There comes a point, maybe in law school or soon after graduating, when most lawyers decide which path their legal career will follow: Do they set their sights on firm partnership, go in-house, become a government official or pursue an academic career? The career of Robert Mundheim is proof that “all of the above” is also an option. “His resume serves as an amazing model for the diversity of professional experiences and professional achievements that a legal career can offer,” says Shearman & Sterling litigation partner Daniel Laguardia.
In a career that has spanned more than 55 years, Mundheim has been the cochairman of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, executive vice president and general counsel at Salomon Inc., dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and general counsel to the U.S. Treasury Department.
