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Arkwright Jr., join the firm creating
Colquitt, Parker, Troutman and Arkwright. For the next 30 years, the firm grew in size, reputation, and client base, and went through a few name changes as partnerships were formed and broken. By the late 1960s, the firm was known as Troutman Sams Schroder & Lockerman.
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On
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In 2007, the partnership elected Nina M. Gussack as chairwoman of Pepper's
Executive Committee, the first woman to be elected to that position. Pepper partner A. Michael Pratt became the Philadelphia Bar Association’s 81st Chancellor in 2008. He was the third African-American to serve in that office
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From 1993 to 2015, Robert W. Webb Jr. served as managing partner, while the firm experienced growth in the United States and internationally. In 2001, Troutman
Sanders merged with Mays & Valentine LLP, which added 150 attorneys to the firm and offices in Richmond, Tysons Corner, and Virginia
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In 2006, Carl
Sanders retired and Webb became the firm's chairman and managing partner while Sanders served as chairman emeritus until his death in 2014. In 2009, the firm merged with D.C.-based Ross Dixon & Bell. Troutman Sanders grew to 15 offices after the merger, adding Chicago, Orange
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In 1930, Colquitt formed a partnership with two brothers, Henry and Robert
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was founded in 1897 in
Atlanta as the law practice of Walter T. Colquitt. Colquitt was well known in Atlanta near the end of the 19th century for his representation of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, which would later become the Georgia Power Company.
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Before merging with Pepper
Hamilton in 2020, Troutman Sanders was organized into 17 areas of legal practice within five departments: Corporate, Real Estate & Finance, Business Litigation, Specialized Litigation, and Energy and Regulatory.
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In 1954, the Pepper firm and another
Philadelphia law firm — Evans, Bayard & Frick — merged as Pepper, Bodine, Frick, Scheetz & Hamilton creating a 35-lawyer entity. This merger brought in some aspects of the legacy of
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In 2011, Stephen E. Lewis became the managing partner. In 2015, Webb retired and Lewis became chairman as well. The firm continued to expand, with offices opened in 2014 in
Charlotte and in 2015 in San Francisco.
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On July 1, 2020, Troutman Sanders merged with Pepper Hamilton to become Troutman Pepper. Stephen E. Lewis of Troutman Sanders was the firm's managing partner and became chair of Troutman Pepper after the merger.
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as the "innovator-in-residence" for the university's Legal Business Design Challenge, a course that allows law students to identify business opportunities or improve client services for law firms.
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337:(1938). Pepper was also instrumental in Supreme Court arguments that led to many New Deal provisions being struck down as beyond the Federal Government's commerce power.
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Beach, Virginia. This spurred further growth and the subsequent opening of offices in Raleigh, NC (2003) and New York City with the acquisition of the New York office of
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Lin, Anthony (March 4, 2005). "Atlanta Firm Acquires N.Y. Office of Jenkens & Gilchrist".
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A number of notable lawyers and alumni were associated with the firm.
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Cooper, Alan (July 13, 2000). "Mays & Valentine Eyes Merger".
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services to low-income immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
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United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
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began his legal practice in Philadelphia. Pepper's essays on
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868:"Troutman Pepper Hit With Cyberattack, Firm Acknowledges"
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Colquitt, MacDougald, Troutman and Arkwright (1935–1937)
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were cited by Justice Brandeis in the landmark ruling
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In 2024, Troutman Pepper was named a recipient of a
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dates its founding to 1890 when former U.S. Senator
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Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman and Ashmore (1971–1992)
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Colquitt, Parker, Troutman and Arkwright (1930–1935)
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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The History of Troutman Sanders by Lea Agnew (2007)
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MacDougald, Troutman, Sams and Schroder (1949–1953)
499:"Pepper Hamilton to merge with Atlanta-based firm"
307:Troutman, Sams, Schroder and Lockerman (1953–1971)
67:Tom Cole (Chairman), Amie Colby (Managing Partner)
301:MacDougald, Troutman, Sams and Branch (1947–1949)
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567:"Troutman Opens in New York With Jenkens Coup".
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450:"The 2022 Am Law 100: Ranked by Gross Revenue"
298:MacDougald, Troutman and Arkwright (1937–1947)
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