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1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington,
D.C.
20005
202.736.8000
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Founded in 1963, our Washington, D.C. office, with more than 250 lawyers, handles civil and administrative litigation concerning a wide range of issues involving federal law. Our lawyers help our clients navigate U.S. and international regulatory law and public policies that affect the way business is conducted both here and around the globe.
Our D.C.-based lawyers practice in over two dozen discrete areas of law. Key practice areas include appellate, international trade and dispute resolution, healthcare and pharmaceutical, telecommunications, white collar and internal investigations and environmental.
As one of the first law firms to have a dedicated appellate group, our Washington office features a renowned U.S. Supreme Court practice, which is chaired by former Acting Attorney General, Peter Keisler. Sixteen of our 30 firmwide former U.S. Supreme Court law clerks are resident in Washington. The firm has represented clients on virtually every type of federal legal issue since the practice began in 1985. Sidley lawyers have briefed over 150 cases on the merits before the Court and have argued more than 80 cases. Washington, D.C. office managing partner, Carter Phillips, has argued more than 55 cases (including five cases last Term) in the Supreme Court. In the 2007-08 Term, Sidley’s Appellate team was involved with almost 40 percent of the argued cases on the Supreme Court docket, representing either a party or an
amicus.
Members of Sidley’s acclaimed international trade and dispute resolution group have served in numerous U.S. government roles giving us a unique perspective in representing clients before Congress, the White House, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Departments of State, Treasury and Commerce and in Federal Courts. They advise on issues of trade sanctions, export controls, and restrictions on foreign investment in the U.S. and abroad. Our international dispute resolution team has advised numerous governments and companies in more than 200 WTO disputes.
The firm’s healthcare, intellectual property and food and drug practices, components of Sidley’s global life sciences practice, are very active in our Washington office. Sidley’s global life sciences practice is a multidisciplinary group which is dedicated to serving the legal needs of the myriad industries that collectively comprise the life sciences industry. From smaller biotech start-ups to established multinational drug and device companies; food, nutraceutical and cosmeceutical companies to clinical research organizations; equity investment firms and lenders to trade associations, our interdisciplinary team services these clients in every conceivable legal and business aspect. The healthcare group, in particular, has experienced explosive growth in recent years. It has one of the most notable fraud and abuse enforcement and compliance practices in the nation. In addition, several of our Washington partners have held senior positions in government and were deeply involved in the drafting and implementation of major healthcare laws. Our lawyers counsel clients on the full array of regulatory issues and legislative matters before Congress affecting life sciences.
Sidley’s communications regulatory group represents leading communications companies, ranging from telecommunications to broadcasting and new technologies. For over 100 years, we have provided communications clients with corporate, regulatory, and antitrust counsel, transactional representation and appellate litigation experience. The Washington office represents all participants in the telecommunications arena, including broadcasters, wireless companies and global telecommunications companies. Our lawyers appear regularly before the FCC, DOJ, FTC and district and appellate courts on matters significant to established and emerging communications companies.
Our white collar crime and internal investigations lawyers represent U.S. and foreign corporations and their executives in responding to and defending against criminal and civil investigations by both federal and state governments, SEC and other administrative agency enforcement actions, and other governmental inquiries, including congressional hearings. The Washington office is active in representing corporate and individual clients in international law enforcement matters, including money-laundering proceedings, economic sanctions and embargoes, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations, U.S. sanctions against foreign governments and terrorists, Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties and multinational fraud.
Sidley’s environmental group has great depth with strength in such diverse areas as enforcement defense, toxic tort, regulatory challenges, Superfund and environmental management systems. A number of partners have served in the Justice Department or EPA and bring to the practice valuable strategic insight and experience.
The Washington office also has practices in the following areas: antitrust and domestic trade regulation, banking, bankruptcy, capital markets, corporate, e-commerce, energy, financial services, general and commercial litigation, government contracts, information law and privacy, labor and employment, municipal finance, private equity, products liability, professional liability, real estate, religious freedom, securities enforcement and litigation, tax and transportation.
The office is also recognized for its strong commitment to pro bono representation and involvement in the community. Sidley received the 2005 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, and in 2004, the D.C. Bar named Sidley the Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year. The firm was recognized by the D.C. Bar for, among other things, initiating a program in Washington to place new associates with legal service providers for eight weeks. In the same year, Sidley received the Pro Bono Counsel Award from the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty in recognition of our work on behalf of homeless individuals and groups working to end homelessness.
In August 2001, Sidley proudly relocated to the newly renovated landmark Investment Building. Just two blocks from the White House, our D.C. office is in the central business district of the K Street corridor.
