Please answer the following question: What key details about joseph h. flom can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: joseph harold '' joe '' flom -lrb- december 21 , 1923 -- february 23 , 2011 -rrb- was an american lawyer and pioneer of mergers and acquisitions , specializing in representing companies in takeover battles . by the 1980s , he had acquired a reputation of being '' mr. takeover '' -lrb- whereas martin lipton was known as '' mr. defense '' -rrb- . flom became a partner at what is now known as skadden , arps , slate , meagher & flom in 1954 , and helped transform it from a four-lawyer firm into one of the largest law firms in the united states . in 1999 , '' the american lawyer '' named him one of their '' lawyers of the century '' .
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- death date is 23 february 2011- spouse is claire cohen judi sorensen 2008- birth date is 21 december 1923- name is joseph h. flom- nationality is american- death place is new york city- religion is jewish- birth place is baltimore , maryland- occupation is lawyer