[litigation]], corporate, family and employment law, as well as [[intellectual property]], bankruptcy and [[creditors' rights]].<ref name="New York Law Journal Sept 2013"/> The firm's notable clients have included [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cassens Weiss|first1=Debra|title=Meet Marc Kasowitz, the litigator who often represents Donald Trump|url=http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/meet_marc_kasowitz_the_litigation_lawyer_who_often_represents_donald_trump|website=ABA Journal|publisher=American Bar Association|accessdate=May 19, 2017}}</ref> [[Robert De Niro]], [[Celanese]], [[ArvinMeritor]], [[Liggett Group]], [[Enron]], [[WorldCom]] and [[Mia Farrow]].
'''Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman''' is a national law firm headquartered in [[New York City|New York]]. The firm focuses on litigation as well as [[intellectual property]], [[corporate law]], [[family law]], [[Bankruptcy in the United States|bankruptcy]] and [[creditors' rights]], and [[employment law]].<ref>[http://www.kasowitz.com/practice/ Practice areas]</ref>


==History==
==History==
===Founding===
The firm was founded as Kasowitz, Hoff, Benson & Torres in 1993 when Marc Kasowitz left [[Mayer Brown]] with 18 other lawyers and two profitable clients: chemical maker [[Celanese]] and real estate developer [[Jack Parker Corporation]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kasowitz.com/files/FastRise-NoWhitePage.pdf|title=Fast Rise to the Top|date=August 2004|work=[[The American Lawyer]]|publisher=[[Incisive Media]]|pages=11|accessdate=17 January 2010}}</ref> David M. Friedman was added as a named partner in May 1995,<ref>[http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/19950501/SUB/505010712/profiles-executive-moves PROFILES/EXECUTIVE MOVES | Crain's New York Business<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and Bruce Hoff, Jr. was removed as a named partner in November 1995 <ref>[http://appext20.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_nameid=1965167&p_corpid=1902801&p_entity_name=kasowitz&p_name_type=%25&p_search_type=CONTAINS&p_srch_results_page=0 Entity Information<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> after he departed to join Altheimer & Gray in Chicago.<ref>[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-12-25/news/ct-met-hoff-obit-20111225_1_trial-lawyer-models-nautical-research-journal William Bruce Hoff Jr.: Lawyer, model ship builder, dies - Chicago Tribune<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/19960217/ISSUE01/10007853/comings-and-goings-accounting-architecture-engineering-education-financial-services-health-care-info-technology-law-manufacturing-marketing-media-services-suppliers-transportation Crain's Chicago Business : Subscription Center<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In May 2013, the firm poached two partners from Jenner & Block to establish a [[Los Angeles, CA]] office.<ref>[http://www.jdjournal.com/2013/05/21/kasowitz-benson-poaches-two-partners-sets-them-up-in-new-la-office/ June, Daniel, "Kasowitz Benson Poaches Two Partners, Sets Them Up in New LA Office"]</ref> In 2014, the firm was ranked 119th largest in the United States by attorney headcount.<ref>[http://www.law360.com/articles/518950/law360-reveals-400-largest-us-law-firms Simpson, Jake, "Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Law Firms"]</ref> Following the resolution of several large cases, including long-running litigation involving [[MBIA Inc.]], and a decline in gross revenue, the firm laid off approximately 30 employees at various levels.<ref>{{cite news
The firm was founded as Kasowitz, Hoff, Benson & Torres in 1993 when [[Marc Kasowitz]] left the [[Mayer Brown]] law firm with 18 other lawyers and two clients.<ref name="American Lawyer">{{cite news|url=http://www.kasowitz.com/files/FastRise-NoWhitePage.pdf|last=Amon|first=Elizabeth|title=Fast Rise to the Top|date=August 2004|work=[[The American Lawyer]]|publisher=[[Incisive Media]]|pages=11|accessdate=December 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713135644/http://www.kasowitz.com/files/FastRise-NoWhitePage.pdf|archive-date=July 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[David Friedman (lawyer)|David M. Friedman]] joined in 1994 and became a name partner in May 1995 and the firm was renamed Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/19950501/SUB/505010712/profiles-executive-moves |title=Profiles/Executive Moves|date= May 1, 1995|work=Crain's New York Business}}</ref> William Bruce Hoff, Jr. left in November 1996.<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/12/25/william-bruce-hoff-jr-1932-2011/ William Bruce Hoff Jr.: Lawyer, model ship builder, dies] ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''</ref>

===Expansion===
The firm began in New York City with 18 lawyers and after 6 months expanded to include a Houston branch office.<ref name="New York Law Journal Sept 2013"/><ref name="American Lawyer"/> Friedman joined the firm in 1993 or 1994 and opened its bankruptcy practice.<ref name="American Lawyer"/> In 1996 several new lawyers joined the firm to begin its employment and matrimonial practices.<ref name="American Lawyer"/> It opened a New Jersey office in 1997, Atlanta in 2001<ref name="American Lawyer"/> and in 2003 the firm opened a San Francisco office while former assistant [[district attorney]], [[Leslie Crocker Snyder]], joined the office in New York.<ref>Unknown author, (September 2003) [http://www.kasowitz.com/supreme-court-justice-leslie-crocker-snyder-joins-kasowitz-benson-torres--friedman-09-30-2003/ Supreme Court Justice Leslie Crocker Snyder Joins Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414225126/http://www.kasowitz.com/supreme-court-justice-leslie-crocker-snyder-joins-kasowitz-benson-torres--friedman-09-30-2003/ |date=April 14, 2015 }} Official web site</ref> By 2004 the firm had increased to 160 lawyers and included an additional office in Atlanta.<ref name="American Lawyer"/> The firm opened its Miami, Florida office in 2006 and expanded its San Francisco, California office in 2007 by merging with the seven lawyer firm, Topel & Goodman.<ref name="New York Law Journal Sept 2013"/> The 2005 launch of the intellectual property arm of the company led to several personnel changes with various key lawyers arriving and departing.<ref name="New York Law Journal Sept 2013"/> This included Peter J. Toren who left the intellectual property department in the spring of 2007.<ref name="New York Law Journal Sept 2013"/>

