Skadden

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates, commonly known as Skadden or sometimes Skadden Arps, is an international law firm based in New York City.

Timeline
1948 — The firm is founded in New York by Marshall Skadden, John Slate and Les Arps.
1959 — William Meagher joins the firm. Elizabeth Head, the firm's first female attorney, is hired.
1960 — The firm's name becomes Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
1961 — Peter Mullen, who will later serve as Skadden's first executive partner, joins the firm.
1973 — The firm opens its second office, in Boston.
1981 — Peggy L. Kerr becomes Skadden's first female partner.
1985 — Skadden ranks as one of the U.S.'s three largest law firms.
1987 — The firm opens its first international office, in Tokyo.
1988 — The firm foundsAPPENDIX.

INUIT PHILOLOGY.

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