Noteworthy Cases and Deals
Prominent cases the firm has been involved with include its work as counsel to Clarence Earl Gideon in the landmark case of Gideon v. Wainwright, subject of the Edgar Award-winning book Gideon's Trumpet by Anthony Lewis. The firm also represented the survivors of the Buffalo Creek Flood, one of the worst mining disasters in U.S. history. Their representation was the subject of the book Buffalo Creek Disaster by Gerald M. Stern, which is required reading in many law schools. In addition, it was the only significant law firm to represent the victims of Joseph McCarthy and the "loyalty review boards" that ruined the careers of many loyal government employees. All three founders of the firm were so upset by the use of secret evidence that at one point the firm's lawyers were spending half of their time fighting these cases.
More recently, Arnold & Porter successfully defended Random House from a claim of copyright infringement against the Da Vinci Code written by Dan Brown. Arnold & Porter served as outside counsel to the Independent Review Committee as it scrutinized the management style of Lawrence Small, the former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution who resigned when some details of excessive expenses became public. The firm was also counsel to Philip Morris in the mass tort litigation of the 1990s, WorldCom executive Scott Sullivan, Martha Stewart, and CBS in its litigation against Howard Stern.
The firm also successfully represented the government of Venezuela in its case against the United States' Clean Air Act, on the grounds that the CAA violated World Trade Organization agreements.
Arnold & Porter represented US Airways in its merger with America West. Arnold & Porter also assisted SBC Communications Inc. in its acquisition of AT&T Corp., forming the new AT&T Inc.
The firm is also noted for its pro bono work including assisting the family of Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper in obtaining the first posthumous Presidential pardon in U.S. history, and representation of Ukrainian mail order bride Nataliya Fox against international marriage broker Encounters International in a ground breaking case that helped to establish the rights of such women.
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