McKenna, Long & Aldridge
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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP</b> (MLA) is "an international law firm comprised of 375 lawyers and public policy advisors with offices in Atlanta, Brussels, Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco and Washington, DC. ... clients are a mix of numerous Fortune 500 firms, mid-size companies, major government contractors, real estate developers and non-profit organizations of all types," according to the firm's website.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The firm "specializes in regulated industries and complex litigation. Other practice areas include real estate finance and development and debt restructuring and bankruptcy." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.hoovers.com/mckenna-long-%26-aldridge/--ID__124274--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml?cm_ven=PAID&cm_cat=INK&cm_pla=CO1&cm_ite=mckenna-long-&-aldridge">[1]</a></font></p>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/McKenna_Long_%26_Aldridge_LLP#Homeland_Security"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Homeland Security</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/McKenna_Long_%26_Aldridge_LLP#Some_Significant_Cases"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Some Significant Cases</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/McKenna_Long_%26_Aldridge_LLP#Key_People"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Key People</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/McKenna_Long_%26_Aldridge_LLP#Clients"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Clients</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/McKenna_Long_%26_Aldridge_LLP#Contact_Details"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Contact Details</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/McKenna_Long_%26_Aldridge_LLP#Related_SourceWatch_Resources"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch Resources</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/McKenna_Long_%26_Aldridge_LLP#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/McKenna_Long_%26_Aldridge_LLP#Profiles"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Profiles</span></font></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge_LLP#Articles.26_Commentary"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">7.2</span> <span class="toctext">Articles & Commentary</span></font></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Homeland_Security"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Homeland Security</font></span></h2>
<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On June 18, 2004, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="Department of Homeland Security" class="mw-redirect">Department of Homeland Security</a> "issued the first ever certifications under the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Support_Anti-Terrorism_by_Fostering_Effective_Technologies_Act_of_2002" title="Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002">Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002</a> (SAFETY Act) for Teledyne's Brown Engineering's (Teledyne) WaterSabre(TM) and Michael Stapleton Associates' (MSA) SmartTech(TM) and Explosive Detection Teams (EDT) anti-terrorism products and services. McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) provided essential assistance related to the SAFETY Act applications filed by Teledyne and MSA to secure certification from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-18-2004/0002195843&EDATE=">[2]</a></font></p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Some_Significant_Cases"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Some Significant Cases</font></span></h2>
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Raymond_B._Biagini&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raymond B. Biagini (page does not exist)">Raymond B. Biagini</a>, Co-Vice Chairman 2002-2003: "... has risen to national prominence in a number of high profile tort cases, defending companies in the <b>Exxon Valdez litigation</b>; the Cell Phone Radiation Hazards lawsuits; the 'Fen-Phen' litigation; the nationwide Repetitive Stress Injury suits; claims arising out of 'friendly fire' accidents during Operation Desert Storm; and '<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/War_crime" title="War crime">war crimes</a>' allegations filed against manufacturers of military weapons systems sold to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.marketaccess.org/bio_biagini.asp">[3]</a></font></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Key_People"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Key People</font></span></h2>
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Clay_C._Long&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clay C. Long (page does not exist)">Clay C. Long</a>, Co-Chairman</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=James_J._Gallagher&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James J. Gallagher (page does not exist)">James J. Gallagher</a>, Co-Chairman</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Thomas_D._Hall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas D. Hall (page does not exist)">Thomas D. Hall</a>, Managing Partner</font></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Clients"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Clients</font></span></h2>
<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mckennalong.com/firm-clients.html">Representative Client List</a> includes:
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Aflac" title="Aflac">Aflac</a>, Inc.</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">AGL Resources Inc.</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/AT%26T" title="AT&T">AT&T</a> Corporation</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Boeing_Company" title="Boeing Company" class="mw-redirect">Boeing Company</a></font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">City of Atlanta</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Canadian-American Business Council</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Cisco Systems, Inc.</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Coca-Cola" title="Coca-Cola" class="mw-redirect">Coca-Cola</a> Enterprises Inc.</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Delta_Air_Lines" title="Delta Air Lines">Delta Air Lines</a>, Inc.</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Dow_AgroSciences" title="Dow AgroSciences">Dow AgroSciences</a> LLC</font></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Duke_Energy_Corporation" title="Duke Energy Corporation" class="mw-redirect"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Duke Energy Corporation</font></a></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Eon Labs, Inc.</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">FleetBoston Financial Corp. (now <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bank_of_America" title="Bank of America" class="mw-redirect">Bank of America</a>, NA)</font></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/General_Motors_Corporation" title="General Motors Corporation"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">General Motors Corporation</font></a></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corporation</font></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hewlett-Packard_Company" title="Hewlett-Packard Company"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Hewlett-Packard Company</font></a></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Honeywell" title="Honeywell">Honeywell</a> International, Inc.</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">LG Electronics, Inc.</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">LG.Philips LCD Co., LTD</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lehman_Brothers" title="Lehman Brothers">Lehman Brothers</a> Holdings, Inc.