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| | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | The Firm | History |
 | | The Firm consisted of four lawyers: two young “name” partners -- William B. Hornblower, 37, a Columbia Law School graduate, and James Byrne, 31, from Harvard Law School -- and two “associates” (law clerks) -- Edward Sanford and Mark Potter. The nonlegal staff consisted of one male stenographer and a couple of office boys. |
 | | During his career, Hornblower was President of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (1913-14) and also served as President of the New York State Bar Association from 1901 to 1902. He probably argued more |
 | | Harold Gallagher died at the age of 86. Since his arrival at the Hornblower Firm in 1917, the Firm had grown from nine partners and ten associates, and a staff of about 30, to more than 50 partners and almost 100 associates, and a staff of more than 250. |
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