Paul Drennan Cravath

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Paul Drennan Cravath (July 14, 1861 – July 1, 1940) was an American corporate lawyer and presiding partner of the New York law firm known today as Cravath, Swaine & Moore. At the firm, he devised and implemented the Cravath System, which has come to define the structure and practice of most large American firms. Cravath was a leader in the American Atlanticist movement and was a founding member and director of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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