the world, having ranked first every year from 2015 to 2019, and most recently in 2021, by the Global Arbitration Review (GAR). White & Case is also noted by GAR as having the largest portfolio valuation of any firm for 2020-2022 (a full 20 percent larger than the portfolio at the second-largest firm), and has the highest number of recognized market-leading practitioners. In June 2020, the firm announced that it had "poached" four Winston & Strawn specialists to establish itself as a destination law firm for special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs): Joel Rubinstein, Jonathan Rochwarger, Elliott Smith and Daniel Nussen. Noriega controversy White & Case registered with the U.S. Government as a foreign agent for the Panamanian government in 1981. At the time, Panama was led by Manuel Noriega, a dictator with connections to international cocaine cartels. The representation became a significant issue for Rudolph Giuliani in his 1989 campaign for New York City Mayor. Giuliani had joined the firm in February of that year and claimed no prior knowledge of the firm’s work for the Panamanian government. Pro bono work The firm was part of a program in New York City to provide pro bono legal representation to battered women seeking a divorce from their husbands. Partner Dana Foster began working to address racial injustice in Louisiana in 2020 by representing 16 mostly Black defendants with criminal convictions issued by non-unanimous, so-called “Jim Crow” juries. Created by segregationist lawmakers in the 1880s to oppress Blacks, these laws were deemed unconstitutional in 2020 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Notable lawyers and alumni Andy Beshear - Governor of Kentucky Steven Beshear - Former Governor of Kentucky Ana Birchall - Romanian politician Roger Blough - former chairman of U.S. Steel Raoul G. Cantero III - Former Florida Supreme Court Justice Malik R. Dahlan - International lawyer and law professor Tony Garza - American lawyer Rudolph Giuliani - former Mayor of New York City and advisor to President Donald Trump Richard J. Holwell - former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Louis Hsieh - Chinese businessman and lawyer, and the chief financial officer (CFO) of Nio, a Chinese developer of electric and autonomous vehicles Irving S. Olds - Amerian lawyer Stephen M. Schwebel - American judge Justin DuPratt White - American lawyer and co-founder of White & Case. Lauren Woodland - actress See