Small, Powerful 40-Year Old Washington Firm

Its clients have included some of the most famous defendants of our time, among them Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Enron, the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, Fannie Mae and Massey Energy’s Don Blankenship. Washington Post reporter Thomas Heath looks at the Washington law firm Zuckerman Spaeder, and what makes it tick. The firm has only 100 lawyers, 30 of whom are partners. Profits-per-partner is said to be more than $1 million.