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Willkie Farr & Gallagher: 424 lawyers, six offices. Chairman: Jack Nusbaum. Key competitors: Dewey Ballantine; Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy; Weil Gotshal & Manges.
History-
Willkie Farr & Gallagher was founded in 1889 in New York. The Willkie in Willkie Farr is Wendell Willkie, 1940 Republican presidential candidate who lost to Franklin Roosevelt. Willkie is not the only politician connected with the firm. Mario Cuomo, former governor of New York, became a partner after leaving office in 1995.
