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Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon

Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon[2] was a New York City law firm founded in 1869.[3][4][5] The firm was later known as Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, & Alexander,[6] and was subsequently again renamed as Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander.

The firm is best known best as the law firm where Richard Nixon relaunched his career following his losses in the 1960 presidential election and 1962 California gubernatorial election. Plagued with internal fights for leadership and management authority in the firm, combined with defections of some of its largest clients, the firm was dissolved in 1995. At the time, it employed approximately 190 attorneys.[7][3]

Notable employees

Notable attorneys and employee at the firm included:

  • Geoffrey Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
  • William P. Ford, civil rights advocate for Salvadorans.
  • David M. Friedman, U.S. ambassador to Israel
  • Randolph H. Guthrie, chairman of the Studebaker corporation and later of Studebaker-Worthington.
  • Elizabeth Blodgett Hall, headmistress for Concord Academy
  • Leonard Garment, White House Counsel after the resignation of John Dean[8][9][10]
  • James Halpern, United States Tax Court judge
  • John Kirby, notable for his successful defense for Nintendo against Universal Studios over the copyrightability of the character of Donkey Kong.
  • Scooter Libby, former assistant to U.S. vice president Dick Cheney and U.S. president George W. Bush
  • John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General[11][12][13][14][15][16]
  • Richard Nixon, the thirty-seventh president of the United States[17][18]
  • Ralph Oman, former Register of Copyrights of the United States
  • Jed S. Rakoff, a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York[19]
  • John Sears, an attorney and a Republican political strategist.
  • Gordon C. Strachan, aide to White House Chief of Staff H.R. "Bob" Haldeman under U.S. President Richard Nixon
  • Gao Xiqing, General Manager of the China Investment Corporation

External links

References

  1. James J. Florio. Standing on Principle: Lessons Learned in Public Life Rutgers University Press, 2018^
  2. Saundra Torry. Leonard Garment finds a challenge in expansion puzzle 22 November 1993, retrieved 22 July 2017^
  3. Lawyers: The Factories Time magazine, 24 January 1964, retrieved 22 July 2017^
  4. John Kenneth Galbraith. How the Great New York Lawyers let us Down New York Magazine, New York Media, LLC, 30 July 1973, retrieved 22 July 2017^
  5. The Personal Papers of John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006)^
  6. Milton C. Rose, 97, Lawyer At Firm of Nixon and Mitchell The New York Times, 21 March 2002, retrieved 22 July 2017^
  7. Carey Goldberg. The Mudge Rose Firm Enters the Tar Pit of Legal History The New York Times, 1 October 1995, retrieved 29 September 2014^
  8. In Search of Deep Throat The New York Times, retrieved 2018-09-20^
  9. Leonard Garment. Crazy Rhythm: From Brooklyn And Jazz To Nixon's White House, Watergate, And Beyond Da Capo Press, Incorporated, 25 October 2001, retrieved 22 July 2017^
  10. Paul Moorehead. Radical Enlightenment: The Man Behind Nixon's Federal Indian Policy Indian Country Media Network, July 22, 2013, retrieved 22 July 2017^
  11. LESLEY OELSNERMAY 11, 1973. A Time of Trouble Looms for Mitchell Firm - The New York Times The New York Times, 1973-05-11, retrieved 2018-09-20^
  12. Morton Mintz. Law Firm Accused of Aiding One Client Over Another Washington Post, 30 August 1977, retrieved 22 July 2017^
  13. Mitchell Takes Leave From His Law Office - The New York Times The New York Times, 1973-05-12, retrieved 2018-09-20^
  14. By FRED P. GRAHAMFEB. 16, 1972. Mitchell Quits; Nomination Goes To Kleindienst - The New York Times The New York Times, 1972-02-16, retrieved 2018-09-20^
  15. Richard Reeves. Mitchell Redux New York Magazine, New York Media, LLC, 20 December 1971, retrieved 22 July 2017^
  16. Staff and Wire Reports. John Mitchell, Key Watergate Figure, Dies at 75 10 November 1988, retrieved 22 July 2017^
  17. By TOM GOLDSTEINSEPT. 20, 1975. Court Rejects a Nixon Bid To Resign From State Bar - The New York Times The New York Times, 1975-09-20, retrieved 2018-09-20^
  18. TOM GOLDSTEINJULY 9, 1976. New York Court Disbars Nixon for Watergate Acts - The New York Times The New York Times, 1976-07-09, retrieved 2018-09-20^
  19. Paid Notice: Deaths: ROBINSON, DONALD J. 22 June 2014, retrieved 22 July 2017^