Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP is a U.S.-based law firm with 16 offices and approximately 400 attorneys providing a broad range of legal services. Its offices are located along the East Coast from Boston to Miami and extend into the Midwest by way of Chicago. On September 1, 2017 Saul Ewing, LLP and Arnstein & Lehr, LLP merged to form Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP.
History
In 1921, Maurice Bower Saul begins Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, along with his brother, Walter Biddle Saul, Joseph Ewing and Raymond Remick. The partners combined their strengths in banking, estate management, litigation, international commerce, tax and real-estate development to work with many of the clients served by John G. Johnson, the leader of the Philadelphia bar who had died in 1917. Over the years, the firm continued to grow, expanding outside of Pennsylvania in 1982 with an office in Wilmington, Delaware. By 1998, the firm attained regional status, with offices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. In 2000, the firm shortened its name to Saul Ewing and became a limited liability partnership. The firm expanded its footprint with offices in Boston, Mass. and Pittsburgh, Pa.. Saul Ewing was named a "Pennsylvania Powerhouse" firm by Law360 for several years. Under the direction of Managing Partner Barry F. Levin, in 2017, the firm completed its largest merger to date, combining with Chicago-based Arnstein & Lehr LLP, an established, 125-year-old firm, known for its litigation, bankruptcy and real estate practices. The combination added four offices in Illinois and Florida and 140 attorneys, bringing the firm's total number of attorneys to more than 400.
Representation of Cantor Fitzgerald in its effort to recover for business interruption losses due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed 658 Cantor employees.
Representation of Trust Preferred Holders, winning $100 million recovery in the Conseco bankruptcy in federal bankruptcy court.
Practice areas
As a full-service law firm, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr provides legal advice and assistance in areas that include, bankruptcy and reorganization, business practice, criminal defense and internal investigations, litigation, employee benefits and executive compensation, estates and trusts, health law, insurance, intellectual property, immigration and foreign investments and labor and employment. It offers services to individuals, entrepreneurs, non-profits organizations, academic institutions, and government agencies.
Industries served
Aviation
Construction
Energy
Financial Services
Food and Beverage
Government Contracts
Health Care
Higher Education
Infrastructure
Insurance
Life Sciences
Ports and Maritime
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Real Estate
Technology and Manufacturing
Telecommunications
Offices
The firm’s administrative headquarters are in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania office and its largest office is in Chicago, Illinois. The remaining offices are in Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Miami, Florida; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Newark, New Jersey; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Princeton, New Jersey; Washington D.C.; West Palm Beach, Florida and Wilmington, Delaware.
Henry “Hank” Ruth, Watergate Special Prosecutor, took leave from the Firm in 1973 to be Chief Deputy in the Watergate Investigation. In 1974 he was appointed the 3rd Special Prosecutor. One year later he issued a 271 page report on the investigation and, upon resigning, returned to the Philadelphia office.
Albert Henry Loeb, in 1893, along with his partner Sydney Adler, founded a law firm which later would become Arnstein & Lehr. In 1895 Loeb handled the reorganization of Sears, Roebuck and Company and incorporated the company in Illinois. In 1903 he became a full time Sears executive and subsequently the number two man in the organization.
J. Hamilton Lewis, served as a United States Senator from Illinois. He was the first to be elected as Majority Whip. He was a partner in the Firm between terms in the Senate and returned to the Senate in 1930 where he served until his death in 1939.
L.M. Varner in 1934 became the Firm’s first woman partner. She was one of the few women lawyers in Chicago when, in 1929, she joined the Firm as an associate and was a part of the Firm’s very active commercial real estate practice.
