With 27 offices positioned across worldwide economic capitals in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, Hogan & Hartson is recognized in the international legal landscape. Through its advanced communications information system, the more than 1,100 professionals that make up its impressive intelligence resource pool share documents, discuss strategies, and continue to explore possibilities as one global force.
Hogan & Hartson’s expertise covers corporate, finance, and tax; government and regulatory; intellectual property; litigation; and several pro bono legal services. Its competency is not bound by any sector, as it has myriad clients from every major industry including aerospace and defense, government services and homeland security, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, telecommunications, media and entertainment among many others. The firm is true to its commitment of bringing in top attorneys from different backgrounds to create one of the most diverse teams of legal professionals. Hogan & Hartson chooses people who use their distinctiveness as a competitive advantage rather than as a limitation.
From a single lawyer’s fervent devotion to the ideals that underlie the legal profession, to what is one of the top international law firms, Hogan & Hartson has progressed dynamically as an organization since its inception in 1904. Founder Frank J. Hogan is constantly remembered in the firm’s dedication to professional excellence through superior client service, integrity, community service, diversity, industry-focus and team-oriented approach that it considers imperative to succeed.
One of the firm’s most significant accomplishments is its pioneering campaign for Corporate Social Responsibility, even before it became a management buzzword. In 1970, Hogan & Hartson established its Community Services Department and has since addressed both high impact issues as well as individual concerns. In its almost four decades of service, the CSD has championed civil rights, environmental, homeless and other public interest organizations. It has built relationships with the National Parks Conservation Association and the Public Council in its several environmental initiatives.
A defining moment in the history of CSD’s support for the environment was the victory it claimed in defense of the Gunnison River. In 2003, the government’s Interior Department was planning to divert the river’s flow away from the Gunnison National Park where the natural landmark, the Black Canyon, is located. Although it took most of three years in litigation, Hogan & Hartson secured the national park from encroaching private and federal interests.
Another recent endeavor in the name of protecting the planet is the firm’s collaboration with environmental groups to protect the resources of the Pacific Ocean. Hogan & Hartson currently functions as advisor to the Marine Conservation Biology Institute on the historic protection of Pacific Ocean habitats.
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