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
11/12/08   Jones Walker To Acquire Longman Russo   Jones Walker LLP
11/11/08   Sedgwick Detert Aquires Florida Firm Gordon Hargrove   National Law Journal
11/03/08   Powell Goldstein to Merge with Bryan Cave   law.com
10/31/08   Midwestern IP Boutiques Combine   Kansas City Business Journal
10/16/08   Two Big Kansas City Firms To Merge   Kansas City Star

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2008 Mergers

Link Report
Date 		Firm 1 Main
Office		 Size & Firm 2 Main
Office		 Size
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
9/15/08 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe San Francisco 1100 & Holters & Elsing Dusseldorf Germany 51
11/03/08 Bryan Cave St. Louis 945 & Powell Goldstein Atlanta 220
7/30/08 Alston & Bird Atlanta 810 & Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava & MacCuish Los Angeles 83
3/05/08 McGuireWoods Richmond VA 750 & Helms Mulliss & Wicker Charlotte NC 145
6/25/08 Troutman Sanders Atlanta 650 & Ross Dixon & Bell Washington DC 100
3/13/08 Bird & Bird London 638 & Fennica Attorneys Helsinki 33
7/16/08 Husch Blackwell Sanders St. Louis & Kansas City 630 & Welsh & Katz Chicago 41
6/15/08 Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll Philadelphia 535 & Needle & Rosenberg Atlanta 25
3/31/08 Cozen O'Connor Philadelphia 500 & Martyn Law Firm Washington DC 4
5/12/08 Kilpatrick Stockton Atlanta 450 & Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia Washington DC 22
10/06/08 Crowell & Moring Washington DC 440 & Lightfoot Vandevelde Sadowsky Crouchley Rutherford & Levine Los Angeles 7
8/25/08 Fox Rothschild Philadelphia 430 & Synnestvedt & Lechner Philadelphia 8
11/11/08 Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold San Francisco 380 & Gordon Hargrove and James Ft. Lauderdale 20
5/26/08 Holland & Hart Denver 365 & Hale Lane Peek Dennison and Howard Reno 50
8/07/08 Taft Stettinius & Hollister Cincinnati 350 & Kahn Kleinman Cleveland 31
4/30/08 Dinsmore & Shohl Cincinnati 350 & Chernesky Heyman & Kress Dayton 25
4/28/08 Wolf Block Philadelphia 300 & Oberly Jennings & Rhodunda Wilmington 5
10/16/08 Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus Kansas City 300 & Shugart Thomson & Kilroy Kansas City 180
9/23/08 Hughes Hubbard & Reed New York 286 & Luskin Stern & Eisler New York 8
9/10/08 Adorno & Yoss Miami 270 & Monty Partners Houston 11
11/12/08 Jones Walker New Orleans 264 & Longman Russo Lafayette LA 12
8/14/08 Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrere & Denegre New Orleans 240 & Miller Hamilton Snider & Odom Mobile AL 32
2/26/08 LeClairRyan Richmond VA 215 & Wright Robinson Osthimer & Tatum Richmond VA 50
4/29/08 Taft Stettinius & Hollister Cincinnati 205 & Sommer Barnard Indianapolis 110
2/01/08 Burr & Forman Birmingham AL 200 & Bowron Latta & Wasden Mobile AL 18
6/24/08 Hiscock & Barclay Syracuse 200 & Scibelli Whiteley and Stanganelli Boston 4
6/07/08 Ruden McClosky Ft. Lauderdale 185 & Elk Christu & Bakst Boca Raton 7
1/02/08 McGlinchey Stafford New Orleans 165 & Sieberth & Patty Baton Rouge 5
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
6/30/08 Nossman Gunther Knox & Elliott Los Angeles 133 & O'Connor & Hannan Washington DC 19
7/17/08 Smith Moore Greensboro NC 130 & Leatherwood Greenville SC 50
1/02/08 Bingham McHale Indianapolis 120 & McTurnan & Turner Indianapolis 10
2/29/08 Thorp Reed & Armstrong Pittsburgh 106 & Kittredge Donley Elson Fullem & Embick Philadelphia 11
1/08/08 Jennings Strouss Phoenix 100 & Berkley Gordon & Goldstein Las Vegas 3
2/25/08 Morris Hardwick Schneider Atlanta 75 & Wittstadt & Wittstadt Baltimore 4
4/07/08 Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman Long Island, NY 75 & Goetz & Mady-Grove Long Island, NY 3
5/30/08 Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard Little Rock 67 & Long Burner Parks & DeLargy Austin 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
8/11/08 Offit Kurman Maple Lawn MD 41 & Abrahams Loewenstein & Bushman Philadelphia 10
5/28/08 Baron & Budd Dallas 40 & LeBlanc and Waddell Baton Rouge 4
5/28/08 Baron & Budd Dallas 40 & Silber Pearlman Dallas 4
10/10/08 Simmons Perrine Cedar Rapids IA 38 & Moyer & Bergman Cedar Rapids IA 24
4/18/08 Forchelli Curto Schwartz Mineo Carlino & Cohn Mineola NY 37 & Crowe Deegan Glen Cove NY 12
6/16/08 Chartwell Law Offices Valley Forge PA 36 & Troy MacBride Veith Conshohocken PA 7
10/14/08 Tindall & Foster Houston 35 & Quan Burdette & Perez Houston 21
7/31/08 Evans & Petree Memphis 29 & Bogatin Law Firm Memphis 10
7/24/08 Apperson Crump & Maxwell Memphis 27 & Gary K. Smith & Associates Memphis 4
1/04/08 Cook & Franke Milwaukee 27 & Buchanan & Barry Milwaukee 2
2/18/08 Leake & Andersson New Orleans 25 & Saporito & Hayes New Orleans 4
6/19/08 Norman Hanson & DeTroy Portland ME 25 & Bonneau & Geismar Lewiston ME 5
3/14/08 Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Potter Pittsburgh 22 & Gefsky and Lehman Pittsburgh 6
2/04/08 Berchem Moses & Devlin Milford CT 20 & Wake See Dimes Bryniczka & Bloom Westport CT 10
6/20/08 Koons Fuller Vanden Eykel & Robertson Dallas 19 & Gregory & Conner Denton TX 3
4/02/08 Salzmann Hughes Chambersburg PA 18 & Finucane Law Office Chambersburg PA 2
4/04/08 Luper Neidenthal & Logan Columbus 16 & Melick Law Firm Cleveland 2
4/30/08 Katzman & Korr Ft. Lauderdale 15 & Garfinkel Trial Group Maitland FL 11
2/22/08 White Arnold & Dowd Birmingham AL 15 & Summey & Hennecy Birmingham AL 2
1/01/08 Koeppel Martone & Leistman Mineola NY 11 & Siegel Fenchel & Peddy Oyster Bay NY 3
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
3/27/08 Brinkley Walser Lexington NC 7 & Smith Law Firm Lexington NC 2
10/31/08 Chase Law Firm Overland Park KS 5 & Erickson & Kleypas Kansas City MO 3
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