Editing Blank Rome

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'''Blank Rome''' (formerly known as Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley<ref>[http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=31&itemID=320 Firm News: Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley shortens name] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023224546/http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=31&itemID=320|date=October 23, 2006}}</ref>) is an American law firm. The company has about 600 attorneys serving clients around the world, and represents businesses and organizations ranging from [[Fortune 500]] companies to start-up entities. Founded in 1946, Blank Rome advises its clients on a full spectrum of legal matters involving litigation; M&A and securities; finance, business restructuring, and bankruptcy; cybersecurity and [[Information privacy|data privacy]]; environment and mass torts; government contracts; insurance coverage; intellectual property; labor and employment; international trade; matrimonial and family law; political law; tax and benefits; and white collar defense and investigations.<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=3| title = Services {{!}} Blank Rome LLP| website = www.blankrome.com| access-date = 2016-02-25}}</ref> The firm also represents pro bono clients in a wide variety of cases and matters. Blank Rome is annually ranked and recognized for its leading middle-market corporate, M&A, real estate, and finance practices, and is internationally acclaimed for its global maritime practice and capabilities. The firm is currently ranked 78th by the [[AmLaw 100 Survey]] in 2016.

Blank Rome has thirteen offices in the United States: [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]; [[New York City]]; [[Washington, D.C.]]; [[Los Angeles, California]]; [[San Francisco, California]]; [[Houston, Texas]]; [[Princeton, New Jersey]]; [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]; [[Wilmington, Delaware]]; [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]; [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]]; and [[Tampa, Florida]]. In May 2011, the firm expanded internationally by opening a [[Shanghai]] office in the People's Republic of [[China]].

==History==
Blank Rome was founded in 1946.<ref name=Hoovers>[http://www.answers.com/topic/blank-rome-llp Hoover's company profile, courtesy of Answers.com]</ref> The firm has combined with ten other firms since its founding: Wexler Weisman Forman & Shapiro in 1984, Wigman, Cohen, Leitner & Myers in 1998; Tenzer Greenblatt LLP in 2000; Dyer, Ellis & Joseph in 2003, Healy & Baillie in 2006,<ref name=Hoovers/> Abrams Scott & Bickley, L.L.P. in 2011, Bell, Ryniker & Letourneau, PC in 2013, Finestone & Richter and Margolis & Tisman LLP in 2014, and Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP in 2015. In 2016, the firm added about 100 attorneys from Dickstein Shapiro LLP, as well as attorneys and additional staff from Los Angeles' top family law firm, Phillips Lerner, to the firm's Matrimonial and Family Law group. 

==Practice areas==
Blank Rome's practice areas include commercial and corporate litigation; consumer finance; corporate, M&A, and securities; energy, environment, and mass torts; finance, restructuring, and bankruptcy; government contracts; insurance coverage; intellectual property and technology; labor and employment; maritime and international trade; matrimonial and family law; policy and political law; real estate; tax, benefits, and private client; and white collar defense and investigations.<ref>[http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=3 Full list of practice areas]</ref>

Blank Rome Government Relations LLC ("BRGR"), an affiliate of Blank Rome LLP, is a government affairs firm composed of top lobbying professionals with first-hand knowledge of the policymaking and political processes in Washington, D.C. Members of the BRGR team bring to the table decades of experience from senior positions in government, and have a strong, bipartisan network of relationships with congressional and executive branch officials and staff. Key services include advocacy, coalition building and management, congressional oversight and policy implementation, government business, and legislation and regulation.

==Notable lawyers and alumni==
*[[Geraldine Ferraro]], former congresswoman and [[Vice President of the United States|Vice-Presidential]] candidate, was a principal of Blank Rome Government Relations LLC.
* [[Keith Gottfried]], former [[general counsel]] to the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]] (HUD) and a senior official in the administration of President [[George W. Bush]], was a partner in the [[Washington, D.C.]] office of the law firm from 2007 to 2012.
*[[Nathaniel R. Jones]], former judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit]] and former general counsel to the [[NAACP]], was the law firm's former Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer.
*[[Frederica Massiah-Jackson]], [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia County]] [[Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas|Court of Common Pleas]] judge, worked at the law firm before her election to the bench in 1983.
*[[David A. Norcross]], former chairman of the [[New Jersey Republican State Committee]] and executive assistant to [[Governor of New Jersey|New Jersey Governor]] [[William T. Cahill]], is a partner at the law firm.<ref>[http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=10&bioID=1713 David A. Norcross biographical sketch]</ref>
*[[Stephen Orlofsky]], former judge of the [[United States District Court for the District of New Jersey]], is a partner at the law firm, and the head of their [[Appeal|appellate]] practice group.<ref>[http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=10&bioID=1358 Stephen Orlofsky biographical sketch]</ref>
*[[Gil Stein (ice hockey)|Gil Stein]], former president and general counsel to the [[National Hockey League]], worked at the law firm before becoming an executive with the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] in 1976.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.blankrome.com/ Blank Rome LLP homepage]
*[http://www.martindale.com/Blank-Rome-LLP/law-firm-286744.htm Blank Rome's firm profile] from [[LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell]]
*[http://www.chambersandpartners.com/usa/firm/2826/blank-rome Blank Rome's firm profile] from Chambers & Partners

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 '''Blank Rome''' (formerly known as Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley<ref>[http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=31&itemID=320 Firm News: Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley shortens name] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023224546/http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=31&itemID=320|date=October 23, 2006}}</ref>) is an American law firm. The company has about 600 attorneys serving clients around the world, and represents businesses and organizations ranging from [[Fortune 500]] companies to start-up entities. Founded in 1946, Blank Rome advises its clients on a full spectrum of legal matters involving litigation; M&A and securities; finance, business restructuring, and bankruptcy; cybersecurity and [[Information privacy|data privacy]]; environment and mass torts; government contracts; insurance coverage; intellectual property; labor and employment; international trade; matrimonial and family law; political law; tax and benefits; and white collar defense and investigations.<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=3| title = Services {{!}} Blank Rome LLP| website = www.blankrome.com| access-date = 2016-02-25}}</ref> The firm also represents pro bono clients in a wide variety of cases and matters. Blank Rome is annually ranked and recognized for its leading middle-market corporate, M&A, real estate, and finance practices, and is internationally acclaimed for its global maritime practice and capabilities. The firm is currently ranked 78th by the [[AmLaw 100 Survey]] in 2016.