Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon
Defunct law firm
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Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon[2] was a New York City law firm founded in 1869.[3][4][5] The firm was later known as Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, & Alexander,[6] and was subsequently again renamed as Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander.
| Headquarters | New York City, U.S. |
|---|---|
| No. of attorneys | 190 |
| Key people | Richard Nixon |
| Date founded | 1869 |
| Dissolved | 1995[1] |
The firm is best known best as the law firm where Richard Nixon relaunched his career following his losses in the 1960 presidential election and 1962 California gubernatorial election.[7] Plagued with internal fights for leadership and management authority in the firm, combined with defections of some of its largest clients, the firm was dissolved in 1995. At the time, it employed approximately 190 attorneys.[7][3]
Notable employees
Notable attorneys and employee at the firm included:
- Geoffrey Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York[citation needed]
- William P. Ford, civil rights advocate for Salvadorans.
- David M. Friedman, U.S. ambassador to Israel
- Randolph H. Guthrie, chairman of the Studebaker corporation and later of Studebaker-Worthington.
- Elizabeth Blodgett Hall, headmistress for Concord Academy
- Leonard Garment, White House Counsel after the resignation of John Dean[8][9][10]
- James Halpern, United States Tax Court judge
- John Kirby, notable for his successful defense for Nintendo against Universal Studios over the copyrightability of the character of Donkey Kong.
- Scooter Libby, former assistant to U.S. vice president Dick Cheney and U.S. president George W. Bush
- John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General[11][12][13][14][15][16]
- Richard Nixon, the thirty-seventh president of the United States[17][18]
- Ralph Oman, former Register of Copyrights of the United States
- Jed S. Rakoff, a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York[19]
- John Sears, an attorney and a Republican political strategist.
- Gordon C. Strachan, aide to White House Chief of Staff H.R. "Bob" Haldeman under U.S. President Richard Nixon
- Gao Xiqing, General Manager of the China Investment Corporation
