Robert Schwarz Strauss was an influential figure in American politics,diplomacy,and law whose service dated back to future President Lyndon Johnson's first congressional campaign in 1937. By the 1950s,he was associated in Texas politics with the faction of the Democratic Party that was led by Johnson and John Connally. He served as the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee between 1972 and 1977 and served under President Jimmy Carter as the U.S. Trade Representative and special envoy to the Middle East. He later served as the Ambassador to Russia under President George H.W. Bush. Strauss also served as the last United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union.
Landmark is a commercial complex owned by Hongkong Land in Central,Hong Kong. It consists of three office towers:Gloucester Tower,Edinburgh Tower and York House. Its retail podium,Landmark Atrium,forms the core component of the LANDMARK shopping mall.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &Feld LLP is an American multinational law firm headquartered in Washington,D.C. It is the second-largest lobbying firm in the United States by revenue.
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for California from 1979 to 1999.
Rebecca Simmons is a Texas attorney and a former special justice of the Supreme Court of Texas. As of 2017,Simmons continued to serve as a visiting judge on both the trial court level and appellate level,and to provide mediation and arbitration services under RebeccaSimmons PLLC.
Ruth Harkin is an American attorney who served as county attorney of Story County,Iowa,one of the first female prosecutors elected in the United States.
John C. Roach is a former Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court. He was appointed by Governor Ernie Fletcher on June 10,2005. His term ended on December 31,2006. He lost an election to a new eight-year term in the November 2006 election to Judge Mary C. Noble.
Rufus Hawkins Yerxa is a retired American lawyer and former U.S. government and international official. He served as Deputy United States Trade Representative during the George H.W. Bush and Clinton Administrations,and served for 11 years as Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). From 2016 to 2021 he was President of the National Foreign Trade Council.
580 California Street is a high rise office building completed in 1987 in the Financial District of San Francisco,California. The postmodern,107 m (351 ft),23 story tower is bordered by Kearny Street and California Street,and is topped with three faceless,12-foot (3.7 m)-tall statues,on each side of the building on the twenty-third floor. The art installation is entitled "The Corporate Goddesses" by Muriel Castanis,the late designer and creator of the sculptures.
Steven F. Reich is an American attorney who currently serves as 3M Company’s Executive Vice President &Chief Counsel,Enterprise Risk Management. Reich joined 3M in 2022 after nearly seven years at Deutsche Bank AG. At Deutsche Bank,Reich served as General Counsel for the Americas and then as CEO of the Bank’s main regulated entity in the US,Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. From 2011 to 2013,he served as associate deputy attorney general in the United States Department of Justice.
Charles William 'Bill' Frick is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. From 2007 to 2018,he was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 16,which includes parts of Bethesda,Friendship Heights,and Somerset.
Irving Loeb Goldberg was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
John Michael Manos was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Patricia Ann Millett is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2013 as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She formerly headed the Supreme Court practice at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &Feld. Millett also was a longtime former assistant to the United States Solicitor General and served as an occasional blogger for SCOTUSblog. At the time of her confirmation to the D.C. Circuit,she had argued 32 cases before the United States Supreme Court—once the record for a female lawyer. In February 2016,The New York Times identified her as a potential nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia.
Lawrence Lewis Lamade is a United States lawyer who was General Counsel of the Navy from 1988 to 1989.
Lincoln Palmer Bloomfield Jr. is an American diplomat and national security adviser who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs in the George W. Bush administration,and as Dan Quayle's Assistant for National Security Affairs.
Pratik A. Shah is an American lawyer and current co-head of Akin Gump's Supreme Court and Appellate Practice. A graduate of Princeton University with highest honors in chemical engineering,and University of California,Berkeley,School of Law,Boalt Hall,Shah clerked for Judge William A. Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and Stephen G. Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court in the 2003 Term. Before joining Akin Gump,Shah argued 13 cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as an assistant to the Solicitor General,including United States v. Windsor,which made it unconstitutional to withhold federal recognition of same-sex marriages performed in states where it is legal.
Frank White is an American attorney and politician who served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2016 until 2018. He represented southern Escambia County,including the city of Pensacola.
Brian Pomper is an American lawyer,political strategist and lobbyist and currently serves as partner with Akin Gump Strauss &Feld. He is regarded an expert on international trade and intellectual property rights.
Alan D. Cohn is an American lawyer and former government official who served as Assistant Secretary for Strategy,Planning,Analysis &Risk in the United States Department of Homeland Security Office of Policy from 2012 to 2015.
