Dorsey & Whitney LLP (known as Dorsey) is an American law firm with over 500 lawyers, and a similar number of staff, located in 21 offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. The firm's headquarters is in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where it was founded. As of 2023, Dorsey is led by managing partner William R. Stoeri. The firm's lawyers have included several prominent public figures, including former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale. As of 2023, Dorsey employs approximately 575 lawyers spread across 21 offices worldwide. History Dorsey was founded in 1912 by William Lancaster, a director of First National Bank of Minneapolis (now part of U.S. Bank), and David Simpson, a judge on the Minnesota Supreme Court. The following year, they hired James Dorsey as their first associate. Dorsey left the firm in the 1920s to become an investment banker, but returned to the firm a few years after the 1929 stock market crash. Dorsey led the firm until his death in 1959. The name of the firm continued to change for most of its history, until it was shortened into its current, permanent name in 1981. Dorsey continues to build on its traditional strengths in corporate law and litigation through a wide range of practice groups. The firm has also endowed the Dorsey and Whitney Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. Notable alumni Harry Blackmun, former U.S. Supreme Court justice Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senator Walter Mondale, former Vice President of the United States William Prosser, legal scholar. Tom Vilsack, former Governor of Iowa Key clients According to Corporate Counsel, Dorsey has been identified as the Go-To firm for the following Top 500 companies: 3M (Labor, Litigation) C.H. Robinson Worldwide (Corporate Transactions, International, Labor, Litigation, Securities) Charter Communications (Labor) CHS (Corporate Transactions, Securities) Dana (Corporate Transactions) General Mills (Corporate Transactions, International) Hormel Foods (Litigation) Mosaic (Corporate Transactions, Labor, Securities) SuperValu (Litigation) UnitedHealth Group (Labor, Securities) Wells Fargo (Labor) Xcel Energy (Labor, Regulatory) Other key clients: ADC Telecommunications Canon Cisco Fair Isaac HSBC Marks & Spencer Mayo Clinic Northwest Airlines USBancorp Assistance to Guantanamo captives Joshua Colangelo-Bryan, an attorney with Dorsey & Whitney prepared the habeas corpus petition for the six Bahraini citizens held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. Juma al Dossari, one of Colangelo-Bryan's clients, made a suicide attempt during Colangelo-Bryan's visit. Charles "Cully" Stimson, then Deputy