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Hughes leads successful investigations, particularly the Armstrong investigation of the insurance industry and gains a political reputation. President Theodore Roosevelt encourages Hughes to run for Governor of New York.

After two terms as Governor, Hughes is appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States by President William Howard Taft.

Allen Hubbard, a law school classmate of Hughes’ son, Charles Evan Hughes Jr., joins the firm and apprentices under the elder Hughes. He would lead the firm as senior partner three decades later.

Hughes rejoins the firm as a partner.

Charles Evans Hughes Jr., who is also a partner in the firm, resigns to become Solicitor General of the United States.

During the Great Depression, business failures and financial difficulties gave rise to major litigation and corporate reorganization. While most Wall Street firms suffered along with the economy, Hughes’ consistent emphasis on litigation paid off, and the firm grew. During that same period, the Fox Film Corporation and its nationwide chain of theaters retained the firm to handle its corporate reorganization.

TThe firm suddenly dissolves and re-forms over a single evening. At the time, the media attributed the breakup to the desire of Charles Evans Hughes Jr. to insulate his father, then Chief Justice, from a political attack directed at one of the firm’s partners by Roosevelt’s Secretary of the Treasury.

The Chenery case is brought by the SEC to challenge the issuance of preferred shares by the Federal Water Service Corporation. The firm defends Christopher Chenery, the controlling shareholder, through two appeals to the Supreme Court.

The firm represents The Ford Motor Company in its first offering of Ford stock to the public by the Ford Foundation. At the time, it was the largest public offering in history. The Ford Foundation made six subsequent sales of its Ford stock between 1959 and 1965 totaling nineteen million shares. In each instance, the firm served as counsel to the company.

The firm leads the defense of the U.S. Government’s indictment of the major drug companies for allegedly fixing the price of the Salk polio vaccine.

To better serve a growing number of international clients, Hughes Hubbard opens an office in Paris.

The firm becomes Hughes Hubbard & Reed.

The firm opens offices in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.

Hughes Hubbard & Reed leads the defense of Hallmark Cards in hundreds of cases that followed the collapse of the skywalks in the Hyatt Regency Kansas City, a building owned by a Hallmark subsidiary. The firm is involved in Bendix’s hostile takeover of Martin Marietta, a matter which became famous for its use of the "Pac Man Defense." The firm plays two major roles in the privatization of Conrail: counsel to Goldman Sachs, when that firm served as financial advisor to the Department of Transportation; and, later, counsel to the vast syndicate of underwriters in the record-setting $1.65 billion initial public offering— the then-largest initial public offering in US history.

The firm breaks down barriers by electing Candace K. Beinecke, a highly regarded corporate lawyer, as Chair of the firm, making her the first woman to lead a major New York City law firm.

The firm represents the Trustee in $40 billion failure of MFGlobal Inc., the largest bankruptcy of a commodities brokerage and the eighth largest bankruptcy in history.

The firm opens a new office in Kansas City.

The firm obtains favorable judgments from courts in both Delaware and Toronto in a first of its kind, simultaneous cross-border trial involving $7.3 billion in proceeds. Hughes Hubbard represents Fibria in its $900 million financing and the deal is named 2015 Trade Finance Deal of the Year by Latin Finance. The firms wins a landmark decision before the World Bank Sanctions Board.

The firms wins a decisive 8-0 victory in the Supreme Court of the United States that overturned nearly 30 years of lower court precedent interpreting the patent venue statute. In the last five years, 11 Hughes Hubbard deals were selected “Deal of the Year” by Airfinance Journal. We are named to the National Law Journal's Appellate Hot List, joining an elite group of firms that posted hard fought wins at the U.S. Supreme Court or federal circuit court levels. The firm is included in the elite GAR 30 as one of the top 30 international arbitration firms in the world. GAR particularly noted the significance of Hughes Hubbard's work for Ukrainian investors in Crimea. Hughes Hubbard receives a perfect score of 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2016, 2017, and 2018 Corporate Equality Index and remains one of the top firms in The American Lawyer's list for U.S. pro bono commitment. The firm is jointly awarded "Global Dispute of the Year: Transnational Litigation" by the American Lawyer and "Transatlantic Litigation Team of the Year" by ALM Media for our work on the 7.3 billion dispute surrounding the collapse of Nortel Networks. The firm is named by Global Restructuring Review as one of the top 30 law firms for cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters around the world. We are named "American's Law Firm of the Year" in recognition of our work on some of the most innovative deals in aviation in recent years. Hughes Hubbard spends its 12th year on the American Lawyer’s A-List as one of “the top firms among the Nation’s legal elite.”

