The NLJ Client List: Who Represents Corporate America?   Rank Name Headquarters Type of business Top legal officer Lawyers in-house Private lawyers on board of directors Most-used outside counsel (1999-'00) 151 Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. St. Louis Alcoholic beverages and food products Stephen K. Lambright, group vice president and general counsel 50 Vilma S. Martinez (Munger, Tolles & Olson L.L.P., L.A.) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L.L.P., New York; Howrey Simon Arnold & White L.L.P., D.C.; Bryan Cave L.L.P., St. Louis; Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson, Chicago; Ballard, Rosenberg & Golper, Universal City, Calif. 152 Gap Inc. San Francisco Retail apparel Lauri M. Shanahan, senior vice president and general counsel 28 None Keker & Van Nest L.L.P., San Francisco; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe L.L.P., San Francisco; Davis & Gilbert L.L.P., New York; Thelen Reid & Priest L.L.P., San Francisco; Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin P.C., San Francisco 153 Southern Co. Atlanta Utility holding company Stephen A. Wakefield, senior vice president and general counsel 21 None Troutman Sanders L.L.P., Atlanta; Balch & Bingham L.L.P., Birmingham, Ala.. 154 Textron Inc. Providence, R.I. Aerospace & defense financial services consumer goods Terrence O'Donnell, executive vice president and general counsel 57 H. Jesse Arnelle (Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice P.L.L.C., Winston-Salem, N.C.) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L.L.P., New York; Fish & Neave, New York; Howrey Simon Arnold & White L.L.P., D.C.; Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis; Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, various offices 155 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. Winston-Salem, N.C. Tobacco Charles A. Blix, executive vice president and general counsel 3 None Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, various offices; Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Williams & Connolly, D.C.; Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler L.L.P., New York; Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin P.C., San Francisco 156 Union Pacific Corp. Omaha, Neb. Transportation Carl W. von Berth, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary 4 Judith Richards Hope (Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker L.L.P., D.C.) Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York; Armstrong Teasdale L.L.P., St. Louis; Chapman & Cutler, Chicago; Covington & Burling, D.C.; Latham & Watkins, L.A.; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L.L.P., New York 157 Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corp. San Antonio Refining and marketing Curtis V. Anastasio, general counsel 6 None Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas; Manatt, Phelps & Phillips L.L.P., L.A. 158 Tenet Healthcare Corp. Santa Barbara, Calif. Health care Christi R. Sulzbach, executive vice president and general counsel 31 None McDermott, Will & Emery, L.A.; Haynes and Boone L.L.P., Dallas; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher L.L.P., L.A.; Strasburger & Price L.L.P., Dallas. 159 CSX Corp. Richmond, Va. Transportation Mark G. Aron, executive vice president, law and public affairs 30 Robert L. Burrus Jr. (McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe L.L.P., Richmond) McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe L.L.P., Richmond; Arnold & Porter, D.C.; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York; Sidley & Austin, New York and D.C.; Howrey Simon Arnold & White L.L.P., D.C. 160 Circuit City Stores Inc. Richmond, Va. Retail electronics and appliances W. Stephen Cannon, senior vice president and general counsel 19 None McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe L.L.P., Richmond; LeClair Ryan P.C., Richmond; McDermott, Will & Emery, D.C. 161 Farmland Industries Inc. Kansas City, Mo. Agricultural Robert B. Terry, vice president and general counsel 10 None Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Kansas City; Spencer Fane Britt & Browne L.L.P., Kansas City, Kan.; Stinson, Mag & Fizzell P.C., Kansas City, Mo.; Smithyman & Zakoura Chartered, Overland Park, Kan.; Brown & Wood L.L.P., New York 162 American General Corp. Houston Diversified financial services Mark S. Berg, executive vice president and general counsel 83 J. Evans Attwell (Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Houston) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L.L.P., New York; Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Houston; Debevoise & Plimpton, New York and D.C.; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York; Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York 163 El Paso Energy Corp. Houston Energy Britton White Jr., executive vice president, general counsel and governmental affairs 46 None Andrews & Kurth L.L.P., D.C.; Zevnik Horton Guibord McGovern Palmer & Fognani L.L.P., D.C.; White & Case L.L.P., New York and D.C.; Haynes and Boone L.L.P., Dallas; Locke Liddell & Sapp L.L.P., Houston 164 Whirlpool Corp. Benton Harbor, Mich. Major home appliances Daniel F. Hopp, senior vice president, corporate affairs and general counsel 38 None Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis; Baker & McKenzie, Chicago; Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago; Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago; J.M. Pinheiro Neto K.B.E., S‹o Paulo, Brazil 165 Northwest Airlines Corp. Eagan, Minn. Airline Douglas M. Steenland, executive vice president and chief corporate officer 20 Walter F. Mondale (Dorsey & Whitney L.L.P., Minneapolis) Dorsey & Whitney L.L.P., Minneapolis; Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand Chartered, D.C.; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York; Boies, Schiller and Flexner L.L.P., D.C. 166 Office Depot Inc. Delray Beach, Fla. Retail office supplies David C. Fannin, senior vice president and general counsel 15 None Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman, San Francisco; Greenberg Traurig P.A., Miami; Steel Hector & Davis L.L.P., Miami; O'Melveny & Myers L.L.P., L.A.; Latham & Watkins, L.A. 167 Monsanto Co. St. Louis Manufacturer of agricultural products chemicals pharmaceuticals and food ingredients N/A, merged into Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc., effective April 1 N/A N/A N/A 168 Humana Inc. Louisville, Ky. Health care solutions Arthur P. Hipwell, senior vice president and general counsel 15 None Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York; Greenebaum Doll & McDonald P.L.L.C., Louisville, Ky.; Waldman Feluren & Trigoboff P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Lionel Sawyer & Collins, Las Vegas; Proskauer Rose L.L.P., D.C. 169 Best Buy Co. Inc. Eden Prairie, Minn. Retail superstore for computers electronics appliances Joseph M. Joyce, senior vice president and general counsel 8 Elliot S. Kaplan (Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Minneapolis) Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Minneapolis 170 Eli Lilly and Co. Indianapolis Pharmaceuticals Rebecca O. Kendall, senior vice president and general counsel 140 None Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Kansas City, Mo.; Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner L.L.P., D.C.; Goodwin, Procter & Hoar L.L.P., Boston; McCarter & English, Newark, N.J.; Pepper Hamilton L.L.P., Philadelphia 171 PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. Santa Ana, Calif. Health maintenance organization Joseph S. Konowiecki, general counsel None None Konowiecki & Rank L.L.P., L.A. 172 The Gillette Co. Boston Personal consumer products Richard K. Willard, senior vice president and general counsel 40 None Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C., Boston; Ropes & Gray, Boston; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L.L.P., New York; Fish & Neave, New York; Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston 173 Massachusetts Mutual life Insurance Co. Springfield, Mass. Insurance Lawrence V. Burkett Jr., executive vice president and general counsel 65 None Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L.L.P., New York; Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel L.L.P., New York; Miller, Stratvert & Torgerson P.A., Albuquerque, N.M.; Tannenbaum & Chanin, L.L.P., Philadelphia; Steel Hector & Davis L.L.P., Miami 174 Manpower Inc. Milwaukee Staffing service Neil L. Wotjal and James D. Kingma, assistant general counsels 3 Dudley J. Godfrey (Godfrey & Kahn, Milwaukee) Gonzalez, Saggio, Birdsall & Harlan, Milwaukee; Godfrey & Kahn, Milwaukee; Quarles & Brady L.L.P., Milwaukee; Ladas & Parry, Chicago; Epstein Becker & Green P.C., New York 175 AmeriSource Health Corp. Malvern, Pa. Wholesale pharmaceutical distributor William D. Sprague, vice president, general counsel and secretary 4 Barton J. Winokur (Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia) Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia; Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads L.L.P., Philadelphia; Pepper Hamilton L.L.P., Philadelphia; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius L.L.P., Philadelphia 176 CHS Electronics Inc. Miami Distributor of computers peripheral and computer related products None None None Tew Cardenas Rebak Kellogg Lehman DeMaria & Tague L.L.P., Miami 177 The Limited Inc. Columbus, Ohio Specialty retailer Samuel P. Fried, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary 3 None Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York; Colucci & Umans, New York; Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease L.L.P., Columbus; Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago; Fenwick & West L.L.P., Palo Alto, Calif. 178 Edison International Rosemead, Calif. Utility Bryant C. Danner, executive vice president and general counsel 84 Warren Christopher (O'Melveny & Myers L.L.P., L.A.) Munger, Tolles & Olson L.L.P., L.A.; Latham & Watkins, L.A.; Steptoe & Johnson L.L.P., D.C.; Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., D.C.; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius L.L.P., D.C. 179 Household International Inc. Prospect Heights, Ill. Diversified financial services Kenneth H. Robin, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary 39 None Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, D.C.; Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York; Kirklin, Boudreaux & Leonard, Houston; Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, San Francisco 180 Texas Instruments Inc. Dallas Electronics Joseph F. Hubbard, general counsel 75 None Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas; Baker & Botts L.L.P., Dallas; Weil, Gotshal & Manges L.L.P., Dallas; Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York; Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Houston 181 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Glenview, Ill. Highly engineered components and systems Stewart S. Hudnut, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary 5 None Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago; Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago; Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago; Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, Chicago; S.G. Archibald, Paris 182 Arrow Electronics Inc. Melville, N.Y. Electronic parts and components distribution Robert E. Klatell, executive vice president and general counsel 5 None Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York 183 H.J. Heinz Co. Pittsburgh Branded foods Laura Stein, senior vice president and general counsel 22 None Howrey Simon Arnold & White L.L.P., D.C.; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York; Reed Smith Shaw & McClay L.L.P., Pittsburgh 184 UnumProvident Corp. Portland, Maine Diversified financial services F. Dean Copeland, executive vice president, legal- administrative affairs and general counsel 69 None Sullivan & Cromwell, New York; LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae L.L.P., New York and D.C.; Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker L.L.P., Stamford, Conn.; Alston & Bird L.L.P., Atlanta and D.C. 185 Schering-Plough Corp. Kenilworth, N.J. Pharmaceuticals Joseph C. Conners, executive vice president and general counsel 67 None Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York; Howrey Simon Arnold & White L.L.P., D.C.; Covington & Burling, D.C.; Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti L.L.P., Morristown, N.J.; Lowenstein Sandler P.C., Roseland, N.J. 186 Marsh & McClennan New York Reinsurance Gregory F. Van Gundy, general counsel 26 None Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L.L.P., New York 187 Colgate-Palmolive Co. New York Personal household pet-care consumer products Andrew D. Hendry, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary 90 None Darby & Darby P.C., New York; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L.L.P., New York; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York; Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker L.L.P., New York; Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius L.L.P., New York 188 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. Fort Worth, Texas Rail transportation Jeffrey R. Moreland, senior vice president, law and chief of staff 21 Vilma S. Martinez (Munger, Tolles & Olson L.L.P., L.A.); George Deukmejian (Sidley & Austin, L.A.) Brasher Law Firm L.C., St. Louis; Knudsen, Berkheimer, Richardson & Endacott, Lincoln, Neb.; Kroscel, Gibson, Kinerk & Reeve L.L.P., Bellevue, Wash.; Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago; Spence, Ricke & Thurmer P.A., St. Paul, Minn. 189 PACCAR Inc Bellevue, Wash. Heavy-duty trucks truck parts G. Glen Morie, vice president and general counsel 8 None Perkins Coie L.L.P., Seattle; Summit Law Group P.L.L.C., Seattle 190 Northrop Grumman Corp. Los Angeles High technology aerospace & defense Richard R. Molleur, corporate vice president and general counsel 44 Aulana L. Peters (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher L.L.P., L.A.); Jack Edwards (Hand Arendall L.L.C., Mobile, Ala.) Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher L.L.P., L.A.; Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott P.L.L.C., D.C.; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton L.L.P., L.A.; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius L.L.P., New York; McKenna & Cuneo L.L.P., D.C. 191 General Dynamics Corp. Falls Church, Va. Aerospace & defense David A. Savner, senior vice president and general counsel 30 None Jenner & Block, Chicago and D.C. 192 Staples Inc. Framingham, Mass. Office supplies superstores Jack A. Van Woerkom, senior vice president and general counsel 13 None Hale and Dorr L.L.P., Boston; Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman, Boston; Frankfurt, Garbus, Klein & Selz P.C., New York 193 Dillard's Inc. Little Rock, Ark. Retail Paul J. Schroeder Jr., vice president, secretary and general counsel 6 Will D. Davis (Heath, Davis & McCalla P.C., Austin, Texas); William H. Sutton (Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock) Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York; Bryan Cave L.L.P., St. Louis; Jenkens & Gilchrist P.C., Houston; Jackson Walker L.L.P., Dallas 194 Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America New York Insurance John Peluso, vice president and general counsel 30 None Gallwey Gillman Curtis Vento & Horn P.A., Miami; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L.L.P., New York; Shutts & Bowen L.L.P., Miami 195 Oracle Corp. Redwood Shores, Calif. Software company Daniel Cooperman, senior vice president, secretary and general counsel 100 None Venture Law Group, Menlo Park, Calif.; Morrison & Foerster L.L.P., San Francisco and D.C.; Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison L.L.P., San Francisco; Townsend and Townsend and Crew L.L.P., San Francisco; Baker & McKenzie, San Francisco and London 196 The TJX Cos. Inc. Framingham, Mass. Retailer Jay H. Meltzer, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary 11 Fletcher H. Wiley (of counsel, Goldstein & Manello P.C., Boston) Ropes & Gray, Boston; Lahive & Cockfield L.L.P., Boston; Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman, various offices 197 Nike Inc. Beaverton, Ore. Athletic footwear, apparel & equipment Lindsay D. Stewart, vice president, law and corporate affairs 18 John E. Jaqua (Jaqua & Wheatley P.C., Eugene, Ore.); Douglas G. Houser (Bullivant Houser Bailey P.C., Portland, Ore.); Richard K. Donahue (Donahue & Donahue P.C., Boston) Banner and Witcoff Ltd., D.C.; Tonkon Torp L.L.P., Portland; Stoel Rives L.L.P., Portland; Bullard Smith Jernstedt Harnish P.C., Portland; ShawPittman, D.C. 198 Entergy Corp. New Orleans Electric utility Michael G. Thompson, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary 72 James R. Nichols (Nichols & Pratt L.L.P., Boston) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L.L.P., New York; Bickerstaff, Heath, Smiley, Pollan, Kever & McDaniel L.L.P., Austin, Texas; Wise Carter Child & Caraway P.A., Jackson, Miss.; Orgain, Bell & Tucker L.L.P., Beaumont, Texas; Clark, Thomas & Winters, Austin 199 Nebco Evans Greenwich, Conn. Food service Kevin Rogan, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary 1 None Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago 200 Marriott International Inc. Bethesda, Md. Lodging & services Joseph Ryan, executive vice president and general counsel 81 None Venable, Baltimore; Holland & Knight L.L.P., D.C.; Bryan Cave L.L.P., St. Louis; O'Melveny & Myers L.L.P., L.A.; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher L.L.P., L.A.; Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn P.L.L.C., D.C.; Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe L.L.P., Baltimore   101 - 150   201 - 250     Back to "American Corporations and Their Lawyers"