Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon

Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon

Headquarters	New York City, U.S.
No. of attorneys	190
Key people	Richard Nixon
Date founded	1869
Dissolved	1995 [1]

Former U.S. president Richard Nixon, who joined the firm following his resignation in August 1974 in the Watergate scandal

Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon ^[2] was a prominent 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.

The firm is best known best as the law firm where Richard Nixon relaunched his career following his resignation as president in August 1974. ^[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

References

1. James J. Florio (2018). Standing on Principle: Lessons Learned in Public Life. Rutgers University Press. pp. 243–. ISBN   978-0-8135-9433-0.
2. Torry, Saundra (22 November 1993). "Leonard Garment finds a challenge in expansion puzzle" . Retrieved 22 July 2017– via washingtonpost.com.
3. "Lawyers: The Factories". Time magazine . 24 January 1964. Archived from the original on December 14, 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2017– via time.com.
4. Galbraith, John Kenneth (30 July 1973). "How the Great New York Lawyers let us Down". New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. Retrieved 22 July 2017– via Google Books.
5. "The Personal Papers of John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006)". CiteSeerX   10.1.1.362.1963 .
6. "Milton C. Rose, 97, Lawyer At Firm of Nixon and Mitchell". The New York Times. 21 March 2002. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
7. Goldberg, Carey (1 October 1995). "The Mudge Rose Firm Enters the Tar Pit of Legal History". The New York Times . Retrieved 29 September 2014.
8. "In Search of Deep Throat". The New York Times . Retrieved 2018-09-20.
9. Garment, Leonard (25 October 2001). Crazy Rhythm: From Brooklyn And Jazz To Nixon's White House, Watergate, And Beyond . Da Capo Press, Incorporated. p.  62. ISBN   9780306810824 . Retrieved 22 July 2017– via Internet Archive. Nixon-Mudge.
10. Paul Moorehead (July 22, 2013). "Radical Enlightenment: The Man Behind Nixon's Federal Indian Policy". Indian Country Media Network. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
11. LESLEY OELSNERMAY 11, 1973 (1973-05-11). "A Time of Trouble Looms for Mitchell Firm - The New York Times". The New York Times . Retrieved 2018-09-20.
12. Mintz, Morton (30 August 1977). "Law Firm Accused of Aiding One Client Over Another". Washington Post. Retrieved 22 July 2017– via washingtonpost.com.
13. "Mitchell Takes Leave From His Law Office - The New York Times". The New York Times . 1973-05-12. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
14. By FRED P. GRAHAMFEB. 16, 1972 (1972-02-16). "Mitchell Quits; Nomination Goes To Kleindienst - The New York Times". The New York Times . Retrieved 2018-09-20.
15. Reeves, Richard (20 December 1971). "Mitchell Redux". New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. Retrieved 22 July 2017– via Google Books.
16. Staff and Wire Reports (10 November 1988). "John Mitchell, Key Watergate Figure, Dies at 75" . Retrieved 22 July 2017– via LA Times.
17. By TOM GOLDSTEINSEPT. 20, 1975 (1975-09-20). "Court Rejects a Nixon Bid To Resign From State Bar - The New York Times". The New York Times . Retrieved 2018-09-20.
18. TOM GOLDSTEINJULY 9, 1976 (1976-07-09). "New York Court Disbars Nixon for Watergate Acts - The New York Times". The New York Times . Retrieved 2018-09-20.
19. "Paid Notice: Deaths: ROBINSON, DONALD J." 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2017– via NYTimes.com.

External links

• "Eye Mudge Rose - IBERC Israeli activities". FindArticles.com - CBSi. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
• 846 F.2d - Volume 846 of the Federal Reporter, 2nd Series. "MUDGE ROSE GUTHRIE ALEXANDER & FERDON, Appellant v. U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, et al". justia.com. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
• "The Accidental Defenders". Law.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 22 July 2017.