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More than 1,400 lawyers in 22 offices throughout the world.

Clients include more than half of the Fortune 100 companies, including 9 of the top 10 and 16 of the top 20.

More than 2,000 clients have been with the firm for more than 5 years.

Approximately 2,000 new clients and 20,000 new projects each year.

Lawyers and support staff fluent in Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian.

Diversity Highlights

Receipt by Joan Haratani of the Council on Legal Education Opportunity's Bar Association Diversity Award (2008).

Receipt by Joan Haratani of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund's Award of Excellence for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Law and Criminal Justice (2008).

Recipient of the Hispanic National Bar Association's Corporate Partner of the Year Award (2007).

Recipient of the first-ever University of Pennsylvania Black Law Students Association "Contribution of Distinction" Award (Feb. 2005).

Recognition of Anne Marie Estevez by Hispanic Business magazine as a "2006 Elite Woman" and finalist in its 2006 Hispanic Woman of the Year award. Anne Marie has also been recognized by Diversity Inc. Magazine and in Working Mother magazine.

Selection of Grace Speights and Celia Roady as two of the Top 50 Women in Washington, D.C. by Super Lawyers magazine.

Election of Joan Haratani as the first female minority president of the Bar Association of San Francisco.

Appointment of Renier Pierantoni as deputy president of the Hispanic National Bar Association for the New York Region.

Election of Maria Gonzalez Calvet as president-elect of the Hispanic Bar Association of Philadelphia.

Receipt by Dennis Morikawa and Joan Haratani of the NAPABA "Trailblazer Award" at the NAPABA Annual Convention (Nov. 2006).

19% of the female attorneys who were elected to partnership in the past five years did so while working on an alternative schedule.

Premier sponsor of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA).

Pro Bono in 2007

More than 92,000 hours were spent on pro bono representations, at a value to our pro bono clients of tens of millions of dollars.

More than 75% of the firm's attorneys contributed at least 20 hours to a pro bono matter; representations span all practice groups and offices.

Representations included more than 1,100 active matters, including 425 new matters.

Full "above the line" credit given for pro bono time charges.

Morgan Lewis is a signatory to the Pro Bono Institute's Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge.

MICHAEL ANDERSON
J.D.: 1993
Finance
New York

International commerce has always been of interest to Michael Anderson. When he first joined Morgan Lewis, he envisioned himself working on deals and transactions for a variety of international clients. Almost immediately, he was given the opportunity to work overseas.

I enjoy practicing law in an international environment. Morgan Lewis has such a broad practice. For anyone who has an interest in international commerce, this is an amazing place to be.

I spent three years in Indonesia, and one of my first assignments involved working for one of the world’s leading telecommunications carriers. We helped them successfully modernize, expand and operate the telecommunications system on the island of Sumatra. It was an enormously complex undertaking. We initially handled financing negotiations with the World Bank and several private lenders, then we helped the client actually build the local telephone system, negotiating supply and construction contracts with suppliers from all over the world. I worked alongside French, Japanese, German and Indonesian business associates to make sure all the pieces fit together.

Thanks to Morgan Lewis, I wear many different hats and have had a lot of exciting experiences. This firm has allowed me to build a practice that is tremendously rewarding in its diversity.