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Covington & Burling
Covington & Burling LLP is an American multinational law firm. Known as a white-shoe law firm, it is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and advises clients on transactional, litigation, regulatory, and public policy matters. The firm has additional offices in the United States, as well as in Belgium, China, England, Germany, South Africa, South Korea, and United Arab Emirates.
Judge J. Harry Covington and Edward B. Burling founded Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., on January 1, 1919.
In 1988, Covington opened a London office that was followed in 1990 by opening a Brussels office. In 1999, Covington merged with Howard, Smith & Levin, a New York firm of 60 attorneys and the firm opened its first West Coast office in San Francisco. In 2008, Covington entered into a strategic alliance with Institution Quraysh for Law & Policy, a Qatar-based transnational law firm and think-tank, for the joint provision of legal and consulting services in the Middle East.
The firm was listed as #15 among the Vault Law 100 in 2025.
On February 25, 2025, President Donald Trump revoked security clearances held by employees of the Covington & Burling law firm, citing its provision of pro bono legal services to former Special Counsel Jack Smith, the prosecutor in two criminal cases charging Trump, both of which were dropped following the results of the 2024 election. Smith had received $140,000 in free legal services from the firm, according to a January 10 disclosure by his office. Politico reported that at least two attorneys at the firm, Peter Koski and Lanny Breuer, have represented Smith.
Litigation clients of Covington & Burling include Alps Electric; Citibank; JP Morgan; National Football League; AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, Inc. and McKesson Corporation, prescription opioid manufacturers; and Roundup herbicide producer Monsanto Company.[non-primary source needed]
The government of California hired Covington & Burling attorney and former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder to represent the state in legal matters related to actions of the first Donald Trump administration.
According to press reports and filings with the U.S. Department of Justice under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, following the enactment of the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement, Covington & Burling assisted the government of Australia in pursuing the legislation to create a new visa category reserved exclusively for nationals of Australia. The Covington team included Stuart Eizenstat, Martin Gold, Roderick DeArment, David Marchick, Elizabeth Letchworth, Les Carnegie, and Brian Smith. On November 20, 2012, the LegalTimes reported that the Embassy of South Korea had hired Covington & Burling to advise on a similar visa for Korea. Covington of counsel Brian Smith and senior international policy adviser Alan Larson reportedly led the matter, assisted by senior counsel Martin Gold and associate Jonathan Wakely.
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Covington & Burling
Covington & Burling LLP is an American multinational law firm. Known as a white-shoe law firm, it is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and advises clients on transactional, litigation, regulatory, and public policy matters. The firm has additional offices in the United States, as well as in Belgium, China, England, Germany, South Africa, South Korea, and United Arab Emirates.
Judge J. Harry Covington and Edward B. Burling founded Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., on January 1, 1919.
In 1988, Covington opened a London office that was followed in 1990 by opening a Brussels office. In 1999, Covington merged with Howard, Smith & Levin, a New York firm of 60 attorneys and the firm opened its first West Coast office in San Francisco. In 2008, Covington entered into a strategic alliance with Institution Quraysh for Law & Policy, a Qatar-based transnational law firm and think-tank, for the joint provision of legal and consulting services in the Middle East.
The firm was listed as #15 among the Vault Law 100 in 2025.
On February 25, 2025, President Donald Trump revoked security clearances held by employees of the Covington & Burling law firm, citing its provision of pro bono legal services to former Special Counsel Jack Smith, the prosecutor in two criminal cases charging Trump, both of which were dropped following the results of the 2024 election. Smith had received $140,000 in free legal services from the firm, according to a January 10 disclosure by his office. Politico reported that at least two attorneys at the firm, Peter Koski and Lanny Breuer, have represented Smith.
Litigation clients of Covington & Burling include Alps Electric; Citibank; JP Morgan; National Football League; AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, Inc. and McKesson Corporation, prescription opioid manufacturers; and Roundup herbicide producer Monsanto Company.[non-primary source needed]
The government of California hired Covington & Burling attorney and former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder to represent the state in legal matters related to actions of the first Donald Trump administration.
According to press reports and filings with the U.S. Department of Justice under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, following the enactment of the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement, Covington & Burling assisted the government of Australia in pursuing the legislation to create a new visa category reserved exclusively for nationals of Australia. The Covington team included Stuart Eizenstat, Martin Gold, Roderick DeArment, David Marchick, Elizabeth Letchworth, Les Carnegie, and Brian Smith. On November 20, 2012, the LegalTimes reported that the Embassy of South Korea had hired Covington & Burling to advise on a similar visa for Korea. Covington of counsel Brian Smith and senior international policy adviser Alan Larson reportedly led the matter, assisted by senior counsel Martin Gold and associate Jonathan Wakely.