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Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon was a prominent New York City law firm tracing its origin back to 1869. The firm was later known as Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, & Alexander; and was later renamed Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander. The firm is known best as the legal relaunching pad of Richard Nixon. The firm employed some 190 lawyers at the time of dissolution in 1995. Among problems that ultimately destroyed the firm were a long internal fight for leadership, management, and significant client defections.

Notable alumni and employees

• Geoffrey Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
• William P. Ford, defender of civil rights for Salvadorans.
• David M. Friedman, U.S. Ambassador
• Randolph H. Guthrie, chairman of the Studebaker corporation and later of Studebaker-Worthington.
• Elizabeth Blodgett Hall, headmistress for Concord Academy
• Gao Xiqing, General Manager of the China Investment Corporation
• Leonard Garment, White House Counsel after the resignation of John Dean
• James Halpern, a judge of the United States Tax Court
• Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former Assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush
• John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General
• Richard M. Nixon, the thirty-seventh President of the United States
• Ralph Oman, former Register of Copyrights of the United States
• Jed S. Rakoff, a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York
• John Sears, an attorney and a Republican political strategist.
• Gordon C. Strachan, aide to White House Chief of Staff H.R. "Bob" Haldeman under U.S. President Richard Nixon
• John Kirby, notable for his successful defense for Nintendo against Universal Studios over the copyrightability of the character of Donkey Kong.

References

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6. "Milton C. Rose, 97, Lawyer At Firm of Nixon and Mitchell". The New York Times. 21 March 2002. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
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10. Paul Moorehead (July 22, 2013). "Radical Enlightenment: The Man Behind Nixon's Federal Indian Policy". Indian Country Media Network. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
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13. "Mitchell Takes Leave From His Law Office - The New York Times". The New York Times. 1973-05-12. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
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17. By TOM GOLDSTEINSEPT. 20, 1975 (1975-09-20). "Court Rejects a Nixon Bid To Resign From State Bar - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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19. "Paid Notice: Deaths: ROBINSON, DONALD J." 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via NYTimes.com.

External links

• "Eye Mudge Rose - IBERC Israeli activities". FindArticles.com - CBSi. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
• 846 F.2d - Volume 846 of the Federal Reporter, 2nd Series. "MUDGE ROSE GUTHRIE ALEXANDER & FERDON, Appellant v. U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, et al". justia.com. Retrieved 22 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• "The Accidental Defenders". Law.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

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