In 2009 the firm hired Marcos Daniel Jimenez, former U.S. attorney for the [[Southern District of Florida]], to lead its Miami, Florida office<ref name="New York Law Journal Sept 2013">Raymond, Nate (September 13, 2013). "[http://www.kasowitz.com/files/uploads/documents/kasowitz%20holds%20power%20close%20as%20he%20grows%20firm,%20lures%20business_new%20york%20law%20journal_9.13.10.pdf Kasowitz Holds Power Close As He Grows Firm, Lures Business]". ''[[New York Law Journal]]''. Accessed June 27, 2014.</ref> and added insurance recovery litigation to its practice.<ref name=AmLaw>{{cite web|last1=Lowe|first1=Zach|title=It's Official|url=http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2010/01/dicksteinkasowitz.html|website=Am Law Daily|publisher=AmLawDaily|accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref> In January 2010 the company added Robin Cohen and her insurance team from the firm, Dickstein Shapiro.<ref name="New York Law Journal Sept 2013"/>

In November 2012 the firm opened an additional office in Silicon Valley.<ref name="JD Journal">{{cite web|last1=Staff Writer|title=KBTF Open Office in Silicon Valley|url=http://www.jdjournal.com/2011/11/22/kasowitz-benson-torres-friedman-open-office-in-silicon-valley/|website=JD Journal|publisher=JDJournal|accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref> They opened a Los Angeles, California office in May 2013 led by partners that were lured away from Jenner & Block.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jdjournal.com/2013/05/21/kasowitz-benson-poaches-two-partners-sets-them-up-in-new-la-office/|title=Kasowitz Benson Poaches Two Partners, Sets Them Up in New LA Office |publisher=JDJournal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Staff Writer|title=Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman|publisher=Insurance Weekly News|date=June 7, 2013}}</ref> In June, former U.S. Senator, [[Joe Lieberman]], joined the firm as Senior Counsel<ref>Unknown author, (June 6, 2013) [http://www.kasowitz.com/senator-joseph-lieberman-joins-kasowitz-06-06-20131 Senator Joseph Lieberman Joins Kasowitz] News, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP</ref> and his former Senate Chief of Staff, [[Clarine Nardi Riddle]] launched a Government Affairs branch of the company in Washington D.C.<ref name="China Weekly">{{cite news|last1=News Reporter|title=Kasowitz Opens DC Office with Clarine Nardi Riddle to Lead Government Affairs Practice|work=China Weekly News|date=June 5, 2013}}</ref> In October, two senior litigation attorneys from [[NBC Universal]] joined the firm's Los Angeles office to begin an entertainment litigation practice.<ref name=Variety>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Ted|title=NBCU Legal Execs Joint Litigation Firm|url=https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/nbcu-legal-execs-join-litigation-firm-with-focus-on-profit-participation-disputes-1200688174/|website=Variety|date=October 2, 2013 |publisher=Variety}}</ref>

In 2014, following the resolution of several large cases, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman laid off approximately 30 of its 350 attorneys.<ref>{{cite news
| last =Simmons
| last =Simmons
| first =Christine
| first =Christine
| title =Kasowitz Layoffs Tied to End of Credit Crisis Cases
| title =Kasowitz Layoffs Tied to End of Credit Crisis Cases
| newspaper =New York Law Journal
| newspaper =New York Law Journal
| date =21 February 2014
| date =February 21, 2014
| url=http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=1202643902054/Kasowitz-Layoffs-Tied-to-End-of-Credit-Crisis-Cases
| url=http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=1202643902054/Kasowitz-Layoffs-Tied-to-End-of-Credit-Crisis-Cases
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
}}</ref> Affected individuals were offered three months of severance pay but told to leave immediately, with their email accounts and phone lines deactivated during the termination meetings.<ref>{{cite news
| last =Lat
| last =Lat
| first =David
| first =David
| title =Nationwide Layoff Watch: Casualties At Kasowitz Benson
| title =Nationwide Layoff Watch: Casualties At Kasowitz Benson
| newspaper =Above the Law
| newspaper =Above the Law
| date =10 February 2014
| date =February 10, 2014
| url=http://abovethelaw.com/2014/02/nationwide-layoff-watch-casualties-at-kasowitz-benson/
| url=http://abovethelaw.com/2014/02/nationwide-layoff-watch-casualties-at-kasowitz-benson/
}}</ref> In 2014, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman was ranked as the 119th largest firm in the United States by [[Law360]].<ref>[http://www.law360.com/articles/518950/law360-reveals-400-largest-us-law-firms Simpson, Jake, "Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Law Firms"] ''Law360''</ref> In June, the firm was awarded the Chambers USA 2014 Award for Excellence.<ref>Staff Reporter (June 13, 2014) Kasowitz Insurance Policyholder Recovery Group Receives Chambers Award for Excellence, ''Insurance Weekly News''</ref>
}}</ref>


