History
Founded as in 1917 in New York by Benjamin Kaye and Jacob Scholer. Scholer was a graduate of New York Law School. Kaye was a banking lawyer and noted playwright. The firm was known as Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays and Handler for many years.
Kaye Scholer launched in Washington, D.C. in 1980 and now that office employs 50 attorneys.
Charges brought by the Office of Thrift Supervision against the firm in 1992 related to its representation of Charles Keating and his bank, Lincoln Savings and Loan, generated one of the most prominent legal ethics controversies of the decade.
Kaye Scholer opened an office in West Palm Beach in 1997 where it focuses on real estate and estate planning law.
The firm was the first New York-based law firm to launch in Shanghai in 1998.
In 2010, the firm opened its ninth office in Silicon Valley. Kaye Scholer's Silicon Valley office offers a full range of legal services to technology companies and private investment firms. From complex intellectual property matters involving patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secret disputes for the software, hardware, computer, electronics, entertainment and movie industries to private and public financings, joint ventures, licensing, acquisitions and fund formations, Kaye Scholer successfully delivers sophisticated, focused and efficient representation to companies throughout Silicon Valley and Northern California.
Following the merger of London-based Clifford Chance and legacy firm Rogers & Wells, Kaye Scholer benefited from a series of key lateral partners in intellectual property and bankruptcy.
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