A federal judge just approved a deal between a Biglaw firm and “the longest-lived dead law firm in the Western World.” To what defunct Biglaw firm, founded in the 1853 and dissolved in 2006, was she referring?
Hint: Lawyers in the case were quick to point out that, in fact, Brobeck is the longest living dead law firm, still kicking around in the California bankruptcy system 13 years after its death.
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Answer: Coudert Brothers, founded by brothers Frederic René Coudert, Sr., Charles Coudert, Jr., and Louis Leonce Coudert. The international law-focused firm had an impressive history. Frederic himself was tapped for the U.S. Supreme Court by Grover Cleveland and declined the offer — the slot eventually went to Justice Edward White who would later go on to serve as Chief Justice.