</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lockheed_Martin" title="Lockheed Martin">Lockheed Martin</a> Corporation</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Monsanto" title="Monsanto">Monsanto</a> Company</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Morgan_Stanley" title="Morgan Stanley">Morgan Stanley</a> Real Estate Funds</font></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Motorola_Inc." title="Motorola Inc." class="mw-redirect"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Motorola Inc.</font></a></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">NOVA Corporation</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">State of Georgia</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Synovus Financial Corp.</font></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Textron_Inc.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Textron Inc. (page does not exist)"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Textron Inc.</font></a></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Unisys" title="Unisys">Unisys</a> Corporation</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">WorldTravel BTI</font></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Contact_Details"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Contact Details</font></span></h2>
<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1900 K Street NW Suite 100
Washington, DC 200016
Phone: 202-496-7500
Fax: 202-496-7756
URL: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.mckennalong.com">http://www.mckennalong.com</a>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Related_SourceWatch_Resources"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Related SourceWatch Resources</font></span></h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Defense_contractors" title="Defense contractors"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">defense contractors</font></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Homeland_Security_contractors" title="Homeland Security contractors"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Homeland Security contractors</font></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Phillip_Carter" title="Phillip Carter"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Phillip Carter</font></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Randy_Evans" title="Randy Evans"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Randy Evans</font></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">External links</font></span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Profiles"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Profiles</font></span></h3>
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lawperiscope.com/profiles/163.html">MLA Profile</a>, <i>Law Periscope</i>.</font></li>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Articles_.26_Commentary"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Articles & Commentary</font></span></h3>
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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-18-2004/0002195843&EDATE=">"Two McKenna Long & Aldridge Clients First to Earn Safety Act Certification From Department of Homeland Security,"</a> PR Newswire, June 18, 2004.</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Tory Newmyer, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rollcall.com/pub/1_1/breakingnews/7605-1.html">"Retiring Sen. Miller to Join McKenna, Long & Aldridge,"</a> <i>Roll Call</i>, December 8, 2005.</font></li>
<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mckennacuneo.com/news-mlanews-1274.html">News Release: "MLA Helps Client Secure BioShield Contract for AVA Anthrax Vaccine,"</a> McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, May 6, 2005.</font></li>
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</ul><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">wiki 12 22</font></div><div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">McKenna Long & Aldridge was formed by the 2002 merger of two firms—the Washington, DC-based McKenna & Cuneo and the Atlanta-based Long Aldridge & Norman.<sup id="cite_ref-history_6-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-history-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a></sup> The firm that would become McKenna & Cuneo was founded in 1939 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D.Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>'s former attorney general, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Stille_Cummings" title="Homer Stille Cummings" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Homer Stille Cummings</a>. In a December 1999 profile of McKenna & Cuneo, the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Legal Times" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Legal Times</a></i> noted that early lawyers at the firm, Gilbert Cuneo and Albert Reeves Jr., helped create the nation's first government contracts practice.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The firm that would become Long Aldridge & Norman was founded in 1974 by Clay Long, John Aldridge and Bill Stevens. The firm focused on corporate and business law through its Atlanta and Washington, DC offices.<sup id="cite_ref-history_6-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-history-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 2012, MLA and San Diego-based law firm <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luce,Forward,Hamilton%26_Scripps" title="Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps</a> LLP combined practices.<sup id="cite_ref-merger_7-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-merger-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a></sup> Luce Forward, founded in 1873 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_A.Luce" title="Moses A. Luce" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Moses A. Luce</a>, was the first law firm founded in what would become <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego,California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">San Diego, California</a>, and was the firm responsible for drafting the charter that established the city.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a></sup> The merged firms operate under the name McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP.<sup id="cite_ref-merger_7-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-merger-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">In April 2015, it was agreed that the firm would merge with the law firm <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentons" title="Dentons" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Dentons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[9]</a></sup> The merger was completed in June 2015.</font></p><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Noteworthy_cases">Noteworthy cases</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h2><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The firm represented the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Canada" title="Government of Canada" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">government of Canada</a> in connection with the record-breaking reorganizations of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler" title="Chrysler" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Chrysler</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">General Motors</a> (GM). The firm served as lead counsel in both transactions for the government of Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-conley_10-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-conley-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a></sup> The firm advised the government of Canada on the court-supervised sale of Chrysler that resulted in an alliance with Italian car maker <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat" title="Fiat" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Fiat</a>. As part of the transaction, the Canadian government along with the province of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ontario</a> provided a $3.775 billion loan, which enabled Canada to maintain its 20 percent production share in the North American market and protect nearly one million Canadian jobs. In connection with the court-supervised sale of a majority interest in GM to the equity owned largely by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Department_of_Treasury" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Treasury" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U.S. Department of Treasury</a>, the Canadian government along with the province of Ontario provided a $9.5 billion loan to the new GM—an amount proportional to the $50 billion package provided by the U.S. government.