Ropes & Gray LLP is a national law firm with offices locate in Boston, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Hong Kong and Tokyo; and conference centers in London and Providence, Rhode Island. The firm has over 850 lawyers worldwide and its clients include corporations and financial institutions, government agencies, universities, and health care organizations. It was founded in 1865 by John Codman Ropes and John Chipman Gray.