White and Williams

White and Williams LLP
HeadquartersPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
No. of offices10
No. of attorneys225[1]
Major practice areasGeneral Practice
Key people
  • Andrew Susko[2][3]
  • (Managing Partner and Chair of the Executive Committee)
Date founded1899[4]
FounderThomas Raeburn White
Company typeLimited Liability Partnership
WebsiteWhiteandWilliams.com

White and Williams LLP is a law firm, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1899 by Thomas Raeburn White.[4] White and Williams currently has approximately 225 lawyers and serves clients from ten offices located throughout Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland, Rhode Island, Delaware, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts.[5]

White and Williams has been nationally ranked as a Tier 1 Best Law Firm by U.S. News & World Report in insurance law and nationally ranked as a Tier 2 Best Law Firm in bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law.[1]

In the 1950s, White and Williams assisted in enforcing the desegregation of public schools in the south when W. Wilson White, son of Thomas Raeburn White, was called upon by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower to author legal opinions supporting the use of federal troops in Little Rock, Arkansas.[6] In 1961, the firm became one of the first Philadelphia headquartered law firms to elect a woman, Virginia "Ginny" Barton Wallace, to the partnership.[4]

  1. ^ a b "U.S. News – Best Lawyers – White and Williams LLP". Bestlawfirms.usnews.com. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
  2. ^ Journal, A. B. A. "Managing partner of White & Williams, 59, died in sleep at vacation home over weekend". ABA Journal. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  3. ^ Blumenthal, Jeff (Nov 18, 2013). "White & Williams Chairman and Managing Partner Guy Cellucci, dies at 59". bizjournals.com. Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "White and Williams LLP – Firm History: White and Williams LLP". Whiteandwilliams.com. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
  5. ^ "Media Kit: At a Glance Fast Facts: White and Williams LLP". Whiteandwilliams.com. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-10-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)