More than 35 graduates of the University of Pennsylvania Law School practice at Sullivan & Cromwell. Their backgrounds, practice areas and interests are diverse—they work in nearly all of our practice areas and are resident in our U.S. and international offices. Several S&C lawyers who are alumni of Penn Law have clerked, including at the federal courts of appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.
As alumni of the first national law school in the country to require pro bono service, Penn Law graduates will find an equally strong commitment to pro bono work at Sullivan & Cromwell. Senior Chair Rodge Cohen and Partner Garrard Beeney (Penn ’79) were part of the team that submitted an amicus brief in support of respondent Edith Windsor in United States v. Windsor, in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act violated the Equal Protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.
In addition to becoming partners at S&C, Penn Law alumni who join the Firm after law school go on to pursue a range of prestigious opportunities. S&C alumni who attended Penn Law work in finance, government, academia, private practice and as counsel to Fortune 500 companies and financial institutions.
Today, S&C continues to partner with Penn Law both in and out of the classroom. Rick Pepperman (Penn ’90), former Managing Partner of the Firm’s Litigation Group, joined the Penn Board of Overseers in 2012. Of Counsel Joe Frumkin (Penn ’85), former Managing Partner of our Mergers & Acquisitions Group, is a current member of the Penn Law Board of Overseers and co-chair of Penn’s Institute for Law and Economics. Joe has taught a course at the law school on mergers and acquisitions for the past ten years.
