Alston & Bird
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Alston & Bird is a major U.S.-based law firm known for its corporate, litigation, and regulatory practices and its strong presence in Washington, D.C. and other key markets.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alston & Bird canonical | 4 |
| Alston, Miller & Gaines | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T797483 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alston & Bird Context triple: [Ron Klain, employer, Alston & Bird]
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A.
O'Melveny & Myers
O'Melveny & Myers is a major international law firm headquartered in Los Angeles, known for its work in litigation, corporate transactions, and regulatory matters.
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B.
Perkins Coie
Perkins Coie is a major U.S.-based international law firm known for its work in corporate, litigation, and political law, as well as representing prominent technology companies and political campaigns.
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C.
Covington & Burling
Covington & Burling is a prominent international law firm based in Washington, D.C., known for its work in regulatory, litigation, and corporate matters.
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D.
Sidley Austin LLP
Sidley Austin LLP is a major international law firm headquartered in Chicago, known for its corporate, litigation, and regulatory practices.
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E.
Phillips Lytle LLP
Phillips Lytle LLP is a U.S.-based law firm known for providing full-service business and litigation counsel to corporate, institutional, and government clients.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alston & Bird Target entity description: Alston & Bird is a major U.S.-based law firm known for its corporate, litigation, and regulatory practices and its strong presence in Washington, D.C. and other key markets.
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A.
O'Melveny & Myers
O'Melveny & Myers is a major international law firm headquartered in Los Angeles, known for its work in litigation, corporate transactions, and regulatory matters.
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B.
Perkins Coie
Perkins Coie is a major U.S.-based international law firm known for its work in corporate, litigation, and political law, as well as representing prominent technology companies and political campaigns.
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C.
Covington & Burling
Covington & Burling is a prominent international law firm based in Washington, D.C., known for its work in regulatory, litigation, and corporate matters.
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D.
Sidley Austin LLP
Sidley Austin LLP is a major international law firm headquartered in Chicago, known for its corporate, litigation, and regulatory practices.
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E.
Phillips Lytle LLP
Phillips Lytle LLP is a U.S.-based law firm known for providing full-service business and litigation counsel to corporate, institutional, and government clients.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
law firm
ⓘ
partnership ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Atlanta metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlanta urban area
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerName |
Alston, Miller & Gaines
ⓘ
linked to:
Alston & Bird
|
| foundedBy |
Guyton Alston
ⓘ
Philip H. Alston Sr. ⓘ |
| hasNotableProgram |
diversity and inclusion initiatives
ⓘ
pro bono practice ⓘ |
| hasNotableRanking |
Am Law 100 firm
ⓘ
ranked in Chambers USA ⓘ ranked in The Legal 500 United States ⓘ |
| hasOfficeIn |
Beijing, China
ⓘ
linked to:
Beijing
Brussels, Belgium ⓘ Charlotte, North Carolina ⓘ Dallas, Texas ⓘ London, United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Los Angeles ⓘ New York City ⓘ San Francisco, California ⓘ Silicon Valley, California ⓘ
linked to:
Silicon Valley
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Atlanta, Georgia
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlanta
|
| inception | 1893 ⓘ |
| industry | legal services ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | limited liability partnership ⓘ |
| notableFor |
corporate, litigation, and regulatory practices
ⓘ
strong presence in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| numberOfEmployees | 1000+ ⓘ |
| numberOfLawyers | 800+ ⓘ |
| operatesInJurisdiction |
United States federal law
ⓘ
state law of multiple U.S. states ⓘ |
| practiceArea |
antitrust law
ⓘ
corporate law ⓘ environmental law ⓘ financial services regulation ⓘ health care law ⓘ intellectual property law ⓘ labor and employment law ⓘ litigation ⓘ real estate law ⓘ regulatory law ⓘ tax law ⓘ |
| servesClientType |
corporations
ⓘ
financial institutions ⓘ government entities ⓘ nonprofit organizations ⓘ |
| website | https://www.alston.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Alston & Bird Description of subject: Alston & Bird is a major U.S.-based law firm known for its corporate, litigation, and regulatory practices and its strong presence in Washington, D.C. and other key markets.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Alston & Bird