Joseph Flom, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJoseph Flom
American lawyer
Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1923
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Date of Death: 23-Feb-2011
Profession: lawyer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Joseph Flom
- Joseph Harold "Joe" Flom (December 21, 1923 – February 23, 2011) was an American lawyer and pioneer of mergers and acquisitions, specializing in representing companies in takeover battles.
- By the 1980s, he had acquired a reputation of being "Mr.
- Takeover" (whereas Martin Lipton was known as "Mr.
- Defense").
- Flom became a partner at what is now known as Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in 1954, and helped transform it from a four-lawyer firm into one of the largest law firms in the United States.
- In 1999, The American Lawyer named him one of their "Lawyers of the Century".
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