===Notable clients and cases===
In 2003 the firm successfully opposed a chemical company called Celanese and won an asbestos lawsuit involving the auto parts supplier, ArvinMeritor.<ref name="American Lawyer"/> They also overturned a $799 million punitive damages award levied against the Liggett cigarette company.<ref name="American Lawyer"/>


In 2004 the company received the "largest toxic tort settlement in U.S. history" in a case involving one of [[Monsanto]]'s company plants in Alabama.<ref name="American Lawyer"/> By 2005 the firm had participated in the bankruptcy cases of Enron, WorldCom, [[Global Crossing]] and [[Adelphia Communications]] and the matrimonial proceedings for Robert De Niro, [[Donna Hanover]] and Mia Farrow.<ref name="American Lawyer"/> The firm has represented [[Donald Trump]] since 2001.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Morrow|first1=Brendan|title=Marc E. Kasowitz: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|url=http://heavy.com/news/2017/04/marc-e-kasowitz-attorney-lawyer-bill-o-reilly-donald-trump/|work=Heavy.com|date=April 19, 2017}}</ref> In January 2006, the firm filed a defamation lawsuit (dismissed in 2009) on behalf of Donald Trump against the author and publisher of ''[[TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald]]''.<ref>{{cite news

===Trump v. O'Brien===
In January 2006, the firm filed a defamation lawsuit on behalf of Donald Trump against the author and publisher of the book ''TrumpNation'', Timothy O'Brien and Time Warner Books, respectively.<ref>{{cite news
| last =
| last =
| first =
| first =
| title =Trump Sues Writer and Book Publisher
| title =Trump Sues Writer and Book Publisher
| newspaper =The New York Times
| newspaper =The New York Times
| date =25 January 2006
| date =January 25, 2006
| url =http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/25/business/media/25trump.html
| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/25/business/media/25trump.html
| accessdate =
| accessdate =
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
}}</ref> The suit alleged that ''TrumpNation'' had falsely characterized Trump's net worth as "between $150 and $250 million", whereas Trump had estimated his net worth as between $2 and $5 billion—and demanded compensatory and punitive damages at a minimum of $2.5 billion.<ref>{{cite court
|litigants =Trump v. O'Brien
|court =Superior Court of New Jersey,Appellate Division
|date =7 September 2011
|url=http://caselaw.findlaw.com/nj-superior-court-appellate-division/1579526.html }}</ref>

According to Marc Kasowitz, a goal of the suit was to unmask O'Brien's anonymous sources.<ref>{{cite news
| last =Lewis
| first =Michael
| title =The Art of Offending Donald Trump
| newspaper =Bloomberg
| date =6 February 2006
| url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aFDqPR14Bmug
}}</ref> During discovery, the firm filed a motion to compel disclosure of O'Brien's anonymous sources and notes from his interviews with them. The motion was initially granted but reversed on appeal. The lawsuit was dismissed by Judge Michele Fox on July 15, 2009.<ref>{{cite news
| last =Goodman
| last =Goodman
| first =Peter
| first =Peter
| title =Trump Suit Claiming Defamation Is Dismissed
| title =Trump Suit Claiming Defamation Is Dismissed
| newspaper =The New York Times
| newspaper =The New York Times
| date =15 July 2009
| date =July 15, 2009
| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/business/media/16trump.html
| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/business/media/16trump.html
}}</ref> In 2010 the firm's clients included [[Fortress Investment Group]], [[Liggett Group]], [[MBIA]] and [[Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited]].<ref name="New York Law Journal Sept 2013"/> In 2016, the firm represented Harold Peerenboom of Toronto in an extended legal fight with his seasonal [[Palm Beach, Florida]], neighbor, businessman [[Isaac Perlmutter]].<ref>[[Andrew Ross Sorkin|Sorkin, Andrew Ross]], [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/08/business/dealbook/lurid-suit-over-hate-mail-embroils-isaac-perlmutter-marvel-chief.html "Lurid Suit Over Hate Mail Embroils Isaac Perlmutter, Marvel Chief"], ''[[New York Times]]'' Dealbook, March 7, 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-09.</ref> In 2017, the firm had recently added the Russian [[Sberbank]] "in a case that accused it of conspiring to take over a Russian granite company".<ref>Sorkin, Andrew Ross, [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/05/business/dealbook/sorkin-marc-kasowitz-trump-lawyer.html "Trump’s Lawyer, Marc Kasowitz: ‘The Toughest of the Tough Guys’"], ''New York Times'' Dealbook, June 5, 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-09.</ref>
}} The firm appealed on Trump's behalf, but the dismissal was affirmed by The Superior Court of New Jersey on September 7, 2011.{{cite court
|litigants =Trump v. O'Brien
|court =Superior Court of New Jersey,Appellate Division
|date =7 September 2011
|url=http://caselaw.findlaw.com/nj-superior-court-appellate-division/1579526.html
}}</ref>

