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
7/31/08	Evans & Petree, Bogatin Firm Merge	Memphis Business Journal
7/30/08	Alston & Bird Acquires Weston Benshoof	Alston & Bird
7/24/08	Memphis Firms Merge	Memphis Commercial Appeal
7/17/08	Smith Moore Merges with Leatherwood Firm	Triad Business Journal
7/16/08	Husch Blackwell Sanders Combines with Welsh & Katz	Market Watch

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2008 Mergers

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