Kelley Drye
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| Type: | Partnership |
| Industry: | Legal |
| Founded: | 1836 |
| Founder(s): | Hiram Barney William Mulligan |
| Headquarters: | New York |
| Country: | USA |
| Employees: | 350 lawyers |
| Website: | www.kelleydrye.com |
| LinkedIn: | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP |
| Twitter: |  @KelleyDrye
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| Key People | |
| Paul McCurdy, Chairman | |
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP is one of the oldest international law firm in the United States with 350 practicing lawyers and professionals in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Stamford, Parsippany, and Brussels. Paul McCurdy is the current Chairman of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP.[1]
History
Origins of the Law Firm (1836)=
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP originated from the Mulligan & Barney law firm which was founded by Hiram Barney and William Mulligan in 1836. The firm started as a collections law firm. When Mulligan died in 1838, William Dwight Waterman partnered with Barney. The law firm became Waterman & Barney. In 1841, William Minott Mitchell became a partner and the firm's name was changed to Barney & Mitchell. Barney's first clients of the company include George Catlin, a famous artist who documented the lives of the Indians through painting and proposed the idea of creating National Parks and Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star Spangled Banner. The firm also handled the the Half-Breed Tract land claims and title disputes between the federal government and the Sac and Fox tribes. The firm also helped organize the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. In 1849 the firm became Barney and Butler when Barney partnered with Benjamin F. Butler and his son William Allen Butler. The firm became Barney, Butler, and Parsons in 1859. William Butler was instrumental in helping the establishment of the Central Trust Company of New York, which became one of the longtime client of the firm. Barney ended his partnership in the firm in 1874 and the firm's name was again changed and became Butler, Stillman & Hubbard.[2] [3]