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