===Lapine v. Seinfeld===
On January 7, 2008, the firm filed a lawsuit on behalf of Missy Lapine, known as the "Sneaky Chef", against Jessica and Jerry Seinfeld, alleging that Jessica Seinfeld's book ''Deceptively Delicious'' had plagiarized a cookbook written by Lapine, and that Jerry Seinfeld had defamed Lapine by calling her "a wacko" and "a nut" during an appearance on ''Late Show with David Letterman''.<ref>{{cite court
|litigants =Lapine v. Seinfeld
|court =United States District Court, Southern District of New York
|date =7 January 2008
|url=http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/nyregion/city_room/20080108_SEINFELD_COMPLAINT.PDF
}}</ref> In response to questions from a journalist, Columbia University Law Professor Tim Wu said, "Frankly, I read the complaint. It should be thrown out. It’s close to frivolous. It’s terrible."<ref>{{cite news
| last =Lee
| first =Jennifer
| title =A Closer Look at the Seinfeld Food Fight
| newspaper =The New York Times
| date =8 January 2008
| url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/a-closer-look-at-the-seinfeld-food-fight/
}}</ref> The case was dismissed on September 10, 2009, and the Second Circuit affirmed dismissal on April 28, 2010.<ref>{{cite court
|litigants =Lapine v. Seinfeld
|court =United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
|date =28 April 2010
|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/in%20fco%2020100428118
}}</ref>

==Reception==
Many peers describe the firm as "aggressive" while others note it sometimes inflates legal achievements.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kasowitz.com/files/uploads/documents/kasowitz%20holds%20power%20close%20as%20he%20grows%20firm,%20lures%20business_new%20york%20law%20journal_9.13.10.pdf|title=Kasowitz Holds Power Close As He Grows Firm, Lures Business|date=13 September 2010|work=[[New York Law Journal]]|pages=2|accessdate=7 May 2014}}</ref>

The ''U.S. News - Best Lawyers'' rankings placed the firm in the top tier nationally for two practice areas: bankruptcy law and real estate litigation.<ref name="U.S. News & World Report">{{cite news|url=http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/profile/kasowitz-benson-torres-friedman-llp/rankings/32330|title=Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP - Rankings|date=|work=BEST LAW FIRMS|publisher=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|accessdate=8 May 2014}}</ref>

''The Vault'' in 2013 ranked the firm #6 for "Best Summer Program," #24 for "Overall Satisfaction," and #1 for "Most Fun Summer Program."<ref>[http://www.vault.com/wps/portal/usa/companies/company-profile/Kasowitz,-Benson,-Torres-&-Friedman-LLP?companyId=25811 Vault:Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP]</ref>

''Chambers USA'', which sells extended profiles to attorneys and law firms, characterized the firm as "renowned for its exceptional performance in complex commercial litigation".<ref name="Chambers">{{cite news|url=http://www.chambersandpartners.com/USA/Editorial/71158#org_63253|title=Litigation: New York|date=|work=Chambers USA|publisher=Chambers and Parners|pages=|accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref> In 2013, it ranked Kasowitz as among the leading firms in general commercial litigation, bankruptcy/restructuring, insurance: dispute resolution: policyholder, and Securities: Institutional Plaintiffs. Additionally, Kasowitz’s insurance recovery practice group received the ''Chambers USA'' 2011 Award for Excellence.<ref name="Chambers"/>

''The Legal 500'', which sells extended profiles to attorneys and law firms, in 2012 described the firm as "excellent across the board" and ranked it highly in the areas of Finance: Corporate Restructuring; Insurance: Advice to Policyholders; Litigation: Trade Secrets; and Real Estate. The publication also highlighted 15 individual Kasowitz attorneys, three of whom were recognized as "Leading Lawyers" and two as "Leading Trial Lawyers".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.legal500.com/firms/52188/53178 |title=|date=|work=|publisher=The Legal 500|pages=|accessdate=8 March 2013}}</ref>

===Lawsuits as PR tools and whistleblower targeting===
The firm has been repeatedly accused of treating lawsuits as public relations tools, using them either to distract press attention from impending negative disclosures, as in its representation of Fairfax, or to attract attention for an imminent commercial event, as in its representation of Missy Lapine.<ref name="reuters">[http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2012/09/20/how-financial-lawsuits-muzzle-free-speech/ How financial lawsuits muzzle free speech | The Great Debate<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="nyt">[http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/a-closer-look-at-the-seinfeld-food-fight/]</ref><ref name="fortune">[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/19/8402326/index.htm Fairfax: Insurance giant's crusade against big hedge funds - March 19, 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Commentators have raised concerns about the impact of these practices on speech.<ref name="reuters" /> In each instance, the firm has asserted timing was coincidental and that it has not targeted speech alone but broader conspiracies.

