Dorsey & Whitney

Dorsey & Whitney

Dorsey & Whitney LLP (or "Dorsey") is a large law firm, with close to 600 lawyers and 650 staff located in 19 offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. While Dorsey no longer has a single headquarters, its largest office and "home base" is in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dorsey is currently led by its managing partner, Marianne D. Short. Its lawyers have included several prominent public figures, such as former U.S. Supreme Court justice Harry Blackmun, former Vice President Walter Mondale (who still works there actively), former Governor of Iowa Tom Vilsack, and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar. It also included legal scholar William Prosser, author of the most important legal textbook in American tort law, Prosser On Torts.