abstract:Squire Sanders (formerly Squire, Sanders & Dempsey) is an international legal practice with 37 offices in 18 countries. The firm was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1890, and subsequently absorbed a number of other legal practices including several Pacific Rim offices of Graham & James, the Florida-based law firm of Steel Hector & Davis, Hammonds in the United Kingdom, and the Perth, Australia office of Minter Ellison.