===Use of private investigators===
The firm has been accused of inappropriately using private investigators in cases.
* In March 2006, investigators hired by the firm were videotaped repeatedly removing trash from the home of a financial analyst in Edison, New Jersey.<ref name="pis-post">[http://nypost.com/2006/03/03/trash-stalkers-biovails-private-eyes-shadowed-stock-analysts/ Trash Stalkers – Biovail’S Private Eyes Shadowed Stock Analysts | New York Post<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* Another analyst reported that investigators repeatedly followed his wife as she left their home. When confronted by police, the investigators claimed to be working for insurance fraud investigators before admitting their association with the firm. In response to questions from the ''New York Post'', attorney Mitchell Schrage sent written replies on "Mitchell Schrage & Associates" letterhead though he was in fact employed by Kasowitz.<ref name="pis-post" />
* Four employees of Gradient Analytics, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based hedge fund, reported repeated calls from investigators hired by Kasowitz threatening them with "professional disaster" for producing analysis critical of a Kasowitz client.<ref name="pis-post"/> Kasowitz, in a lawsuit that was ultimately dismissed, alleged the Gradient Analytics employees were part of a conspiracy to drive down the Kasowitz client's stock price.
* In October 2006, William Gahan, a portfolio manager at [[Institutional Credit Partners]] (ICP), shared concerns about a company's accounting practices with a member of its board of directors. Days later, Gahan received a copy of a lawsuit Kasowitz had filed which Gahan viewed as an attempt to intimidate him. Thereafter, ICP employees "noticed cars lurking outside their building and following them home." After reporting the incidents, the FBI confirmed the investigators were employed by Kasowitz, which the firm disputes.<ref>[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/19/8402326/index4.htm The inside story of a Wall Street battle royal (cont.) - March 19, 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* In March 2006, Kasowitz attorney Michael Bowe was contacted by a purported private investigator from Montana named Michael Lair who claimed to possess damaging information related to one of the firm's adversaries. The firm paid the individual $6,000 of which $5,000 was for "travel expenses" yet received nothing.<ref>[http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=900005466859/PI-Arrested-on-Charges-of-Defrauding-Top-Litigation-Firms PI Arrested on Charges of Defrauding Top Litigation Firms | New York Law Journal<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/nyregion/24con.html]</ref> In February 2007, Lair plead guilty to fraud.<ref>[http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=900005474375/Investigator-Pleads-Guilty-to-Fraud-Against-Firms Investigator Pleads Guilty to Fraud Against Firms | New York Law Journal<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* In a July 2011 motion related to its long-running lawsuit with Biovail, SAC Capital alleged that the firm had hired investigators to pose as representatives of a fictitious hedge fund called "Blackwood Group Capital Partners" and bait an analyst, John Gwynn of Morgan Keegan, into making damaging statements. Rutgers Law School Professor John Leubsdorf filed an expert opinion stating that Kasowitz violated New Jersey legal-ethics rules by contacting Gwynn after a lawsuit had been filed.<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-21/sac-capital-seeks-to-disqualify-kasowitz-benson-law-firm-in-fairfax-suit.html Cohen’s SAC Capital Seeks to Disqualify Law Firm Kasowitz in Fairfax Suit - Bloomberg<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


In 2020, the firm registered as a foreign agent with the US Department of Justice after representing Kiryat Sefer, an Israeli real estate developer that built the first neighborhood of the [[Modi'in Illit]] settlement.<ref name="fara">{{cite web |title=Registration Statement |url=https://efile.fara.gov/docs/6863-Registration-Statement-20200828-1.pdf |website=Foreign Agents Registration Act |publisher=US Department of Justice |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref><ref name="kswebsite">{{cite web |title=Kiryat Sefer |url=http://www.kiryatsefer.co.il/ |website=Kiryat Sefer |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref><ref name="wpks">{{cite web |title=Who Profits - The Israeli Occupation Industry - Kiryat Sefer |url=https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/company/3722?kiryat-sefer-diur-modiin |website=Who Profits |access-date=25 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
====Intelligence Options LLC====
In December 2001, the firm formed a limited liability company named "KBTF Consulting and Investigations" in New York. In October 2004, the entity's name was changed to "KBTF Group." Then, in January 2014, the entity's name was changed a third time to "Intelligence Options."<ref>[http://appext20.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_nameid=2737500&p_corpid=2710302&p_entity_name=KBTF&p_name_type=%25&p_search_type=BEGINS&p_srch_results_page=0 Entity Information<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


==Administration==
Intelligence Options LLC is a registered private investigator in New York and, in June 2013, registered to conduct business in Florida.<ref>[http://appext20.dos.ny.gov/lcns_public/bus_name_inq_frm?p_record_id=070001273 Licensee List<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ConvertTiffToPDF?storagePath=COR%5C2013%5C0619%5C48518340.Tif&documentNumber=M13000003837</ref> Correspondence related to the entity is signed by James Holohan, whose name has arisen in previous Kasowitz incidents involving private investigators.<ref>http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ConvertTiffToPDF?storagePath=COR%5C2014%5C0121%5C55008841.Tif&documentNumber=M13000003837</ref> Holohan is a licensed private investigator in the state of Florida.<ref>https://licensing.freshfromflorida.com/access/individual.aspx?TYPE=INDIVIDUAL&CATEGORY=&COUNTY=00&LICENSE=C%202800248&STATUS=IND_DETAIL</ref>
The firm's main administration consists of the partners, Marc Kasowitz, Daniel Benson, Hector Torres and [[David M. Friedman|David Friedman]] and its executive committee consists of Kasowitz, Benson and Torres.<ref name="New York Law Journal Sept 2013"/> The company's average per partner profit was $2.9 million in 2004<ref name="American Lawyer"/> and $2.1 million in 2009.<ref name="New York Law Journal Sept 2013"/> According to a 2004 article in [[American Lawyer]] the firm had a "diverse culture" featuring an exceptional number of young lawyers but fewer than the average number of women and minority employees.<ref name="American Lawyer"/> In contrast, a 2014 a report by American Lawyer ranked the firms cultural diversity as 59th out of the 223 firms they evaluated.<ref name="Amer Law">{{cite news|last1=Staff writer|title=Diversity Scorecard: How the Firms Rate|url=http://www.americanlawyer.com/id=1202657037862/Diversity-Scorecard-How-the-Firms-Rate?slreturn=20150502153310|accessdate=June 2, 2015|publisher=The American Lawyer|date=May 29, 2014}}</ref>


