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) 201 Foundation Health Systems Inc. Woodland Hills, Calif. Managed health care B. Curtis Weston, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary 23 None Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L.L.P., Chicago; Sidley & Austin, L.A; LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae L.L.P., San Francisco; McDermott, Will & Emery, L.A.; Epstein Becker & Green P.C., San Francisco and D.C. 202 Navistar International Corporation Chicago Manufacturer of trucks, school buses & diesel engines Robert A. Boardman, senior vice president and general counsel 25 None Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago; Latham & Watkins, Chicago 203 Gateway Inc. San Diego Personal computer products William M. Elliot, senior vice president, secretary and general counsel 26 George H. Krauss (Kutak Rock, Omaha, Neb.) Winston & Strawn, D.C.; LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae L.L.P., New York; Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler L.L.P., L.A. 204 The St. Paul Cos. Inc. St. Paul, Minn. Property liability insurance John A. MacColl, executive vice president and general counsel 32 None Sullivan & Cromwell, New York; Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly L.L.P., Minneapolis 205 AFLAC Inc. Columbus, Ga. Health insurance Joey M. Loudermilk, general counsel 9 None Alston & Bird L.L.P., Atlanta 206 Continental Airlines Inc. Houston Airline Jeffery A. Smisek, executive vice president and general counsel 14 Karen Hastie Williams (Crowell & Moring L.L.P., D.C.) Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Houston; Crowell & Moring L.L.P., D.C.; Hughes Hubbard & Reed L.L.P., New York; Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York 207 Bestfoods Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Food manufacturer Eduardo B. Sanchez, vice president and general counsel 15 None Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York; Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, D.C. 208 US Airways Inc. Arlington, Va. Airline Lawrence M. Nagin, executive vice president -corporate affairs and general counsel 9 None Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L.L.P., New York; O'Melveny & Myers L.L.P., D.C. and L.A. 209 Bindley Western Industries Inc. Indianapolis Pharmaceutical wholesaler Michael D. McCormick, executive vice president, general counsel and secretary 2 None Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis; Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn P.L.L.C., D.C.; Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis. 210 Ingersoll-Rand Co. Woodcliff Lake, N.J. Heavy industrial equipment Patricia Nachtigal, vice president and general counsel 22 None Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York; Thompson Coburn L.L.P., St. Louis; Lowenstein Sandler P.C., Roseland, N.J.; Baker & McKenzie, D.C.; Hopggod, Calimafde, Kalil & Judlowe L.L.P., New York 211 Sunoco Inc. Philadelphia Oil & gas Michael S. Kuritzkes, vice president and general counsel 22 None Zevnik Horton Guibord McGovern Palmer & Fognani L.L.P., D.C.; Pepper Hamilton L.L.P., Philadelphia; Beveridge & Diamond P.C., D.C.; Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley L.L.P., Philadelphia 212 U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis Commercial banking Lee R. Mitau, executive vice president , corporate development, general counsel and secretary 60 None Dorsey & Whitney L.L.P., Minneapolis; Miller & Nash L.L.P., Portland, Ore.; Sullivan & Cromwell, New York 213 Eaton Corp. Cleveland Electronics auto and truck parts industrial equipment J. Robert Horst, vice president and general counsel 40 None Kirkpatrick & Lockhart L.L.P., Pittsburgh; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York; Ross & Hardies, Chicago; Thompson Hine & Flory L.L.P., Cleveland; Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff L.L.P., Cleveland; Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease L.L.P., Columbus, Ohio 214 Solectron Corp. Milpitas, Calif. Electronics Robert A. Aeschliman, general counsel 8 None Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, Calif.; Baker & McKenzie, San Francisco; Littler Mendelson P.C., San Jose, Calif. 215 The Williams Cos. Inc. Tulsa, Okla. Energy and communications William Giles von Glahn, senior vice president and general counsel 95 None Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L.L.P., New York; Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, various offices; Wright & Talisman P.C., D.C.; Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson P.C., Tulsa; Conner & Winters P.C., Tulsa 216 Conseco Inc. Carmel, Ind. Financial services John J. Sabl, executive vice president, secretary and general counsel 40 Dennis E. Murray (Murray & Murray Co. L.P.A., Sandusky, Ohio) Sidley & Austin, Chicago and New York; Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard P.L.L.C., Little Rock, Ark.; Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis; Dorsey & Whitney L.L.P., Minneapolis; Briggs and Morgan P.A., Minneapolis; Burr & Forman L.L.P., Birmingham, Ala.; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York 217 United Services Automobile Assoc. San Antonio Insurance and financial services Bradford W. Rich, general counsel and corporate secretary 147 None Bullivant Houser Bailey P.C., Portland, Ore.; Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Houston; King & Spalding, Atlanta 218 National City Corp. Cleveland Commercial banking David