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
8/25/08	Burke Williams Aquires LA Litigation Boutique	New York Lawyer
8/25/08	Fox Rothschild Acquires IP Firm Synnestvedt & Lechner	Fox Rothschild
8/14/08	Jones Walker Acquires Alabama-Based Banking Boutique	Earth Times
8/11/08	Maryland Law Firm to Buy Abrahams Loewenstein of Philadelphia	Philadelphia Business Journal
8/07/08	Kahn Kleinman to Merge with Taft Stettinius	Crain's Cleveland Business

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2008 Mergers

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Size	&	Firm 2	Main Office	Size
	1/24/08	Albin Harrison & Roach	Plano TX	11	&	Calhoun & Pena	Plano TX	2
	7/30/08	Alston & Bird	Atlanta	810	&	Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava & MacCuish	Los Angeles	83
	7/24/08	Apperson Crump & Maxwell	Memphis	27	&	Gary K. Smith & Associates	Memphis	4
	6/15/08	Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll	Philadelphia	535	&	Needle & Rosenberg	Atlanta	25
	5/28/08	Baron & Budd	Dallas	40	&	Silber Pearlman	Dallas	4
	5/28/08	Baron & Budd	Dallas	40	&	LeBlanc and Waddell	Baton Rouge	4
	2/04/08	Berchem Moses & Devlin	Milford CT	20	&	Wake See Dimes Bryniczka & Bloom	Westport CT	10
	1/02/08	Bingham McHale	Indianapolis	120	&	McTurnan & Turner	Indianapolis	10
	3/13/08	Bird & Bird	London	638	&	Fennica Attorneys	Helsinki	33
	3/27/08	Brinkley Walser	Lexington NC	7	&	Smith Law Firm	Lexington NC	2
	4/01/08	Bullivant Houser Bailey	Portland OR	155	&	Jacobs & Ferraro	San Francisco	5
	8/25/08	Burke Williams & Sorensen	Los Angeles	61	&	Bannan Frank & Terzian	Los Angeles	13
	6/23/08	Burke Williams & Sorensen	Los Angeles	55	&	Kay & Stevens	Menlo Park CA	6
	2/01/08	Burr & Forman	Birmingham AL	200	&	Bowron Latta & Wasden	Mobile AL	18
	4/07/08	Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman	Long Island, NY	75	&	Goetz & Mady-Grove	Long Island, NY	3
	6/16/08	Chartwell Law Offices	Valley Forge PA	36	&	Troy MacBride Veith	Conshohocken PA	7
	1/04/08	Cook & Franke	Milwaukee	27	&	Buchanan & Barry	Milwaukee	2
	3/31/08	Cozen O'Connor	Philadelphia	500	&	Martyn Law Firm	Washington DC	4
	4/30/08	Dinsmore & Shohl	Cincinnati	350	&	Chernesky Heyman & Kress	Dayton	25
	7/31/08	Evans & Petree	Memphis	29	&	Bogatin Law Firm	Memphis	10
	4/18/08	Forchelli Curto Schwartz Mineo Carlino & Cohn	Mineola NY	37	&	Crowe Deegan	Glen Cove NY	12
	8/25/08	Fox Rothschild	Philadelphia	430	&	Synnestvedt & Lechner	Philadelphia	8
	6/24/08	Hiscock & Barclay	Syracuse	200	&	Scibelli Whiteley and Stanganelli	Boston	4
	5/26/08	Holland & Hart	Denver	365	&	Hale Lane Peek Dennison and Howard	Reno	50
	7/16/08	Husch Blackwell Sanders	St. Louis & Kansas City	630	&	Welsh & Katz	Chicago	41
	1/08/08	Jennings Strouss	Phoenix	100	&	Berkley Gordon & Goldstein	Las Vegas	3
	8/14/08	Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrere & Denegre	New Orleans	240	&	Miller Hamilton Snider & Odom	Mobile AL	32
	6/23/08	K&L Gates	Pittsburgh	1500	&	Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman	Charlotte NC	175
	5/14/08	K&L Gates	Pittsburgh	1500	&	J&J Attorneys-at-law	Taipei	9
	4/30/08	Katzman & Korr	Ft. Lauderdale	15	&	Garfinkel Trial Group	Maitland FL	11
	5/12/08	Kilpatrick Stockton	Atlanta	450	&	Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia	Washington DC	22
	1/01/08	Koeppel Martone & Leistman	Mineola NY	11	&	Siegel Fenchel & Peddy	Oyster Bay NY	3
	6/20/08	Koons Fuller Vanden Eykel & Robertson	Dallas	19	&	Gregory & Conner	Denton TX	3
	2/18/08	Leake & Andersson	New Orleans	25	&	Saporito & Hayes	New Orleans	4
	2/26/08	LeClairRyan	Richmond VA	215	&	Wright Robinson Osthimer & Tatum	Richmond VA	50
	4/04/08	Luper Neidenthal & Logan	Columbus	16	&	Melick Law Firm	Cleveland	2
	1/02/08	McGlinchey Stafford	New Orleans	165	&	Sieberth & Patty	Baton Rouge	5
	3/05/08	McGuireWoods	Richmond VA	750	&	Helms Mulliss & Wicker	Charlotte NC	145
	1/12/08	Miner Lemon & Walston	Warsaw IN	10	&	Stallwood Law Office	Indianapolis	1
	5/30/08	Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard	Little Rock	67	&	Long Burner Parks & DeLargy	Austin	5
	2/25/08	Morris Hardwick Schneider	Atlanta	75	&	Wittstadt & Wittstadt	Baltimore	4
	6/19/08	Norman Hanson & DeTroy	Portland ME	25	&	Bonneau & Geismar	Lewiston ME	5
	6/30/08	Nossman Gunther Knox & Elliott	Los Angeles	133	&	O'Connor & Hannan	Washington DC	19
	8/11/08	Offit Kurman	Maple Lawn MD	41	&	Abrahams Loewenstein & Bushman	Philadelphia	10
	6/07/08	Ruden McClosky	Ft. Lauderdale	185	&	Elk Christu & Bakst	Boca Raton	7
	4/02/08	Salzmann Hughes	Chambersburg PA	18	&	Finucane Law Office	Chambersburg PA	2
	4/01/08	Sherman & Howard	Denver	150	&	Wear Travers & Perkins	Vail CO	6
	7/17/08	Smith Moore	Greensboro NC	130	&	Leatherwood	Greenville SC	50
	3/14/08	Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Potter	Pittsburgh	22	&	Gefsky and Lehman	Pittsburgh	6
	8/07/08	Taft Stettinius & Hollister	Cincinnati	350	&	Kahn Kleinman	Cleveland	31
	4/29/08	Taft Stettinius & Hollister	Cincinnati	205	&	Sommer Barnard	Indianapolis	110
	2/29/08	Thorp Reed & Armstrong	Pittsburgh	106	&	Kittredge Donley Elson Fullem & Embick	Philadelphia	11
	6/25/08	Troutman Sanders	Atlanta	650	&	Ross Dixon & Bell	Washington DC	100
	2/22/08	White Arnold & Dowd	Birmingham AL	15	&	Summey & Hennecy	Birmingham AL	2
	4/28/08	Wolf Block	Philadelphia	300	&	Oberly Jennings & Rhodunda	Wilmington	5
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