Skadden Arps Slate Meagher is a law firm who s headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif. In 1948 Marshall Skadden, John Slate and Les Arps opened the firm. In 1961 firm changes its name to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. In 2000 Skadden represented Warner-Lambert in the largest pharmaceutical deal in history. Skadden was the top-ranked firm in 2001 in two inaugural National Law Journal surveys, Who Defends Corporate America and Who Defends Financial America. The firm is committed to public interest work. The Skadden Fellowship Foundation annually provides two-year fellowships to at least 25 very talented young lawyers so that they may pursue the practice of public interest law on a full-time basis. The foundation has been lauded in both the legal and business press from The New York Times to The Los Angeles Times and the New York Law Journal to the Daily Journal Extra.