资源描述:
《奥睿历史发展.doc》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在工程资料-天天文库。
1、奥睿历史发展Orrick5sHistoryOrrickowesitsreputationtothecharacter,integrity,ability,andentrepreneurialspiritofitslawyersandstaff,startingwithfoundersJarboe,Goodfellow,Eells,andOrrick,andcontinuingtothisday.OurexpertiseinpublicfinanceandcorporatelawandacitythaLheldtremendouspotential.stemsfromthesem
2、inalworkdonebyagroupof1egalinnovalorsinatimeOurBeginningsIn1863,theGermanSavingsandLoanSociety(whichwouldlaterbepartoftheFirstInterstateBankofCalifornia)wasorganized,withJohnR・Jarbocasitsgeneralcounse1.In1885,Jarboe,anauthorityonrealestatetitles,foundedJarboe,Harrison&Goodfellow,whichwouldbe
3、comethepresent-dayOrrick,Herrington&SutcliffeLLP・WhenMr.Jarboewasadmittedtothebarin185&theexaminationprocedurewasnotasorthodoxasitistoday.Then,candidatessubmittedtoanotdlexaminationinSacramentobyacommitteeofthreemembersoftheBarappointedbytheSupremeCourt・AfterMr.Jarboeansweredafewquestionsath
4、isexamination,oneoftheexaminerssaidtheywerewastingtheirtimebyquestioninghimonmattersaboutwhichhewasbetterinformedthanthey.Instead,theyaskedMr.Jarboeifheknewhowtomakebrandypunch."Idonot,"repliedJarboe,"butIhavediscoveredthattheymakeaveryfineoneattheSazerac,asaloonacrossthestreet,andIwouldbepl
5、easedifthelearnedcommitteewou1djoinmeintestingone."Theexaminationcontinuedinearnestatthesaloon.Thecommitteefoundtheapplicant/sjudgmenttobesound,indeed・WhenRalphC.HarrisonwasappointedjusticetotheCalifornieiSupremeCourtin1891,thepartnershipofJarboe,Harrison&Goodfellowwasdissolved・In1901,W.S.Go
6、odfellowformedanewpartnership,Goodfellow&EelIs.CharlesEelIs,describedbyWilliamOrrickasonewhose"impactoflearningandacutemindwassofteneclandmoldedbyhisuprightnessofcharacter,unerringsenseofrightandfairnessandbyaneverpresentfundofhumor,"helpedguideSanFranciscothroughchallengingtimes.LegalInnova
7、tionfromtheEarly1900searthquakeandinnovativeplantoamongitsclientsofinvestmentIn1905,Mr.HarrisonassembledthecorporationsthatbecamethePacificGas&ElectricCompany.Mr.HellswasinstrumentalinthereorganizationofFireman,sFundInsuranceCompanyafterthedevastat