Talk:Cravath, Swaine & Moore

Blatchford
"The firm arose from two predecessor firms, led by William H. Seward (later Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State) and Richard M. Blatchford (later appointed to the Supreme Court), respectively" I think the authors meant Samuel Blatchford who was on the Suprmeme Court, there is no record of a justice Richard M. Blachford. Seeing as the article on Samuel Blatchford mentions his working creating Cravath, Swaine & Moore I am making the change.

Merger work
Article might also mention a number of prominent, recent mergers: Cravath did the AOL-Time Warner merger, Sprint-Nextel, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.117.232.33 (talk) May 16, 2005

Prestigious
Cravath IS the most prestigous firm in America. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.243.236.29 (talk • contribs) 03:52, 7 February 2006 (UTC).


 * Please sign and date your comments. I am not going to get into an argument about whether one can really identify the single most prestigious firm in the US (I don't really believe claims that should be made in Wikipedia articles unless they are sourced to a third party), but I would not that growing up in the UK legal system, we always had the belief that Sullivan & Cromwell was the most prestigious firm in the US. Legis 08:02, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

I would add, that as a dual-qualified lawyer in both New York and England, Cravath is arguably the most prestigious firm in the US (whatever that means), but in London it barely registers. To claim that it is the most prestigious firm in the world is simply false, especially given London's current pre-eminence in finance and cross-border work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.39.213.106 (talk) 02:51, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

The citation is a prestige ranking by vault of presitige of the partner. In that way, Cravath is the most prestigious in America. However, the more widely accepted method of associate prestige ranks Cravath as a very close second every year for as long as I can remember. Sullivan and Cromwell is a distant third on both lists, fyi. Despite this, I see no reason to say it is the most prestigious in either america or the world.LedRush (talk) 16:27, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Cravath is well known as "Death Star". Why not put it in the article? Prestige is a funny thing. Mention Cravath to even a business class passenger on a flight and they may or may not know it. Skadden Arps and Shearman and Sterling are well known to some members of the public, who often don't know the subtle differences between firms. 903M (talk) 05:45, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

I'm very sorry, but the claim that Cravath is the world's most prestigious law firm because a group of partners based in the United States voted it accordingly is simply astounding. Accordingly, I am changing it to to read "amongst the most prestigious in the world." If there are objections, we can discuss it accordingly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.207.33.253 (talk) 16:19, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

One Worldwide Plaza
Didn't Cravath have an equity stake in One Worldwide Plaza when it was built??? If so, did they hold on to it during the recent downturn and various sales??? If not, when did they sell it? (assuming they had an equity stake to begin with). I know that a lot of lawfirms got into the real estate business - I know that Dewey Ballantine held a chunk of that refurbished Rockefeller Center building - or, at least they did in the early 90's. How about Cravath? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.131.179 (talk) September 2, 2009

Cravath represented the Nazi regime in the 1930's according to its own book. Swaine, The Cravath Firm And Its Predecessors: 1819-1947. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobby5000 (talk • contribs) 11:06, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

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Relationship with CBS
Since it was founded in 1927, the claim that it goes back to the 1800s seems dubious. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 18:49, 16 December 2017 (UTC)