L. Zoeller, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary 70 None Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland 219 RJR Nabisco Group Holdings Inc. Parsippany, N.J. International consumer products food and tobacco James A. Kirkman III, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary 8 None Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York; Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York 220 The Coastal Corp. Houston Energy Carl A. Corrallo, senior vice president and general counsel 85 Thomas R. McDade (McDade, Fogler, Maines L.L.P., Houston) McDade Fogler Maines L.L.P., Houston; Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Houston; Howrey Simon Arnold & White L.L.P., D.C.; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L.L.P., Houston; Chadbourne & Parke L.L.P., New York 221 Keycorp Cleveland Commercial banking Thomas C. Stevens, senior executive vice president, general counsel and secretary 48 Kenneth M. Curtis (Curtis Thaxter Stevens Broder & Micoleau L.L.C., Portland, Maine); Ronald B. Stafford (Stafford, Trombley, Owens & Curtin P.C., Plattsburgh, N.Y.) Thompson Hine & Flory L.L.P., Cleveland 222 Genuine Parts Co. Atlanta Distributor of auto industrial office electronic and electrical parts Scott C. Smith, vice president and corporate counsel 3 Robert P. Forrestal (Smith, Gambrell & Russell L.L.P., Atlanta) Alston & Bird L.L.P., Atlanta; Smith, Currie & Hancock L.L.P., Atlanta 223 Avista Spokane, Wash. Investor owned utility David Meyer, senior vice president and general counsel 1 None Paine, Hamblen, Coffin, Brooke & Miller L.L.P., Spokane 224 The Bear Stearns Co. Inc. New York diversified financial services Mark E. Lehman, executive vice president and general counsel 55 None Stroock & Stroock & Lavan L.L.P., New York; Latham & Watkins, New York; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York; Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel L.L.P., New York 225 Paine Webber Group Inc. New York Securities Theodore A. Levine, general counsel and senior vice president 90 None Davis Polk & Wardwell, various offices; Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, D.C.; Schuyler, Roche & Zwirner P.C., various offices; Jackson Lewis Schnitzler & Krupman, various offices; Epstein Becker & Green P.C., various offices 226 Tricon Global Restaurants Inc. Louisville, Ky. Quick-service restaurants Christian L. Campbell, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary 30 None Sidley & Austin, Chicago; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L.L.P., New York; Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago 227 PPG Industries Inc. Pittsburgh Manufacturer of coatings, glass, fiberglass and chemicals James C. Diggs, senior vice president and general counsel 38 None Kirkpatrick & Lockhart L.L.P., Pittsburgh; Buchanan Ingersoll P.C., Pittsburgh; Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote P.C., Pittsburgh; Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York; Beveridge & Diamond P.C., D.C. 228 Crown Cork & Seal Co. Inc. Philadelphia Manufacturing, packaging William T. Gallagher, vice president, secretary and acting general counsel 4 Thomas Ralph (Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia) Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia; Woodcock Washburn Kurtz Mackiewicz & Norris L.L.P., Philadelphia; Stack & Stack P.C., Philadelphia; Crain, Caton & James P.C., Houston; Mark H. Rosenthal, San Francisco 229 Valero Energy Corp. San Antonio Refining and marketing Martin E. Loeber, vice president , legal services 5 None Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., San Antonio and Houston; Bracewell & Patterson L.L.P., Houston and D.C.; Baker & Botts L.L.P., Houston and Austin, Texas; Matthews & Branscomb P.C., Corpus Christi, Texas; Manko, Gold & Katcher L.L.P., Cherry Hill, N.J.; Schirrmeister Ajamie L.L.P., Houston 230 PNC Financial Service Group Pittsburgh Commercial banking Helen S. Pudin, senior vice president and general counsel 67 David F. Gerard-diCarlo (Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley L.L.P., Philadelphia) Arnold & Porter, D.C.; Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll L.L.P., Philadelphia; Tucker Arensberg P.C., Pittsburgh 231 Computer Sciences Corp. El Segundo, Calif. Systems management Hayward D. Fisk, vice president, secretary and general counsel 50 None Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher L.L.P., L.A.; McDermott, Will & Emery, D.C.; Conley Rose & Tayon P.C., Austin, Texas; Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp L.L.P., L.A.; Richman, Luna, Kichaven & Glushon, L.A. 232 Principal Financial Group Des Moines, Iowa Insurance Karen E. Shaff, senior vice president and general counsel 51 None Debevoise & Plimpton, New York; LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae L.L.P., New York; Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave P.C., Des Moines 233 John Hancock financial services Boston Insurance and financial services Richard Scipione, general counsel 53 Robert E. Fast (Hale and Dorr L.L.P., Boston) Debevoise & Plimpton, New York; Hale and Dorr L.L.P., Boston 234 SunTrust Banks Inc. Atlanta Commercial banking Raymond D. Fortin, senior vice president and general counsel 30 None Farris, Warfield & Kanaday P.L.C., Nashville, Tenn.; King & Spalding, Atlanta; Holland & Knight L.L.P., Tampa, Fla.; Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson P.A., Orlando, Fla.; Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va. 235 