Founded in 1963, Sidney Austin in Washington in the District of Columbia is a law firm that has a staff of more than 250 lawyers who handle civil and administrative litigations concerning a range of issues involving federal law. Its lawyers practice areas include appellate, telecommunications, white collar and internal investigations, health care and pharmaceutical, and international trade and dispute resolution. The firm serves clinical research organizations, trade associations, and multinational drug and device and food, nutraceutical and cosmeceutical companies. Sidney Austin in Washington in the District of Columbia is a part of Sidney Austin, which is one of the world's largest full-service law firms that has a staff of over 1,800 lawyers and was founded in 1866.