Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon

Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon^[1] was a prominent New York City law firm tracing its origin back to 1869.^[2]^[3]^[4] The firm was later known as Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, & Alexander;^[5] and was later renamed Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander. The firm is known best as the legal relaunching pad of Richard Nixon.^[6] 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.^[6]^[2]

Notable alumni and employees

Geoffrey Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York^{[citation needed]}
Carolyn Clark Campbell, Clerk Of Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Martin J. Dockery^[7]
Robert E. Ferdon^[8]
William P. Ford, defender of civil rights for Salvadorans.
David M. Friedman, U.S. Ambassador
Randolph H. Guthrie, chairman of the Studebaker corporation and later of Studebaker-Worthington.
Elizabeth Blodgett Hall, headmistress for Concord Academy
Gao Xiqing, General Manager of the China Investment Corporation
Leonard Garment, White House Counsel after the resignation of John Dean^[9]^[10]^[11]
James Halpern, a judge of the United States Tax Court
Sheldon Kurtz^[12]
Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former Assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush
Franklin B. Lincoln^[13]
John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]
Richard M. Nixon, the thirty-seventh President of the United States^[20]^[21]
Ralph Oman, former Register of Copyrights of the United States
Milton C. Rose^[22]
Jed S. Rakoff, a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York
Donald J. Robinson^[23]^[24]
Hanns-Eberhard Schleyer, German lawyer and son of Hanns-Martin Schleyer
John Sears, an attorney and a Republican political strategist.
Frank E. Schwelb^[25]
Gordon C. Strachan, aide to White House Chief of Staff H.R. "Bob" Haldeman under U.S. President Richard Nixon
James P. Tannian^[26]
Evan Lerner
Donald Zoeller^[27]

References

^ Torry, Saundra (22 November 1993). "Leonard Garment finds a challenge in expansion puzzle". Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via washingtonpost.com.
^ ^a ^b "Lawyers: The Factories". Time magazine. 24 January 1964. Archived from the original on December 14, 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via time.com.
^ 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.
^ "The Personal Papers of John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006)". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.362.1963. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Milton C. Rose, 97, Lawyer At Firm of Nixon and Mitchell". The New York Times. 21 March 2002. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b Goldberg, Carey (1 October 1995). "The Mudge Rose Firm Enters the Tar Pit of Legal History". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
^ Catholic University of America (2011). "A Life in Law, A Life of Service". Columbus School of Law. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
^ "Business and the Law - The New York Times". The New York Times. 1979-03-09. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
^ "In Search of Deep Throat". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
^ 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. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via Internet Archive. Nixon-Mudge.
^ Paul Moorehead (July 22, 2013). "Radical Enlightenment: The Man Behind Nixon's Federal Indian Policy". Indian Country Media Network. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
^ Sheldon Kurtz, Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law
^ "Franklin B. Lincoln, Aide in Transition Of Nixon, Dies at 85". The New York Times. 5 November 1993. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
^ 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.
^ Mintz, Morton (30 August 1977). "Law Firm Accused of Aiding One Client Over Another". Washington Post. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via washingtonpost.com.
^ "Mitchell Takes Leave From His Law Office - The New York Times". The New York Times. 1973-05-12. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
^ 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.
^ Reeves, Richard (20 December 1971). "Mitchell Redux". New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via Google Books.
^ Staff and Wire Reports (10 November 1988). "John Mitchell, Key Watergate Figure, Dies at 75". Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via LA Times.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "In Memoriam – Summer 2002 Bulletin - Harvard Law Today". harvard.edu. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
^ "Donald Robinson". nd55.org. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
^ "Paid Notice: Deaths: ROBINSON, DONALD J." 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
^ Judge Frank E. Schwelb, District of Columbia Court of Appeals Archived 2012-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
^ SEPT. 24, 1975 (1975-09-24). "Ex‐Law Partner Denies He Worked On 1969 Nixon Tax - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
^ Groer, Annie; Gerhart, Ann (12 December 1995). "* THE RELIABLE SOURCE: The Lawyers' Tricky Last Words". Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via washingtonpost.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.

[1] Torry, Saundra (22 November 1993). "Leonard Garment finds a challenge in expansion puzzle". Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via washingtonpost.com.

[Time-magazine-2] "Lawyers: The Factories". Time magazine. 24 January 1964. Archived from the original on December 14, 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via time.com.

[3] 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.

[4] "The Personal Papers of John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006)". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.362.1963. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[5] "Milton C. Rose, 97, Lawyer At Firm of Nixon and Mitchell". The New York Times. 21 March 2002. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

[TNYT-6] Goldberg, Carey (1 October 1995). "The Mudge Rose Firm Enters the Tar Pit of Legal History". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

[7] Catholic University of America (2011). "A Life in Law, A Life of Service". Columbus School of Law. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

[8] "Business and the Law - The New York Times". The New York Times. 1979-03-09. Retrieved 2018-09-20.

[9] "In Search of Deep Throat". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-09-20.

[10] 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. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via Internet Archive. Nixon-Mudge.

[11] Paul Moorehead (July 22, 2013). "Radical Enlightenment: The Man Behind Nixon's Federal Indian Policy". Indian Country Media Network. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

[12] Sheldon Kurtz, Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law

[13] "Franklin B. Lincoln, Aide in Transition Of Nixon, Dies at 85". The New York Times. 5 November 1993. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

[14] 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.

[15] Mintz, Morton (30 August 1977). "Law Firm Accused of Aiding One Client Over Another". Washington Post. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via washingtonpost.com.

[16] "Mitchell Takes Leave From His Law Office - The New York Times". The New York Times. 1973-05-12. Retrieved 2018-09-20.

[17] 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.

[18] Reeves, Richard (20 December 1971). "Mitchell Redux". New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via Google Books.

[19] Staff and Wire Reports (10 November 1988). "John Mitchell, Key Watergate Figure, Dies at 75". Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via LA Times.

[20] 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.

[21] 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.

[22] "In Memoriam – Summer 2002 Bulletin - Harvard Law Today". harvard.edu. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

[23] "Donald Robinson". nd55.org. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

[24] "Paid Notice: Deaths: ROBINSON, DONALD J." 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via NYTimes.com.

[25] Judge Frank E. Schwelb, District of Columbia Court of Appeals Archived 2012-05-21 at the Wayback Machine

[26] SEPT. 24, 1975 (1975-09-24). "Ex‐Law Partner Denies He Worked On 1969 Nixon Tax - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-09-20.

[27] Groer, Annie; Gerhart, Ann (12 December 1995). "* THE RELIABLE SOURCE: The Lawyers' Tricky Last Words". Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via washingtonpost.com.

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Notable alumni and employees

References

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