Post 200: Top D.C.-Area Businesses

Crowell & Moring LLP

One of the firms founders, Eldon "Took" H. Crowell.

One of the firms founders, Eldon "Took" H. Crowell. (Photo: Courtesy of company.)

About Crowell & Moring LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20004
www.crowell.com | 202-624-2500 | Founded: 1979

Industry: Law Firm | Category: Law Firms and Lobbyists

Crowell & Moring, started by 53 lawyers in 1979, now has more than 350 — two-thirds of whom are involved regularly in litigation. The Human Rights Campaign gave the firm 100 percent last year on its index that measures treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender clients, employees and investors. Crowell & Moring represented Enron creditors in their $1.66 billion settlement with Citigroup in March.

2007 Financial Data

Total employees: 863 | Local employees: 303

Did You Know

JUST DUCKY: When rubber ducks mysteriously showed up in the fountain in the firm's reception area, they weren't removed because, Chairman Kent A. Gardiner said, "they make the fountain just right for us."

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