Kutak Rock

Kutak Rock LLP is a US law firm, founded in 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska. As of January 2019, it has more than 500 attorneys in 18 offices across the U.S.[1]

Kutak Rock LLP
No. of offices18
No. of attorneysmore than 500
No. of employeesmore than 900
Major practice areasCorporate law, public finance, banking, real estate
Key peopleJay N. Selanders, Chair https://www.kutakrock.com/people/s/selanders-jay-n
Date founded1965
FounderRobert J. Kutak, Harold L. Rock and William Campbell
Company typeLimited liability partnership
WebsiteKutakRock.com

History

The firm was founded in Omaha in 1965 by Robert J. Kutak and Harold Rock, and William G. Campbell.[2] After 1972 the firm pursued an aggressive expansion strategy, first by absorbing two other Omaha firms and then by adding offices in other cities, beginning in 1977 with offices in Denver and Washington, D.C. By 1978 the firm, with its main concentration in public finance law, was reported to be the fastest growing law firm in the United States.[3]

Federal legislation in 1968 required American industry and business to commit to massive expenditures over the next two decades to address water and air pollution abatement requirements of that legislation. In conjunction with its Wall Street investment banking clients, Kutak Rock pioneered the use of municipal debt backed solely by the relevant corporate credit (a form of transaction at that time known as industrial development revenue bond financing) to finance tens of billions of dollars of these requirements, thus establishing the foundation of the broad-ranging corporate and governmental finance practice that exists today in all of the firm’s offices. The firm's national corporate, real estate and litigation practices also began during this period.[4]

Robert Kutak, a founder of the firm, chaired the American Bar Association commission which developed the new Model Rules of Professional Conduct and rewrote ethical standards for lawyers; today, the ABA offers a legal education award named for him.[5] He was also instrumental in purchasing and preserving the Omaha Bank Building for use as the firm's main office. He died of a heart attack in 1983, at age 50.[6]

Today, the firm has more than 500 attorneys located in offices coast-to-coast.

Notable alumni

Awards

Awards include:

  • The Bond Buyer's 2017 Deal of the Year for the Midwest Region - underwriter's counsel to the Great Lakes Water Authority[13]
  • The Bond Buyer's 2017 Small Issuer Deal of the Year - bond counsel to the City of Missoula, Montana[14]
  • Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index "Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality" (multiple years)[15]
  • Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF) Gold Standard Certification (multiple years)[16]
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References
  1. "Locations". Kutak Rock. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  2. "The Firm - Kutak Rock". www.kutakrock.com.
  3. "Kutak, Rock & Huie: One firm, under charter . . .", ABA Journal, October 1978.
  4. "Firm History | Kutak Rock LLP". www.kutakrock.com. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  5. "ABA Legal Education Committees, includes Kutak Award".
  6. "The Firm - Kutak Rock". www.kutakrock.com.
  7. "The Firm - Kutak Rock". www.kutakrock.com.
  8. writer, Alia Conley World-Herald staff. "Harold Rock, co-founder of Kutak Rock law firm, dies at 86". Omaha.com. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  9. "David K. Karnes - Attorneys - Kutak Rock". www.kutakrock.com.
  10. "David L. Bracht | People | Kutak Rock LLP". www.kutakrock.com. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  11. "Bart McLeay". www.facebook.com.
  12. Gradwohl, Judge Janice L. (April 2000). "Inching Through the Glass Ceiling: The History of the Selection of Women Judges in Nebraska" (PDF). The Nebraska Lawyer (Lincoln, NE: Nebraska State Bar Association): 12–18. OCLC 38005680. Retrieved 19 January 2016
  13. "Kutak Rock is Counsel in The Bond Buyer's MIdwest Region "Deal of the Year" | News and Publications | Kutak Rock LLP". www.kutakrock.com. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  14. "Kutak Rock is Bond Counsel for The Bond Buyer's Small Issuer "Deal of the Year" | News and Publications | Kutak Rock LLP". www.kutakrock.com. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  15. "Corporate Equality Index 2018 Report" (PDF). Human Rights Campaign. 2018.
  16. "Kutak Rock Awarded Gold Standard by Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF) | News and Publications | Kutak Rock LLP". www.kutakrock.com. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
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