===Cold offers===
==Controversy==
In September 2007 the firm was dismissed by its client, [[Biovail Corporation]] after a Southern District Judge found Biovail Corp. had used legal documents in violation of a protection order.<ref name="New York Law Journal Sept 2013"/> The law firm denied knowledge of the protective order and was later rehired by Biovail.<ref name="New York Law Journal Sept 2013"/>
In September 2013, reports emerged from former summer associates indicating the firm commonly extended "cold offers." <ref name="atl-cold">[http://abovethelaw.com/2013/09/a-rescinded-offer-is-better-than-a-cold-offer-right/ A Rescinded Offer Is Better Than A Cold Offer, Right? « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site – News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law Schools, Law Suits, Judges ...<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> A cold offer is an employment offer made with the understanding it will not be accepted. Extending cold offers allows a firm to inflate its offer rate while allowing former summer associates to assert they had received an offer in subsequent recruiting. The NALP considers the practice unethical and fraudulent.<ref>[http://www.nalp.org/interpretations?s=cold%20offers#cold NALP - The Association for Legal Career Professionals | Interpretations<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The firm declined to comment on the reports.<ref name="atl-cold" />


In December 2007, one of the firm's partners, Jeremy Pitcock, was fired for "extremely inappropriate personal conduct." Pitcock sued the firm for wrongful firing and defamation and the firm countered with a suit claiming Pitcock sexually harassed 12 female employees. A panel of the Appellate Division, dismissed both suits.<ref name="New York Law Journal Sept 2013"/>
===Greg Berry===
In August 2011, Greg Berry, a former associate at the firm, filed a lawsuit against the firm alleging negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract and wrongful termination and demanding $77 million in damages. According to the complaint, Berry had attempted to utilize his engineering background to improve processes he considered inefficient but was rebuffed by his managers. He believed the rejection was because the increased efficiency would negatively impact billable hours. Subsequently, Berry alleges he was assigned exclusively to large document review projects which overwhelmed him to the point that he had to decline a project from a colleague, which lead to him being reprimanded. His severance offer included two months pay and continued email, phone and secretarial access, but was allegedly rescinded when Berry asked to negotiate.<ref>http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/Berry.pdf</ref> On January 13, 2012, the lawsuit was dismissed.<ref>https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/ad1/calendar/appsmots/2013/January/2013_01_22_dec.pdf</ref>


A former associate filed a lawsuit against the firm in August 2011 alleging negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract and wrongful termination. The suit's 2012 dismissal was upheld upon appeal.<ref>Weiss, Debra Cassens (January 23, 2013) [http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/associate_who_told_partners_of_his_superior_legal_mind_loses_appeal/%5d%5bCITE Associate Who Told Partners of His Superior Legal Mind Loses Appeal] ''ABA Journal''</ref><ref>[http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=1202585369244?slreturn=20140421172247 Pearson, Brendon (January 23, 2013) ''New York Law Journal'']</ref>
==Personell==
Marc Kasowitz, in a June 2010 interview, stated “It may not sound credible, but it's true. We have virtually no attrition." <ref>http://www.kasowitz.com/files/Uploads/Documents/Innovative%20Managing%20Partner-%20Kasowitz%27s%20Marc%20Kasowitz.pdf</ref> However, a comparison between the 2010 and 2014 attorney lists indicates that only 108 of 302 attorneys have been retained, suggesting a minimum attrition rate of approximately 15%, placing it far outside the 2-3% attrition levels seen by companies among Forbes 100 Best Companies to Work for <ref>[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/best-companies/2012/turnover/index.html 100 Best Companies to Work For 2012: Turnover - from FORTUNE<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> but competitive with similarly-sized law firms.<ref>[http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2013/01/11/lawyers-terrible-managers/ Why are lawyers such terrible managers? - Fortune Management<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


In October 2018, the firm was at the center of a fiery exchange between then-Senator [[Kamala Harris]] and then-US [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] nominee [[Brett Kavanaugh]] during his Senate hearing. Harris questioned Kavanaugh on whether he had spoken to any individuals employed at the firm about the ongoing [[Mueller special counsel investigation|Mueller investigation]], which at the time President [[Donald Trump|Trump]] was a personal client of the firm. It ultimately resulted in an unclear answer from Kavanaugh with lawmakers in the chamber struck at partisan odds over the appropriateness of the posed question.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsm1GPnlqmU| website=[[YouTube]] | title=Exchange between Sen. Harris and Judge Kavanaugh on Mueller Investigation (C-SPAN) }}</ref>
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|-
|New York ||254||67||132||37||13||3
|-
|San Francisco ||19||7||11||0||1||0
|-
|Atlanta ||9||3||6||0||0||0
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|Miami ||9||6||3||0||0||0
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|Houston ||11||3||6||0||2||0
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Personell as of May 2014.<ref>[http://www.kasowitz.com/attorneys Attorney Search | Attorneys | Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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|Silicon Valley||5||2||3||0||0||0||0||0
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|Atlanta||12||4||6||0||2||0||0||0
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|Miami||7||3||4||0||0||0||0||0
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|Houston||8||2||6||0||0||0||0||0
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|Los Angeles||9||5||4||0||0||0||0||0
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|Washington, DC||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||1
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|Silicon Valley, Atlanta||4||2||1||0||1||0||0||0
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===Notable alumni===
*[[Leslie Crocker Snyder]], former assistant [[district attorney]] for Manhattan and former [[New York Court of Claims]] judge.
*[[Joe Lieberman]], former Senator.<ref>[http://www.kasowitz.com/senator-joseph-lieberman-joins-kasowitz-06-06-20131 Senator Joseph Lieberman Joins Kasowitz | News | Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* Ignatius "Iggy" Licato (investigator), 20-year veteran detective on Manhattan District Attorney's Office squad <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/iggy-licato/17/3a5/443 Iggy licato | LinkedIn<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Staff as of February 2010.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100210001358/http://www.kasowitz.com/attorney/List.aspx?LastName=A Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP | Attorney Search Results<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


