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Headquarters | St. Louis, Missouri |
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No. of offices | 18 |
No. of attorneys | approximately 400 (2023) |
No. of employees | 800 (including lawyers) |
Major practice areas | General practice |
Key people | Patrick W. Rasche, managing partner
[1]
David W. Braswell, chairman [2] Michael A. Chivel, chairman emeritus [3] |
Date founded | 1901 |
Founder | Thomas Harper Cobbs and John E. Bishop |
Company type | Limited liability partnership |
Website |
armstrongteasdale |
Armstrong Teasdale is a partner-owned law firm headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. [4] The firm has about 800 employees in 18 offices [5] and is one of the largest law firms in the St. Louis area. [6] It was founded in 1901.
Armstrong Teasdale was founded in 1901. [6] [7] In 1989, it merged with Dietrich, Davis, Dicus, Rowlands, Schmitt & Gorman, which became the firm's Kansas City office. [7] [8] In 1995, it created a consulting arm called A-T International Consultants to practice Chinese law out of Shanghai. [8] By 1996, Armstrong Teasdale had 168 lawyers and was the third largest law firm in the St. Louis area. [8] It merged with a D.C. firm, Tighe Patton & Babbin, in 2000. [9] It also later merged with Pellegrini & O'Keefe. [10] The firm established its first east coast office in Philadelphia in 2018. [11] [12] Shortly afterward, Armstrong Teasdale expanded its east coast operations with new offices in Utah, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, and Massachusetts. [13] In 2021, the firm expanded to the Delaware [14] and the United Kingdom by merging with Kerman & Co. [15] In 2022, the firm opened offices in Miami, Washington, D.C., and Dublin, Ireland. In 2023, the firm expanded to Orange County and Chicago. [16]
Armstrong Teasdale's legal work has included supporting the financing of the St. Louis Cardinals Stadium and the St. Louis Mills Mall. [4] It also helped Victoria's Secret sue The May Department Stores Company regarding a non-compete agreement that would have prohibited an executive from working at Victoria's Secret. [4] Armstrong Teasdale has also done several high-profile personal injury and product liability cases on both the defense and plaintiff side. [17] In 2017, it helped Johnson & Johnson overturn a $72 million verdict in litigation over talcum powder. [18] In 2019, it represented Payless in its bankruptcy filing. [19] And in 2020, it earned a $386 million contract for biotech intellectual property work for the National Institutes of Health. [20]
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Headquarters | St. Louis, Missouri |
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No. of offices | 18 |
No. of attorneys | approximately 400 (2023) |
No. of employees | 800 (including lawyers) |
Major practice areas | General practice |
Key people | Patrick W. Rasche, managing partner
[1]
David W. Braswell, chairman [2] Michael A. Chivel, chairman emeritus [3] |
Date founded | 1901 |
Founder | Thomas Harper Cobbs and John E. Bishop |
Company type | Limited liability partnership |
Website |
armstrongteasdale |
Armstrong Teasdale is a partner-owned law firm headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. [4] The firm has about 800 employees in 18 offices [5] and is one of the largest law firms in the St. Louis area. [6] It was founded in 1901.
Armstrong Teasdale was founded in 1901. [6] [7] In 1989, it merged with Dietrich, Davis, Dicus, Rowlands, Schmitt & Gorman, which became the firm's Kansas City office. [7] [8] In 1995, it created a consulting arm called A-T International Consultants to practice Chinese law out of Shanghai. [8] By 1996, Armstrong Teasdale had 168 lawyers and was the third largest law firm in the St. Louis area. [8] It merged with a D.C. firm, Tighe Patton & Babbin, in 2000. [9] It also later merged with Pellegrini & O'Keefe. [10] The firm established its first east coast office in Philadelphia in 2018. [11] [12] Shortly afterward, Armstrong Teasdale expanded its east coast operations with new offices in Utah, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, and Massachusetts. [13] In 2021, the firm expanded to the Delaware [14] and the United Kingdom by merging with Kerman & Co. [15] In 2022, the firm opened offices in Miami, Washington, D.C., and Dublin, Ireland. In 2023, the firm expanded to Orange County and Chicago. [16]
Armstrong Teasdale's legal work has included supporting the financing of the St. Louis Cardinals Stadium and the St. Louis Mills Mall. [4] It also helped Victoria's Secret sue The May Department Stores Company regarding a non-compete agreement that would have prohibited an executive from working at Victoria's Secret. [4] Armstrong Teasdale has also done several high-profile personal injury and product liability cases on both the defense and plaintiff side. [17] In 2017, it helped Johnson & Johnson overturn a $72 million verdict in litigation over talcum powder. [18] In 2019, it represented Payless in its bankruptcy filing. [19] And in 2020, it earned a $386 million contract for biotech intellectual property work for the National Institutes of Health. [20]