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The anointed : New York's big law firms : how they started, how they grew, and how they ran the country /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lambert, Jeremiah D., 1934- (Author), Stewart, Geoffrey S. (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Davis, Polk & Wardwell > History > 20th century.
Sullivan & Cromwell > History > 20th century.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore > History > 20th century.
Law > United States > History > 20th century.
Law firms > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Anointed
  • The Past Remembered
  • An Ancient Rivalry
  • "Morgan's Attorney General"
  • Railroads & Railroad Reorganizations
  • Age of Trusts & The Progressive Era
  • William Nelson Cromwell & The Panama Canal
  • Sullivan & Cromwell, National & International
  • The Cravath System and Cravath the Man
  • Early Cravath Alumni
  • Robert Swaine and Cravath's Reorganization Practice
  • he Creation of Davis Polk & Wardwell
  • John W. Davis's Law Firm
  • Sullivan & Cromwell and Opportunity in the Aftermath of War
  • The Advent of Regulation
  • Fighting the New Deal
  • The Dulles Brothers and the Postwar World
  • Change Comes to Davis Polk
  • Back to the Future.