Headquarters | New York City, U.S. |
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Date founded | 1869 |
Dissolved | 1995 [1] |
Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon [2] was a prominent New York City law firm tracing its origin back to 1869. [3] [4] [5] The firm was later known as Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, & Alexander; [6] and was later renamed Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander. The firm is known best as the legal relaunching pad of Richard Nixon. [7] The firm employed some 190 lawyers at the time of dissolution in 1995. Among problems that ultimately destroyed the firm were a long internal fight for leadership, management, and significant client defections. [7] [3]
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Nixon-Mudge.