Altman Weil MergerLine™

Welcome to Altman Weil MergerLine™, tracking law firm mergers and acquisitions as they are reported by the press. MergerLine compiles news of mergers and acquisitions of all sizes. Our focus is U.S. firms, but we will report on significant combinations wherever they occur. Lawyer headcounts are derived from published league tables, directories and law firm websites.

Latest Headlines

Report Date	Headline	Source
5/14/08	K&L Gates Acquires Nine-Lawyer Taiwanese Firm	The Lawyer
5/12/08	DC Firm Muldoon Murphy & Aggugia Joins Kilpatrick Stockton	Atlanta Business Chronicle
5/01/08	K&L Gates, Kennedy Covington Expert To Merge by July 1	Charlotte Business Journal
4/30/08	Dinsmore & Shohl Acquires Chernesky Heyman & Kress	Dayton Business Journal
4/29/08	Taft Stettinius Acquires 100-Lawyer Indianapolis Firm	Cincinnati Enquirer

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2008 Mergers

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Size	&	Firm 2	Main Office	Size
	5/14/08	K&L Gates	Pittsburgh	1500	&	J&J Attorneys-at-law	Taipei	9
	5/12/08	Kilpatrick Stockton	Atlanta	450	&	Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia	Washington DC	22
	4/30/08	Dinsmore & Shohl	Cincinnati	350	&	Chernesky Heyman & Kress	Dayton	25
	4/29/08	Taft Stettinius & Hollister	Cincinnati	205	&	Sommer Barnard	Indianapolis	110
	4/28/08	Wolf Block	Philadelphia	300	&	Oberly Jennings & Rhodunda	Wilmington	5
	4/18/08	Forchelli Curto Schwartz Mineo Carlino & Cohn	Mineola NY	37	&	Crowe Deegan	Glen Cove NY	12
	4/07/08	Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman	Long Island, NY	75	&	Goetz & Mady-Grove	Long Island, NY	3
	4/04/08	Luper Neidenthal & Logan	Columbus	16	&	Melick Law Firm	Cleveland	2
	4/02/08	Salzmann Hughes	Chambersburg PA	18	&	Finucane Law Office	Chambersburg PA	2
	4/01/08	Bullivant Houser Bailey	Portland OR	155	&	Jacobs & Ferraro	San Francisco	5
	4/01/08	Sherman & Howard	Denver	150	&	Wear Travers & Perkins	Vail CO	6
	3/31/08	Cozen O'Connor	Philadelphia	500	&	Martyn Law Firm	Washington DC	4
	3/27/08	Brinkley Walser	Lexington NC	7	&	Smith Law Firm	Lexington NC	2
	3/14/08	Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Potter	Pittsburgh	22	&	Gefsky and Lehman	Pittsburgh	6
	3/13/08	Bird & Bird	London	638	&	Fennica Attorneys	Helsinki	33
	3/05/08	McGuireWoods	Richmond VA	750	&	Helms Mulliss & Wicker	Charlotte NC	145
	2/29/08	Thorp Reed & Armstrong	Pittsburgh	106	&	Kittredge Donley Elson Fullem & Embick	Philadelphia	11
	2/26/08	LeClairRyan	Richmond VA	215	&	Wright Robinson Osthimer & Tatum	Richmond VA	50
	2/25/08	Morris Hardwick Schneider	Atlanta	75	&	Wittstadt & Wittstadt	Baltimore	4
	2/22/08	White Arnold & Dowd	Birmingham AL	15	&	Summey & Hennecy	Birmingham AL	2
	2/18/08	Leake & Andersson	New Orleans	25	&	Saporito & Hayes	New Orleans	4
	2/04/08	Berchem Moses & Devlin	Milford CT	20	&	Wake See Dimes Bryniczka & Bloom	Westport CT	10
	2/01/08	Burr & Forman	Birmingham AL	200	&	Bowron Latta & Wasden	Mobile AL	18
	1/24/08	Albin Harrison & Roach	Plano TX	11	&	Calhoun & Pena	Plano TX	2
	1/12/08	Miner Lemon & Walston	Warsaw IN	10	&	Stallwood Law Office	Indianapolis	1
	1/08/08	Jennings Strouss	Phoenix	100	&	Berkley Gordon & Goldstein	Las Vegas	3
	1/04/08	Cook & Franke	Milwaukee	27	&	Buchanan & Barry	Milwaukee	2
	1/02/08	McGlinchey Stafford	New Orleans	165	&	Sieberth & Patty	Baton Rouge	5
	1/02/08	Bingham McHale	Indianapolis	120	&	McTurnan & Turner	Indianapolis	10
	1/01/08	Koeppel Martone & Leistman	Mineola NY	11	&	Siegel Fenchel & Peddy	Oyster Bay NY	3
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