Foley Hoag Explained

Foley Hoag LLP
Headquarters:Boston, Massachusetts
Num Offices:5
Num Attorneys:approximately 250
Practice Areas:Life sciences, healthcare, technology, Energy and Cleantech, investment management, professional services, sovereign states
Key People:James Bucking, Jeffrey Collins (co-managing partners)
Date Founded:April 1, 1943
Founder:Henry Foley and Garrett Hoag
Company Type:Limited liability partnership
Homepage:foleyhoag.com

Foley Hoag LLP (formerly Foley, Hoag & Eliot LLP) is a law firm headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in New York City, Paris, Washington, D.C., and Denver. The firm represents public and private clients in a wide range of disputes and transactions worldwide. It offers regional, national, and international legal services.

History

The firm was founded on April 1, 1943[1] when Henry Elliot Foley teamed with Garrett Scattergood Hoag. The two founders began their firm in a three-room office at 10 Post Office Square in Boston's Financial District.

The firm was involved in Boston's early civil rights struggle and the Boston busing crisis when it represented the plaintiffs in a 1970s lawsuit that brought desegregation to Boston Public Schools.[2] This legal victory resulted in the firm establishing the Foley Hoag Foundation,[3] which focuses on improving race relations in Boston.[4]

Foley Hoag is also involved in the Boston-area entrepreneurial community, providing counsel local technology startup companies. In 2002, the firm moved its main office to its current location in the Seaport District in South Boston.[5]

Foley Hoag opened its first office outside of Massachusetts in Washington, D.C. in 1985,[6] focusing on international litigation and arbitration practices. The firm's corporate social responsibility, government strategies and healthcare practices are also based in D.C. In June 2011, the firm opened an office in Paris to serve overseas companies and sovereign states in international arbitration and litigation matters.[7] In May 2015, the firm opened its first office in New York to expand its intellectual property and international litigation practices.[8]

From 2015 through early 2019, Martha Coakley, former Attorney General of Massachusetts, worked for Foley Hoag as a lawyer and lobbyist.[9] While at the firm, Coakley represented the fantasy sports website DraftKings and student-loan firm Navient when state governments were examining the practices of these industries.[10]

Practice areas

Foley Hoag has industry-focused practices in energy and cleantech, education, life sciences, healthcare, investment advisers and private funds, professional services, sovereign states and technology.[11]

The firm also has an international litigation and arbitration practice group which represents both corporations and foreign governments. In 2008 the firm successfully represented the government of Bolivia in a challenge to the nationalization of a telecom company.[12] From 2010-2018, the firm's Global Business & Human Rights practice served as the Secretariat for the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights.[13]

Notable alumni

Industry Recognition

Some Foley Hoag attorneys appear annually in compendiums such as Chambers USA,[15] Chambers Global,[16] Best Lawyers, Latinvex,[17] and Legal 500.[18] Several of its practices have also been noted in publications such as U.S. News & World Report[19] and Corporate Counsel[20]

The firm has also been listed in various business and legal industry rankings as a premiere workplace.[21] Vault's 2015 "Top Best Firms to Work For" list named Foley Hoag the third-best law firm to work for nationally. The firm also placed first nationally in firm culture, hours, and LGBT diversity, and was ranked in the top 10 in many other individual categories, including training and mentoring, pro bono work, and transparency.[22] Foley Hoag has been in the Vault top 10 for several years, coming in at fifth for 2012, and sixth for both 2013 and 2014, and ninth in 2018.[22]

In 2011, 2012 and 2013, the firm was recognized by the Boston Globe's "Top Places to Work" survey as a leading place of employment in Massachusetts.[21] [23] [24] In 2014 the firm was ranked ninth nationally in The American Lawyer 2014 Mid-Level Associates Satisfaction survey.[25]

Law360 named Foley Hoag a 2018 Regional Powerhouse, an accolade awarded to law firms handling some of the biggest deals and most high-profile courtroom battles that make a lasting impact on the law at the state and local level.[26]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Foley Hoag LLP | InsideView Directory. insideview.com. 16 April 2015. dead. https://archive.today/20130904221911/http://www.insideview.com/directory/foley-hoag-llp. 4 September 2013.
  2. Web site: 40 Years Later, Boston Looks Back On Busing Crisis | WBUR. wbur.org. 16 April 2015.
  3. Book: Vault Guide to Law Firm Diversity Programs. Vault (Firm). Djordjevich, V.. 2006. Vault.com. 9781581314403. 466. 16 April 2015.
  4. Web site: Foley Hoag Foundation | Foley Hoag . foleyhoag.com . 16 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130101070459/http://www.foleyhoag.com/TheFirm/TheFoleyHoagFoundation.aspx . 1 January 2013 .
  5. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_May_28/ai_86375438 Prestigious Boston Law Firm Relocates to Seaport District; Foley Hoag Paves the Way to Waterfront; Becomes Anchor Tenant at New World Trade Center West
  6. Web site: Foley Hoag Continues Growth of International Litigation and Arbitration Practice | Business Wire. businesswire.com. 16 April 2015.
  7. http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2011/06/foleyhoagparis.html Foley Hoag to Open in Paris With Winston & Strawn Hires
  8. https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/05/12/foley-hoag-opens-new-york-office/aDO9eEBGZDfIhu7gFsBqkL/story.html Foley Hoag opens New York office
  9. News: Former Mass. AG Martha Coakley joins e-cigarette company JUUL . Michael . Levenson . Matt . Stout . . limited . April 2, 2019 . April 3, 2019.
  10. News: Zibel . Alan . Vape and Switch: How Martha Coakley Joined Up with Juul . June 22, 2020 . The American Prospect . April 11, 2019.
  11. Web site: Practices | Foley Hoag . foleyhoag.com . 16 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130214181347/http://www.foleyhoag.com/services.aspx . 14 February 2013 .
  12. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/foley-hoag-wins-key-victory/story.aspx?guid=%7B0E1E61E3-3C9D-425F-880B-5BDA3BF7A362%7D&dist=hppr Foley Hoag Wins Key Victory for Government of Bolivia in Investor Dispute over Nationalization of Telephone Company Entel
  13. Web site: Rights . Voluntary Principles on Security and Human . Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights Focus on Promotion of Human Rights and Increasing Total Number of Participants . 2023-09-11 . www.prnewswire.com . en.
  14. Web site: News Archives | Embassy of the United States Oslo, Norway. norway.usembassy.gov. 16 April 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150416221549/http://norway.usembassy.gov/newambwhite.html. 16 April 2015.
  15. Web site: Chambers USA.
  16. Web site: Chambers Global.
  17. Web site: Latinvex.
  18. Web site: Legal 500.
  19. Web site: U.S. News & World Report.
  20. Web site: Human Rights On Hold. Corporate Counsel. 1 March 2013.
  21. Web site: Top Places To Work 2013. Boston Globe.
  22. Web site: Vault. Vault.com.
  23. Web site: Top Places To Work 2011. Boston Globe.
  24. Web site: Top Places To Work 2012. Boston Globe.
  25. Web site: The Best Places to Work. The American Lawyer.
  26. Web site: Law360.