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  • With over 600 lawyers and 600 support staff, Dorsey is one of the 100 largest law firms in the United States.

  • Dorsey has 19 offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific. The firm’s home base and its largest office is Minneapolis, with approximately 300 lawyers.

  • The firm offers services in more than 60 different areas of legal practice.

  • Dorsey represents more than one-third of the companies listed on the Fortune 100.

  • Dorsey represents more than half of the 100 largest Public companies in Minnesota.

  • Dorsey was a 1993 charter signatory of the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge, which asks firms to contribute 3% of billable hours to pro bono work. In 2009, Dorsey met the Challenge for the 17th consecutive year (5.6%).

  • Dorsey was founded in 1912 when two prominent Minneapolis lawyers, one of whom was a sitting Minnesota Supreme Court justice, joined together to serve the area’s burgeoning business community.

  • Dorsey is a leader in Canadian cross-border, capital-markets transactions, as well as US securities work on India, China and Hong Kong offerings.

  • Both public and privately-held companies depend on Dorsey for a full complement of corporate services.

  • Dorsey trial attorneys represent large corporations, medical institutions, small businesses, government entities, exempt organizations and individuals in all types of dispute resolution.

  • Dorsey Intellectual Property attorneys are skilled in technical fields and many hold advanced Ph.D. degrees.