==References==
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Kasowitz Benson Torres
HeadquartersParamount Plaza
New York City
No. of offices9[1]
Major practice areasLitigation
Key peopleMarc Kasowitz, founder and managing partner[2]
Date founded1993
Company typeLimited liability partnership
Websitehttp://www.kasowitz.com/

Kasowitz, Benson & Torres is a New York law firm founded in 1993. It employs 350 lawyers and maintains offices in several states.[3] The firm focuses on product liability litigation, corporate, family and employment law, as well as intellectual property, bankruptcy and creditors' rights.[3] The firm's notable clients have included Donald Trump,[4] Robert De Niro, Celanese, ArvinMeritor, Liggett Group, Enron, WorldCom and Mia Farrow.

History

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Founding

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The firm was founded as Kasowitz, Hoff, Benson & Torres in 1993 when Marc Kasowitz left the Mayer Brown law firm with 18 other lawyers and two clients.[5] David M. Friedman joined in 1994 and became a name partner in May 1995 and the firm was renamed Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman.[6] William Bruce Hoff, Jr. left in November 1996.[7]

Expansion

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The firm began in New York City with 18 lawyers and after 6 months expanded to include a Houston branch office.[3][5] Friedman joined the firm in 1993 or 1994 and opened its bankruptcy practice.[5] In 1996 several new lawyers joined the firm to begin its employment and matrimonial practices.[5] It opened a New Jersey office in 1997, Atlanta in 2001[5] and in 2003 the firm opened a San Francisco office while former assistant district attorney, Leslie Crocker Snyder, joined the office in New York.[8] By 2004 the firm had increased to 160 lawyers and included an additional office in Atlanta.[5] The firm opened its Miami, Florida office in 2006 and expanded its San Francisco, California office in 2007 by merging with the seven lawyer firm, Topel & Goodman.[3] The 2005 launch of the intellectual property arm of the company led to several personnel changes with various key lawyers arriving and departing.[3] This included Peter J. Toren who left the intellectual property department in the spring of 2007.[3]

In 2009 the firm hired Marcos Daniel Jimenez, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, to lead its Miami, Florida office[3] and added insurance recovery litigation to its practice.[9] In January 2010 the company added Robin Cohen and her insurance team from the firm, Dickstein Shapiro.[3]

In November 2012 the firm opened an additional office in Silicon Valley.[10] They opened a Los Angeles, California office in May 2013 led by partners that were lured away from Jenner & Block.[11][12] In June, former U.S. Senator, Joe Lieberman, joined the firm as Senior Counsel[13] and his former Senate Chief of Staff, Clarine Nardi Riddle launched a Government Affairs branch of the company in Washington D.C.[14] In October, two senior litigation attorneys from NBC Universal joined the firm's Los Angeles office to begin an entertainment litigation practice.[15]

In 2014, following the resolution of several large cases, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman laid off approximately 30 of its 350 attorneys.[16][17] In 2014, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman was ranked as the 119th largest firm in the United States by Law360.[18] In June, the firm was awarded the Chambers USA 2014 Award for Excellence.[19]

Notable clients and cases

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In 2003 the firm successfully opposed a chemical company called Celanese and won an asbestos lawsuit involving the auto parts supplier, ArvinMeritor.[5] They also overturned a $799 million punitive damages award levied against the Liggett cigarette company.[5]

In 2004 the company received the "largest toxic tort settlement in U.S. history" in a case involving one of Monsanto's company plants in Alabama.[5] By 2005 the firm had participated in the bankruptcy cases of Enron, WorldCom, Global Crossing and Adelphia Communications and the matrimonial proceedings for Robert De Niro, Donna Hanover and Mia Farrow.[5] The firm has represented Donald Trump since 2001.[20] In January 2006, the firm filed a defamation lawsuit (dismissed in 2009) on behalf of Donald Trump against the author and publisher of TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald.[21][22] In 2010 the firm's clients included Fortress Investment Group, Liggett Group, MBIA and Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited.[3] In 2016, the firm represented Harold Peerenboom of Toronto in an extended legal fight with his seasonal Palm Beach, Florida, neighbor, businessman Isaac Perlmutter.[23] In 2017, the firm had recently added the Russian Sberbank "in a case that accused it of conspiring to take over a Russian granite company".[24]

In 2020, the firm registered as a foreign agent with the US Department of Justice after representing Kiryat Sefer, an Israeli real estate developer that built the first neighborhood of the Modi'in Illit settlement.[25][26][27]

