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When the lawyers at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft moved to new headquarters a few years ago, they brought their old doors with them. That venerable walnut seemed to embody the traditions of the nation's senior firm, founded in 1792. But beyond the doors, their New York City offices are typical of the sleek, hard-driving operations that now dominate the profession. Overlooking its ten- story atrium are hundreds of lawyers' work spaces. Stop by at 3 a.m., and a dozen or more unlucky souls will be there, grinding out documents around the clock. Even at a respected old firm...
...Juror Karen Dyer put it. In the end, the panel concluded that Hedgecock had 1) conspired to allow some $360,000 in illicit funds to be channeled into his 1983 campaign, and 2) lied over and over to cover up the scheme. The prosecutor, Deputy District Attorney Charles Wickersham, said that what clinched the verdict was a check for $3,000 made out to Hedgecock by one of three co-defendants, as well as proof that a second co-defendant had given him $130,000 to remodel his home...
...Bill Wickersham, Executive Director...
Some customers said they had been attracted by the prestigious company that the Sentinel concerns kept. Sentinel was a client of the prominent Wall Street law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, which has also counseled the likes of Holiday Inns, Occidental Petroleum and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Peat, Marwick, Mitchell...
Upon his graduation from Law School, Kane joined the New York firm of Cadwalder, Wickersham and Taft, where he remained a partner until his death...