We have some extremely unlucky information to report out of California, the place one of many founding companions of Am Law 200 agency Munger Tolles & Olson not too long ago away. Charlie Munger, 99, based the agency in 1962 and labored there for plenty of years earlier than leaving the observance of legislation to enter the world of enterprise and finance. While Munger served as vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway as Warren Buffett’s right-hand man, he was in a position to watch his agency develop into among the best in America.
Munger, a graduate of Harvard Law, went on to turn out to be an enterprise titan who “laid the foundation for the firm’s success today,” in response to an announcement from Munger Tolles. The agency began with seven attorneys and has since grown to about 200 attorneys throughout three workplaces, and is taken into account one of many highest-grossing legislation agencies on this planet, bringing in $317,381,000 gross income in 2022.
Here’s what title accomplice Ron Olson needed to say of Munger within the agency’s Memoriam:
“Today, the world has lost a giant, and our firm has lost one of its founders, a man whose name we proudly bear. While Charlie’s vision, philanthropy, and ability to tell it like it is are known to all, he was to us a dear and generous friend. He will be missed, but his values will live on, and that is great comfort at this time.”
We right here at Above the Law wish to lengthen our condolences to Charlie Munger’s household, associates, and colleagues throughout this troublesome time.
Munger Tolles Mourns Death Of Co-Founder Charlie Munger [Law360]
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