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==History==

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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. Barney retired from the firm in 1873. <ref>

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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 included 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. Barney retired from the firm in 1873. <ref>

[http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=barney-hiram-cr.xml Barney, Hiram Biographical History]</ref>

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[http://books.google.com/books?id=zYWAAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA212&lpg=PA212&dq=Butler,+Notman,+Joline+%26+Mynderse&source=bl&ots=QndMxWoWUI&sig=8m4mPPDRbsHY6cqoDrInp-Dd61E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oi8rT6-5E5P8iQLe4ZnmCg&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Butler%2C%20Notman%2C%20Joline%20%26%20Mynderse&f=false A Retrospect of Forty Years 1825-1865]</ref>

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In 1905, the law firm split into two ~~partnership wherein Butler, Notman and Mynderse concentrated legal practice on admiralt industry~~.On June 5, 1907 Willian J. Wallace, the late presiding justice of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals joined the firm after the deaths of Mynderse and Notman on 1906 and 1907 respectively. The firm was renamed Wallace, Butler and Brown.<ref>

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In 1905, the law firm split into two partnerships. On June 5, 1907 Willian J. Wallace, the late presiding justice of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, joined the firm after the deaths of Mynderse and Notman on 1906 and 1907 respectively. The firm was renamed Wallace, Butler and Brown.<ref>

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[http://books.google.com/books?id=zYWAAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA212&lpg=PA212&dq=Butler,+Notman,+Joline+%26+Mynderse&source=bl&ots=QndMxWoWUI&sig=8m4mPPDRbsHY6cqoDrInp-Dd61E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oi8rT6-5E5P8iQLe4ZnmCg&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Butler%2C%20Notman%2C%20Joline%20%26%20Mynderse&f=false A Retrospect of Forty Years 1825-1865]</ref> The other partnership was named Joline, Larkin and Rathbone focused providing legal services corporations ~~and retained~~ some of ~~the~~ clients ~~of its precursor~~ such as the Central Trust Company of New York. The firm helped re-organized different companies including Metropolitan Street Railway and the New York City Railway (1907), Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company (1908), St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad and Maxwell Motor Company, Inc. (1913) etc.<ref>[http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Kelley-Drye-amp;-Warren-LLP-company-History.html Company Histories and Profile: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP]</ref>

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[http://books.google.com/books?id=zYWAAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA212&lpg=PA212&dq=Butler,+Notman,+Joline+%26+Mynderse&source=bl&ots=QndMxWoWUI&sig=8m4mPPDRbsHY6cqoDrInp-Dd61E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oi8rT6-5E5P8iQLe4ZnmCg&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Butler%2C%20Notman%2C%20Joline%20%26%20Mynderse&f=false A Retrospect of Forty Years 1825-1865]</ref> The other partnership was named Joline, Larkin and Rathbone, and focused on providing legal services to corporations, retaining some of their previous clients such as the Central Trust Company of New York. The firm helped re-organized different companies including the Metropolitan Street Railway and the New York City Railway (1907), Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company (1908), St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad and Maxwell Motor Company, Inc. (1913) etc.<ref>[http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Kelley-Drye-amp;-Warren-LLP-company-History.html Company Histories and Profile: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP]</ref>

Nicholas Kelley joined Larkin, Rathbone & Perry as partner in 1921. The firm was instrumental in reorganizing the Maxwell Motor Company and successfully negotiated a deal with Chase Securities to finance the production of new cars designed by Walter Chrysler. The firm also negotiated the sale of the Chrysler building in New York. Chrysler is still a client of the firm. In 1930, Wilson Drye joined as partner in the company.<ref>

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