Wiley Rein LLP is a Washington, D.C. law firm founded in 1983 under the name Wiley, Johnson and Rein. In 1986, the firm, then known as Wiley & Rein, became Wiley Rein & Fielding as Richard E. Wiley, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, and Bert W. Rein, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, were joined on the masthead by Fred F. Fielding, former Counsel to President Ronald Reagan. With Mr. Fielding's return to the White House as Counsel to President George W. Bush on February 1, 2007, the firm reverted to the name Wiley Rein LLP. Wiley Rein LLP currently employs more than 270 lawyers in the firm's Washington, D.C. and McLean, Virginia offices. Major practice groups include communications, government contracts, insurance, international trade, government relations, and general litigation.
Notable attorneys
- Richard E. Wiley - served as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
- Bert W. Rein - served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
- James H. Wallace, Jr. - lead plaintiff's counsel in the widely-reported "BlackBerry" litigation (NTP v. Research in Motion)[1]
- William A. Roberts, III. - Senior Partner, Co-Chair of the Government Contracts
- Rand L. Allen - Senior Partner, Co-Chair of the Government Contracts Practice.
Prominent firm alumni
- Fred F. Fielding - White House Counsel; former named-partner of the firm; formerly served as Counsel to the President and as a commissioner on the 9/11 Commission
- Thomas B. Griffith - Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit[2]
- Kevin J. Martin - Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission [3]
- Margaret A. Ryan - Judge on the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
