Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf

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Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP

Headquarters	CitySpire Center, New York
No. of offices	4
No. of attorneys	140+
Major practice areas	General practice
Key people	Robert J. Luddy, Managing Partner
Date founded	c. 1830
Company type	Limited Liability Partnership
Website	Official website

Windels Marx is a full-service law firm headquartered in New York City. The firm provides a broad-based general legal practice centering on corporate, bankruptcy, litigation, real estate, banking, and other major business practice areas.

History[]

The firm was created by a merger between Windels, Marx, Davies & Ives, a firm founded in the 1830s, and Lane & Mittendorf.^[1] In its infancy, the firm provided a number of integral representations, including litigation defending Thomas Edison's ownership of the creation of the lightbulb^[2] and the original incorporation of IBM in the 1920s.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2016, the firm employs approximately 140 legal professionals in four offices, headquartered in the CitySpire Center in New York City, with additional locations in Connecticut and New Jersey.

Rankings and recognition[]

The firm appears on U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of top law firms, with particular emphasis on the firm's Banking and Finance practice groups in addition to its Bankruptcy practice.^[3]

Windels Marx is regularly featured in the Forbes Legal Blackbook, a compendium of elite law firms recognized for providing critical legal services to major U.S. and global corporations.^[4]

Notable professionals and alumni[]

Reena Raggi, United States Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, was formerly a partner of Windels Marx.

Anthony R. Coscia, a partner of the firm, served as Chairman of the National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak), the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

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