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Hopkins & Sutter

Defunct American law firm

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name	Hopkins & Sutter
founded
founder	Albert Hopkins
Harry Sutter
defunct
hq_location_city	Chicago
homepage	www.hopsut.com

Harry Sutter

Hopkins & Sutter was a Chicago-based law firm that practiced from 1921 to 2000, before it merged with Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner.

History

The firm was established by Albert Hopkins and Harry Sutter. Hopkins had worked for two years at the Interstate Commerce Commission and for one year with the predecessor to the Internal Revenue Service, while Sutter was tax counsel to the Guaranty Trust Company of New York.

In 1923, the firm opened an office in Washington, D.C. Hopkins also operated an office in Detroit, Michigan. The firm was known for its expertise in tax, insurance.public policy and transportation finance work.

Merger

Hopkins & Sutter acquired the lobbying and public policy law firm of Leonard, Ralston, Sutter & Remington in 1997. The firm merged with Foley & Lardner in 2000 and all of its 130 attorneys joined that national firm, though many partners have since departed in the years following the merger.

Notable attorneys

Samuel K. Skinner, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff
Barack Obama, summer associate in the 1990 class
Jerris Leonard, former Wisconsin politician and lobbyist

References

(2000-12-13). "Hopkins & Sutter to merge".
Woolsey, Christine. "Hopkins & Sutter to merge".
"Crain's Chicago Business".
Tribune, Chicago. (2001-02-03). "PROMINENT HOPKINS LAWYERS OPT OUT OF FOLEY MERGER".
(2014). "Historical Dictionary of the Barack Obama Administration". Rowman & Littlefield.
"Wisconsin Lawyer, June 2000 (wisbar.org)".

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