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'''Blank Rome''' (formerly known as Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley<ref name="Philadelphia Business Journal">[https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2002/12/30/daily25.html Blank Rome shortens its name]</ref>) is an Am Law 100 firm (ranked 86th in the 2022 [[AmLaw 100 Survey]]) with 14 offices and more than 650 attorneys and principals who provide legal and advocacy services to clients in the United States and around the world.
'''Blank Rome''' (formerly known as Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley<ref name="Philadelphia Business Journal">[https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2002/12/30/daily25.html Blank Rome shortens its name]</ref>) is an Am Law 100 firm (ranked 80th in the 2022 [[AmLaw 100 Survey]]) with 14 offices and more than 650 attorneys and principals who provide legal and advocacy services to clients in the United States and around the world.


Founded in 1946, Blank Rome represents a broad range of clients across a spectrum of industries. The firm has 13 offices in the United States, and expanded internationally in May 2011 by opening a [[Shanghai]] Representative Office in the People's Republic of [[China]]. In 2003, the firm established Blank Rome Government Relations LLC in Washington, D.C., a wholly owned subsidiary and government affairs firm that provides strategic lobbying, advocacy, and communications counsel.
Founded in 1946, Blank Rome represents a broad range of clients across a spectrum of industries. The firm has 13 offices in the United States, and expanded internationally in May 2011 by opening a [[Shanghai]] Representative Office in the People's Republic of [[China]]. In 2003, the firm established Blank Rome Government Relations LLC in Washington, D.C., a wholly owned subsidiary and government affairs firm that provides strategic lobbying, advocacy, and communications counsel.

Revision as of 19:39, 3 March 2023

Blank Rome
HeadquartersPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
No. of offices14 (13 in the U.S., 1 in China)
No. of attorneys650+
Major practice areasMulti-practice law and government affairs
Key peopleGrant S. Palmer, Chair and Managing Partner; Alan J. Hoffman, Chair Emeritus
Date founded1946
Company typeLimited liability partnership
WebsiteOfficial website

Blank Rome (formerly known as Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley[1]) is an Am Law 100 firm (ranked 80th in the 2022 AmLaw 100 Survey) with 14 offices and more than 650 attorneys and principals who provide legal and advocacy services to clients in the United States and around the world.

Founded in 1946, Blank Rome represents a broad range of clients across a spectrum of industries. The firm has 13 offices in the United States, and expanded internationally in May 2011 by opening a Shanghai Representative Office in the People's Republic of China. In 2003, the firm established Blank Rome Government Relations LLC in Washington, D.C., a wholly owned subsidiary and government affairs firm that provides strategic lobbying, advocacy, and communications counsel.

History

Blank Rome was founded in 1946 in Philadelphia, PA, and has since expanded its geographic footprint across the United States with offices in Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, OH; Fort Lauderdale and Tampa, FL; Houston, TX; Los Angeles and Orange County, CA; New York City; Pittsburgh, PA; Princeton, NJ; Washington, D.C.; and Wilmington, DE, as well as internationally with a Representative Office in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China. The following combinations and additions have occurred:

  • 1959: Brumbelow & Comisky, Philadelphia
  • 1961: Newman & Master, Philadelphia
  • 1984: Wexler Weisman Forman & Shapiro, Philadelphia
  • 1998: Wigman, Cohen, Leitner & Myers, Washington, D.C.
  • 2000: Tenzer Greenblatt, New York
  • 2003: Dyer Ellis & Joseph, Washington, D.C.
  • 2005: Shack Siegel Katz & Flaherty, New York
  • 2006: Healy & Baillie, New York
  • 2011: Abrams Scott & Bickley, LLP, Houston
  • 2012: Janis, Schuelke & Wechsler, Washington, D.C.
  • 2013: Bell, Ryniker & Letourneau, Houston
  • 2014: Finestone & Richter and Margolis & Tisman LLP, Los Angeles and San Francisco
  • 2015: Wong Cabello, Houston
  • 2016: Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Washington, D.C.; Phillips Lerner, Los Angeles
  • 2017: Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, Los Angeles
  • 2019: Buter, Buzard, Fishbein & Royce LLP, Los Angeles; four-partner group from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago

Additionally, in 2003, the Firm established Blank Rome Government Relations LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary and government affairs firm in Washington, D.C.

Practice areas

Blank Rome's practice areas include commercial and corporate litigation; class action defense, financial institutions litigation and regulatory compliance (FILARC); corporate, M&A, and securities; cross border/international, energy, environmental, and mass torts; finance, restructuring, and bankruptcy; government contracts; government relations and political law; insurance recovery; intellectual property and technology; intellectual property litigation; labor and employment; maritime and international trade; matrimonial and family law; real estate; tax, benefits, and private client; and white collar defense and investigations.

Key industry areas include aerospace, defense and government services, aviation, chemical, energy, finance and restructuring, financial services, gaming and entertainment, healthcare, hospitality, investment management, life sciences, maritime, private equity and investment funds, real estate, technology, and transportation.[2]

Blank Rome Government Relations LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary and government affairs firm. Key services include Advocacy, Congressional Oversight and Investigations, Government Business, Government Ethics & Compliance, and Legislation & Regulation.[3]

Office Locations

Pro Bono Activities

Blank Rome promotes pro bono involvement by matching its attorneys and paralegals with meaningful legal clinics, initiatives, and partner nonprofit organizations to implement the firm’s formal pro bono policy, which requires each attorney and paralegal to provide at least 25 hours of pro bono service each year, with an aspirational goal of providing at least 75 hours of pro bono service.[4]

The firm achieved impressive results on a wide range of pro bono projects. Highlights include:

  • Continuing to assist Afghan refugees seeking Humanitarian Parole in the United States, in addition to helping with expedited Afghan asylum cases
  • Partnering with the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights to organize and staff a nonpartisan election protection hotline for voters in the 2022 mid-term elections
  • Helping low-income senior citizens to draft and execute their life planning documents
  • Working to assist transgender clients with legal name and gender marker changes
  • Helping refugees to take their next step toward citizenship by applying for Green Cards
  • Working with veterans seeking to upgrade their military discharge status
  • Assisting small businesses and nonprofit organizations with corporate, real estate, tax, and intellectual property issues

Blank Rome has been ranked in Law360 Pulse’s Pro Bono and Social Impact ratings in recognition of the firm’s commitment and dedication to advancing pro bono efforts in the legal industry and elsewhere.[5] [6]

The firm was also recognized in the top 50 firms nationwide in The American Lawyer's 2022 Pro Bono Scorecard for pro bono work completed as well as dedicated hours and commitment to providing pro bono assistance in 2021, marking the third year that the firm has been recognized for its performance and dedication to pro bono.[7] [8]

Notable lawyers and alumni

References

  1. ^ Blank Rome shortens its name
  2. ^ Full list of practice areas
  3. ^ Blank Rome Government Relations LLC
  4. ^ Blank Rome Pro Bono
  5. ^ https://www.law360.com/pulse/articles/1545623
  6. ^ https://www.law360.com/pulse/articles/1542749
  7. ^ https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2022/07/18/the-2022-pro-bono-scorecard-national-rankings/
  8. ^ https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2022/07/18/the-2022-pro-bono-scorecard-average-hours-and-breadth-of-commitment/
  9. ^ Weiss, Debra Cassens (November 14, 2019). "Meet Stephen Castor, the GOP lawyer stealing the show in Trump impeachment hearings". ABA Journal. American Bar Association. Archived from the original on 2019-11-16. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  10. ^ Downey, Sally A. (12 November 2010). "Marvin Comisky, 92, ex-chairman at Blank, Rome". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
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