Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine was an American
white-shoe law firm, located in New York. It was founded in 1929 by General
William "Wild Bill" Donovan, who was often referenced as the Father of the CIA. The firm dissolved in 1998.[1] Its notable
antitrust cases include a series of lawsuits involving
American Cyanamid in the 1960s and
Kodak.[2] The firm closed its doors after "[a]bout 40 of the firm's 60 lawyers were hired . . . by
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, a large
California law firm that [was] expanding aggressively in
Manhattan."[3]
Walton C. Ament, vice president and general manager at
Pathé News, one of the leaders in driving the
newsreel artform that became a staple of movie theaters from the 1910s to the 1970s. Newsreels were particularly important during the 1930s and 1940s, when they engaged viewers in a more intimate understanding of the conditions of the
Great Depression and
World War II.
Whitman Knapp, who joined the firm after working as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan under
Thomas E. Dewey.
Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine was an American
white-shoe law firm, located in New York. It was founded in 1929 by General
William "Wild Bill" Donovan, who was often referenced as the Father of the CIA. The firm dissolved in 1998.[1] Its notable
antitrust cases include a series of lawsuits involving
American Cyanamid in the 1960s and
Kodak.[2] The firm closed its doors after "[a]bout 40 of the firm's 60 lawyers were hired . . . by
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, a large
California law firm that [was] expanding aggressively in
Manhattan."[3]
Walton C. Ament, vice president and general manager at
Pathé News, one of the leaders in driving the
newsreel artform that became a staple of movie theaters from the 1910s to the 1970s. Newsreels were particularly important during the 1930s and 1940s, when they engaged viewers in a more intimate understanding of the conditions of the
Great Depression and
World War II.
Whitman Knapp, who joined the firm after working as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan under
Thomas E. Dewey.