Whois & Analysis for davispolk.com

A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law.

The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients (individuals or corporations) about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other matters in which legal advice and other assistance are sought.

Davis Polk alumni in public service.

Judiciary.

Ronnie Abrams - U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of New York.

A limited liability partnership (LLP) is a partnership in which some or all partners (depending on the jurisdiction) have limited liabilities.

It therefore exhibits elements of partnerships and corporations.

In an LLP, one partner is not responsible or liable for another partner's misconduct or negligence.

This is an important difference from the traditional unlimited partnership under the Partnership Act 1890 (for the UK), in which each partner has joint and several liability.

In an LLP, some partners have a form of limited liability similar to that of the shareholders of a corporation.

In some countries, an LLP must also have at least one thing called as a "general partner" with unlimited liability.

Unlike corporate shareholders, the partners have the right to manage the business directly.

In contrast, corporate shareholders have to elect a board of directors under the laws of various state charters.

The board organizes itself (also under the laws of the various state charters) and hires corporate officers who then have as "corporate" individuals the legal responsibility to manage the corporation in the corporation's best interest.

A LLP also contains a different level of tax liability from that of a corporation.