Kutak Rock LLP is a US law firm, founded in 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska.
In conjunction with its Wall Street investment banking clients, Kutak Rock pioneered the use of municipal debt backed solely by the relevant corporate credit (a form of transaction at that time known as industrial development revenue bond financing) to finance tens of billions of dollars of these requirements, thus establishing the foundation of the broad-ranging corporate and governmental finance practice that exists today in all of the firm's offices.
The firm's national corporate, real estate and litigation practices also began during this period.
[5] Robert Kutak, a founder of the firm, chaired the American Bar Association commission which developed the new Model Rules of Professional Conduct and rewrote ethical standards for lawyers; today, the ABA offers a legal education award named for him.
[6] He was also instrumental in purchasing and preserving the Omaha Bank Building for use as the firm's main office.