<sup id="cite_ref-redorbit_11-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-redorbit-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The firm's assisted the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashantucket_Pequot_Tribal_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation</a> in what is believed to be the first contested union election conducted under a tribal labor statute. The tribe owns and operates <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxwoods_Resort_Casino" title="Foxwoods Resort Casino" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Foxwoods Resort Casino</a> and hired the firm when the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Food_and_Commercial_Workers_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="United Food and Commercial Workers Union" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">United Food and Commercial Workers Union</a> (UFCW) sought to unionize Foxwoods' bartenders and beverage servicers. The firm began representing the tribe and Foxwoods in late 2007 after the<b> National Labor Relations Board</b> asserted jurisdiction over the tribe, which allowed the United Auto Workers to use federal law to successfully unionize Foxwoods' table games dealers. To avoid the same fate and, more importantly, to preserve tribal sovereignty, the team persuaded the UFCW to hold an election using the Mashantucket Pequot Labor Relations Law instead of the National Labor Relations Act.<sup id="cite_ref-union_12-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-union-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In January 2009, MLA closed a $142 million project finance deal for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Beatty" title="Balfour Beatty" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Balfour Beatty</a> Communities to design, build, develop, renovate and manage privatized family housing at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lackland_Air_Force_Base" title="Lackland Air Force Base" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Lackland Air Force Base</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio,Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio, Texas" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">San Antonio, Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lackland_13-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-lackland-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a></sup></font></li></ul><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span id="Notable_attorneys.2C_professionals.2C_and_alumni" /><span class="mw-headline" id="Notable_attorneys,professionals,and_alumni">Notable attorneys, professionals, and alumni</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Alumni">Alumni</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h3><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_A.Aguilar" title="Luis A. Aguilar" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Luis A. Aguilar</a>, Democratic commissioner of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Securities_and_Exchange_Commission" title="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</a> in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Carter" title="Phil Carter" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Phillip Carter</a>, Iraq War veteran and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a></sup></font></li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Attorneys_and_professionals">Attorneys and professionals</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h3><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurbert_Baker" title="Thurbert Baker" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Thurbert Baker</a>, former Attorney General of the state of Georgia <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Dean" title="Howard Dean" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Howard Dean</a>, former Governor of Vermont, Presidential candidate, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee" title="Democratic National Committee" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Democratic National Committee</a> Chairman, was named a Senior Strategic Advisor on March 5, 2009</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[17]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[19]</a></sup></font></li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Evans" title="Randy Evans" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Randy Evans</a>, former outside counsel to Speakers of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Newt Gingrich</a> and Dennis Hastert <sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[20]</a></sup></font></li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Giffin" class="mw-redirect" title="Gordon Giffin" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Gordon Giffin</a>, US Ambassador to Canada, 1997–2001 <sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a></sup></font></li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryscott(Scotty)Greenwood" title="Maryscott (Scotty) Greenwood" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Maryscott (Scotty) Greenwood</a>, specialist in Canada/US relations and a former political appointee in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Clinton Administration" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Clinton Administration</a></font></li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sada_Jacobson" title="Sada Jacobson" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Sada Jacobson</a> (J.D. 2011), Olympic fencing silver and bronze medalist</font></li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Skaggs" title="David Skaggs" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">David Skaggs</a>, former Congressman from Colorado from 1987 to 1999, currently serves as a Senior Strategic Advisor and Independent Consultant in the firm's Denver office.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[22]</a></sup></font></li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Tanenblatt" title="Eric Tanenblatt" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Eric Tanenblatt</a>, former chief of staff to Georgia Governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Perdue" title="Sonny Perdue" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Sonny Perdue</a> and longtime advisor to the late US Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Coverdell" title="Paul Coverdell" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Paul Coverdell</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long%26_Aldridge#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[23]</a></sup></font></li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_A.Williams" title="Anthony A. Williams" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Anthony A. Williams</a>, fifth mayor of the District of Columbia, served as a Senior Strategic Advisor to the firm<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenna_Long_%26_Aldridge#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[24]</a></sup></font></li></ul></div>
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