History
- 1948 — The firm was founded in New York by Marshall Skadden, John Slate and Les Arps.
- 1954 — Joseph Flom became a partner.
- 1959 — William Meagher joined the firm. Elizabeth Head, the firm's first female attorney, was hired.
- 1961 — The firm's name became Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
- 1973 — The firm opened its Boston office, the firm's second.
- 1981 — Peggy Kerr became the first female partner.
- 1985 — Skadden became one of the U.S.'s three largest law firms.
- 1987 — The firm opened its first international office in Tokyo.
- 1988 — The firm founded the Skadden Fellowship Foundation.
- 2000 — New York City headquarters moved to Four Times Square, also called the Condé Nast Building.
- 2011 — Joseph Flom, the last living name partner dies.
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