The firm spends its 13th year on the American Lawyer’s A List as one of “the top firms among the nation’s legal elite.” For the fourth year in a row, we are recognized in Global Arbitration Review’s GAR 30 as one of the top 30 international arbitration firms in the world. Hughes Hubbard's Antitrust group recognized as one of the leading practices in Washington, D.C. by Global Competition Review. Hughes Hubbard’s Latin America practice recognized by LatinFinance for its work on a $4.35 billion revolving credit facility for Petrobras, which is named among the magazine’s “Deals of the Year Awards.” Firm recognized for its pro bono achievements at the Vance Center for International Justice's fourth annual “Celebration of International Pro Bono Excellence.” Hughes Hubbard represents CBS in its merger with Viacom in an all-stock deal worth $30 billion. Hughes Hubbard honored twice in The Deal’s Cross-Border Asia Awards.

The firm represents the government of Côte d'Ivoire, or Ivory Coast, in the design, financing, construction and operation of the country's first, and West Africa's largest, biomass power plant.

Roberta Lipson’s $1.44 billion sale of United Family Healthcare, on which we represented Lipson, is named a “Deal of the Year” by China Business Law Journal.

For the 10th consecutive year, the firm is awarded Gold Standard Certification by Women in Law Empowerment Forum.

Hughes Hubbard included on The American Lawyer’s A-List for the 14th time.

We win “Most Important Development in the Practice or Law of International Investigations” at Global Investigation Review’s sixth annual GIR awards, for our representation of Airbus in its historic settlement to successfully resolve bribery and corruption allegations.

Paris office obtains pro bono victory for 11 victims of police misconduct in civil lawsuit holding the French government liable for a lengthy track record of abusive practices by the police. Hughes Hubbard represents Paraguay’s state-run Banco Nacional de Fomento in its first ever U.S. dollar funding from international financial markets. Paris office recognized in the 2021 Leaders League rankings of French magazine Décideurs, which ranked the firm’s White-Collar Crime practice as “excellent.” The firm advises Roku in acquisition of Nielsen’s advanced video advertising business, in a deal which shapes the future of media measurement and TV advertising. Our Paris office wins historic acquittal for former French prime minister Edouard Balladur before the Court of Justice of the Republic. Hughes Hubbard advises Grab Holdings in $40B pro-forma merger with Altimeter Growth Corp. in the largest SPAC deal in the world to date. The firm advises Griffin Global Asset Management and Bain Capital Credit, L.P. in a five-year, $1 billion senior secured aviation finance facility, the first of its kind. We join The Conference Board ESG Center as the go-to firm on sustainability issues. Firm contributes to Fordham Law School’s National Center for Access to Justice’s groundbreaking initiative measuring the financial costs of criminal punishments across the U.S. Hughes Hubbard continues to rank as a top firm on the American Lawyer’s Pro Bono Survey and continues to receive high marks in the annual diversity surveys of both The American Lawyer and Law360. A Hughes Hubbard Latin America team wins “Financial Services Deal of the Year” in the middle market segment at The Deal Awards 2021. We’re awarded the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s 2021 Compass Award for our involvement in the council’s programs and the promotion of its mission. Hughes Hubbard wins groundbreaking jury verdict over an alleged multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, in the first case to address whether cryptocurrency products are securities.

The firm wraps up its historic work on the liquidation of Lehman Brothers, which began in the 2008 financial crisis, and remains the largest bankruptcy case in the world. Senior Counsel James W. Giddens is discharged from his role as Trustee. The firm advises Delta Air Lines in its capacity as strategic partner and equity investor in the Chapter 11 restructuring of Grupo Aeroméxico, Mexico’s largest airline. Hughes Hubbard wins two major victories in The Court of Appeals of The Hague in favor of our clients in two Netherlands-seated arbitrations arising from Russia’s 2014 seizure of Crimea.

The firm advises the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire on drafting and negotiating a €2B reforestation and carbon credit deal. Hughes Hubbard advises Sotheby’s in closing an approximately $1 billion minority investment round with ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company. As reported in The New York Times, the firm advises the Aso O. Tavitian Foundation on its gift to the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute of an extraordinary collection of 331 works of art. Hughes Hubbard named to Global Investigations Review’s GIR 30 list, a ranking of the best law firms for complex multijurisdictional corporate investigations. The firm advises Indian hotel giant OYO on its $525 million acquisition of G6 Hospitality, the parent company of iconic U.S. hospitality brand Motel 6.