Occidental Petroleum Corp. Los Angeles Oil and gas exploration and production chemicals Donald P. de Brier, executive vice president and general counsel 55 None Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L.L.P., L.A.; Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Houston; Baker & Botts L.L.P., Houston; O'Melveny & Myers L.L.P., L.A.; Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, L.A. 236 Unisys Corp. Blue Bell, Pa. Computers & information technology solutions Harold S. Barron, senior vice president and general counsel 80 None Morgan, Lewis & Bockius L.L.P., Philadelphia; Pepper Hamilton L.L.P., Philadelphia; Boies, Schiller and Flexner L.L.P., Armonk, N.Y.; McKenna & Cuneo L.L.P., D.C.; Epstein Becker & Green P.C., New York 237 CBS Corp. New York Media N/A, merged into Viacom International Inc., effective May 4 N/A N/A N/A 238 Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. New York Utility John D. McMahon, senior vice president and general counsel 74 Stephen R. Volk (Shearman & Sterling, New York); Gordon J. Davis (LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae L.L.P., New York) Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York; Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York; Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman L.L.P., New York; Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, L.L.P., New York; LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae L.L.P., New York 239 Wellpoint Health Networks Inc. Thousand Oaks, Calif. Managed health care Thomas C. Geiser, executive vice president and general counsel 23 W. Tolliver Besson (Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker L.L.P., L.A.) Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May P.C., L.A. 240 Smurfit-Stone Container Chicago Paper board packaging manufacturer Craig A. Hunt, vice president, general counsel and secretary 6 None Winston & Strawn, Chicago; Ross & Hardies, Chicago 241 Tyson Foods Inc. Springdale, Ark. Producer, processor & marketer of poultry-based products Les R. Baledge, executive vice president and general counsel 5 None Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld L.L.P., D.C.; Kutak Rock, Little Rock, Ark.; Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., Denver; Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy L.L.P., Atlanta; T. Craig Jones, Fayetteville, Ark. 242 American Standard Co. Inc. Piscataway, N.J. Air conditioning, building and transportation products J. Paul McGrath, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary 22 None Debevoise & Plimpton, New York; Baker & McKenzie, New York, Hong Kong and Beijing; McCarter & English, Newark, N.J. 243 Baxter International Inc. Deerfield, Ill. Health care Thomas J. Sabatino Jr., corporate vice president and general counsel 73 None Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada P.L.L.C., Jackson, Miss.; Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison L.L.P., L.A.; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher L.L.P., Irvine, Calif., and New York; Sidley & Austin, Chicago 244 Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc. Peapack, N.J. Pharmaceuticals Richard T. Collier, senior vice president and general counsel 45 None Wiggin & Dana, Stamford, Conn.; Covington & Burling, D.C.; Davis Polk & Wardwell, D.C.; Sullivan & Cromwell, New York 245 Ashland Inc. Covington, Ky. diversified industrial David L. Hausrath, vice president and general counsel 36 None Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York; Howrey Simon Arnold & White L.L.P., D.C.; Baker & McKenzie, Chicago; Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Houston; Greenebaum Doll & McDonald P.L.L.C., Louisville, Ky. 246 Fort James Corp. Deerfield, Ill.. Paper-based products Clifford A. Cutchins IV, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary 16 Anne Marie Whittemore (McGuire, Woods, Battle & Booth L.L.P., Richmond, Va.) McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe L.L.P., Richmond; Howrey Simon Arnold & White L.L.P., D.C.; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York; Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago; Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner L.L.P., D.C. 247 Rockwell International Corp. Milwaukee Electronics William J. Calise Jr., senior vice president, general counsel and secretary 21 None Chadbourne & Parke L.L.P., New York; Howrey Simon Arnold & White L.L.P., D.C. 248 Aon Corp. Chicago Insurance holding company Raymond I. Skilling, executive vice president and chief counsel 60 Newton N. Minow (Sidley & Austin, Chicago) Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago; McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago; Hopkins & Sutter, Chicago 249 Amerada Hess Corp. New York Integrated oil J. Barclay Collins II, executive vice president and general counsel 11 Roger B. Oresman (Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York) Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York 250 Kellogg Co. Battle Creek, Mich. Food manufacturing Janet Langford Kelly, executive vice president , corporate development, general counsel and secretary 9 None Furth, Fahrner & Mason, San Francisco; Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., New York; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York; Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone P.L.C., Detroit; Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt P.C., Arlington, Va.   151 - 200     Back to "American Corporations and Their Lawyers"