K&L Gates
K&L Gates LLP is an American multinational corporation law firm based in the United States, with international offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America. Its namesake firms are Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, a Pittsburgh-based firm founded as Kirkpatrick, Pomeroy, Lockhart & Johnson in 1946, and Preston Gates & Ellis, a Seattle firm founded in 1883 whose prominent partners included William H. Gates Sr., the attorney, philanthropist, and father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Kirkpatrick & Lockhart merged with Preston Gates in 2007 to form K&L Gates, LLP.
| Headquarters | K&L Gates Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| No. of offices | 45 |
| No. of attorneys | 1,800 (approx.) |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Key people | James Segerdahl (global managing partner), Michael Caccese (chairman, management committee) |
| Revenue | US$ 990 million (2017) |
| Date founded | 1946 (Pittsburgh) 1883 (Seattle) |
| Company type | Limited Liability Partnership |
| Website | www.klgates.com |
Measured by headcount, it was the 12th largest law firm in the United States in 2018. The firm delivers legal services at both an individual office level and through nine broad firmwide practice areas: Corporate and Transactional; Energy, Infrastructure and Resources; Finance; Financial Services; Intellectual Property; Labor, Employment and Workplace Safety; Litigation and Dispute Resolution; Real Estate; and Regulatory and Policy, each of which also include a number of subject matter and industry-based practice groups.
As of March 2017, the leaders of K&L Gates are James Segerdahl (global managing partner) and Michael Caccese (chairman, management committee).