Law Firm Profile
Greenberg Traurig LLP By Teresa Cajot Greenberg Traurig (GT) is a Florida-based law firm with offices in more than 30 locations. The firm prides itself on its ‘’built for change’’ culture that allows it 1,800 attorneys to better serve clients by meeting changing marketplace needs.
GT was founded in Miami, Florida in 1967 by attorneys Lawrence J. Hoffman, Mel Greenberg, and Robert Traurig. The firm, which was originally called Greenberg, Traurig and Hoffman, only began major expansion within the past couple of decades. As recently as 1991, the firm consisted only of two Florida offices. Today it has offices in Albany, Amsterdam, Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Delaware, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, New Jersey, New York, Orange County, Orlando, Palm Beach County North, Palm Beach County South, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Francisco, Shanghai, the Silicon Valley, Tallahassee, Tampa, Tel Aviv, Tysons Corner, White Plains, and Washington, DC. The firm also has established strategic alliances in Milan and Rome. GT’s London office is run by Greenberg Traurig MaherLLP, a Greenberg Traurig PA and Greenberg Traurig LLP affiliate.
entertainment; real estate; tax, trusts, and estates; global; trade; governmental affairs; public finance; environmental and land development; and gaming. As one of the world’s most technologically advanced law firms, GT was among the first to adopt the Blackberrry® unit. GT also has advanced capabilities in eDiscovery and regularly makes use of webinars and video conferencing technology tools. The firm was ranked within the top five firms in AmLaw Tech magazine’s associate surveys. As a firm that is known for its diverse locations and broad range of practice areas, GT offers law students a variety of professional learning opportunities. Summer associates are exposed to everything from daily assignments to special programming, thus granting them the opportunity to gain practical skills. Training and individualized mentoring also provides a strong form of support that benefits summer associates in both the present and the future.
The firm’s major practice areas include business reorganization and bankruptcy; litigation; corporate and securities; intellectual property and information technology;
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