Administration

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The firm's main administration consists of the partners, Marc Kasowitz, Daniel Benson, Hector Torres and David Friedman and its executive committee consists of Kasowitz, Benson and Torres.[3] The company's average per partner profit was $2.9 million in 2004[5] and $2.1 million in 2009.[3] According to a 2004 article in American Lawyer the firm had a "diverse culture" featuring an exceptional number of young lawyers but fewer than the average number of women and minority employees.[5] In contrast, a 2014 a report by American Lawyer ranked the firms cultural diversity as 59th out of the 223 firms they evaluated.[28]

Controversy

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In September 2007 the firm was dismissed by its client, Biovail Corporation after a Southern District Judge found Biovail Corp. had used legal documents in violation of a protection order.[3] The law firm denied knowledge of the protective order and was later rehired by Biovail.[3]

In December 2007, one of the firm's partners, Jeremy Pitcock, was fired for "extremely inappropriate personal conduct." Pitcock sued the firm for wrongful firing and defamation and the firm countered with a suit claiming Pitcock sexually harassed 12 female employees. A panel of the Appellate Division, dismissed both suits.[3]

A former associate filed a lawsuit against the firm in August 2011 alleging negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract and wrongful termination. The suit's 2012 dismissal was upheld upon appeal.[29][30]

In October 2018, the firm was at the center of a fiery exchange between then-Senator Kamala Harris and then-US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during his Senate hearing. Harris questioned Kavanaugh on whether he had spoken to any individuals employed at the firm about the ongoing Mueller investigation, which at the time President Trump was a personal client of the firm. It ultimately resulted in an unclear answer from Kavanaugh with lawmakers in the chamber struck at partisan odds over the appropriateness of the posed question.[31]

References

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  1. ^ "Offices". Kasowitz, Benson, Torres. kasowitz.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  2. ^ "Marc E. Kasowitz Archived December 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine". Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman. kasowitz.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Raymond, Nate (September 13, 2013). "Kasowitz Holds Power Close As He Grows Firm, Lures Business". New York Law Journal. Accessed June 27, 2014.
  4. ^ Cassens Weiss, Debra. "Meet Marc Kasowitz, the litigator who often represents Donald Trump". ABA Journal. American Bar Association. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Amon, Elizabeth (August 2004). "Fast Rise to the Top" (PDF). The American Lawyer. Incisive Media. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  6. ^ "Profiles/Executive Moves". Crain's New York Business. May 1, 1995.
  7. ^ William Bruce Hoff Jr.: Lawyer, model ship builder, dies Chicago Tribune
  8. ^ Unknown author, (September 2003) Supreme Court Justice Leslie Crocker Snyder Joins Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman Archived April 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Official web site
  9. ^ Lowe, Zach. "It's Official". Am Law Daily. AmLawDaily. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  10. ^ Staff Writer. "KBTF Open Office in Silicon Valley". JD Journal. JDJournal. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  11. ^ "Kasowitz Benson Poaches Two Partners, Sets Them Up in New LA Office". JDJournal.
  12. ^ Staff Writer (June 7, 2013). "Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman". Insurance Weekly News.
  13. ^ Unknown author, (June 6, 2013) Senator Joseph Lieberman Joins Kasowitz News, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP
  14. ^ News Reporter (June 5, 2013). "Kasowitz Opens DC Office with Clarine Nardi Riddle to Lead Government Affairs Practice". China Weekly News.
  15. ^ Johnson, Ted (October 2, 2013). "NBCU Legal Execs Joint Litigation Firm". Variety. Variety.
  16. ^ Simmons, Christine (February 21, 2014). "Kasowitz Layoffs Tied to End of Credit Crisis Cases". New York Law Journal.
  17. ^ Lat, David (February 10, 2014). "Nationwide Layoff Watch: Casualties At Kasowitz Benson". Above the Law.
  18. ^ Simpson, Jake, "Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Law Firms" Law360
  19. ^ Staff Reporter (June 13, 2014) Kasowitz Insurance Policyholder Recovery Group Receives Chambers Award for Excellence, Insurance Weekly News
  20. ^ Morrow, Brendan (April 19, 2017). "Marc E. Kasowitz: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com.
  21. ^ "Trump Sues Writer and Book Publisher". The New York Times. January 25, 2006.
  22. ^ Goodman, Peter (July 15, 2009). "Trump Suit Claiming Defamation Is Dismissed". The New York Times.
  23. ^ Sorkin, Andrew Ross, "Lurid Suit Over Hate Mail Embroils Isaac Perlmutter, Marvel Chief", New York Times Dealbook, March 7, 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  24. ^ Sorkin, Andrew Ross, "Trump’s Lawyer, Marc Kasowitz: ‘The Toughest of the Tough Guys’", New York Times Dealbook, June 5, 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  25. ^ "Registration Statement" (PDF). Foreign Agents Registration Act. US Department of Justice. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  26. ^ "Kiryat Sefer". Kiryat Sefer. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  27. ^ "Who Profits - The Israeli Occupation Industry - Kiryat Sefer". Who Profits. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  28. ^ Staff writer (May 29, 2014). "Diversity Scorecard: How the Firms Rate". The American Lawyer. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  29. ^ Weiss, Debra Cassens (January 23, 2013) Associate Who Told Partners of His Superior Legal Mind Loses Appeal ABA Journal
  30. ^ Pearson, Brendon (January 23, 2013) New York Law Journal
  31. ^ "Exchange between Sen. Harris and Judge Kavanaugh on Mueller Investigation (C-SPAN)". YouTube.
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