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.

Our strategic alliance partner, Jomati Consultants LLP, is tracking all mergers involving UK-based law firms in The Lawyer 100 or which are likely to be in The Lawyer 100 as a result of their merger, starting from January 2011. The list is available at MergerLine UK.

Latest Headlines

Report Date	Headline	Source
2/02/12	K&L Gates Acquires Milan Firm	The Legal Intelligencer
2/01/12	Baker Donelson Acquires Another Houston Firm	Memphis Business Journal
1/31/12	Womble Carlyle Acquires Columbia SC Firm	Winston-Salem Journal
1/19/12	Jackson Lewis Acquires Milwaukee Labor & Employment Boutique	The AmLaw Daily
1/19/12	Littler Mendelson Acquires Memphis Labor & Employment Boutique	Memphis Business Journal

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2009 Mergers

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Size	&	Firm 2	Main Office	Size
	5/28/09	Norris McLaughlin & Marcus	Bridgewater NJ	115	&	Tallman Hudders & Sorrentino	Allentown PA	35
	1/13/09	Underwood Wilson Berry Stein and Johnson	Amarillo TX	35	&	Sanders Baker	Amarillo TX	6
	10/02/09	Sherman & Howard	Denver	196	&	Krabacher & Sanders	Aspen CO	7
	1/30/09	Berman Sobin & Gross	Gaithersburg MD	12	&	Albertini and Darby	Baltimore	6
	3/31/09	Leitman Siegal & Payne	Birmingham AL	14	&	Campbell Gidiere Lee Sinclair & Williams	Birmingham AL	6
	7/23/09	HoganWillig	Amherst NY	23	&	Lorenzo & Cohen	Buffalo	4
	3/10/09	Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman	Philadelphia	51	&	Payne Hackenbracht & Sullivan	Bull Bell PA	4
	1/05/09	Nexsen Pruet	Columbia SC	180	&	Sanford Holshouser	Cary NC	7
	1/30/09	K&L Gates	Pittsburgh	1700	&	Bell Boyd & Lloyd	Chicago	250
	3/02/09	Schuyler Roche	Chicago	40	&	Crisham & Kubes	Chicago	10
	11/05/09	Howard & Howard	Royal Oak MI	100	&	Defrees & Fiske	Chicago	20
	6/02/09	Licata & Toerek	Independence OH	10	&	Elizabeth A. Crosby & Associates	Cleveland	3
	3/24/09	Arnstein & Lehr	Chicago	136	&	Fieldstone Shear & Denberg	Coral Gables FL	7
	7/01/09	Howrey	Washington DC	725	&	Day Casebeer Madrid and Batchelder	Cupertino CA	25
	9/01/09	GCR LLP	San Diego	31	&	Mastin Law Firm	Denver	4
	1/05/09	Sherman & Howard	Denver	160	&	Netzorg McKeever Koclanes & Bernhardt	Denver	6
	11/06/09	Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins	Springfied NJ	19	&	Baker Pedersen & Robbins	Hoboken NJ	3
	10/29/09	Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith	Los Angeles	712	&	Adams & Heald	Houston	11
	10/02/09	Hahn Loeser & Parks	Cleveland	120	&	Galbraith Associates PC	Indianapolis	2
	8/17/09	Oshins & Associates	Las Vegas	8	&	Verdon Law Group	Irvine CA	3
	1/08/09	Seyfarth Shaw	Chicago	750	&	Paparelli and Partners	Irvine CA	8
	2/03/09	Haynes and Boone	Dallas	525	&	MacPherson Kwok Chen & Heid	Irvine CA	21
	5/27/09	White Goss Bowers March Schulte & Weisenfels	Kansas City	18	&	Bradshaw Herrington	Kansas City	4
	8/18/09	Durham Jones & Pinegar	Salt Lake City	62	&	Bolick & Boyer	Las Vegas	10
	3/23/09	McGuireWoods	Richmond	900	&	Grundberg Mocatta Rakison	London	36
	4/06/09	Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan	Milwaukee	70	&	Atkins & Evans	Los Angeles	9
	8/21/09	Dinsmore & Shohl	Cincinnati	400	&	Woodward Hobson & Fulton	Louisville	54
	1/14/09	Jones Day	Cleveland	2500	&	De Ovando y Martinez del Campo	Mexico City	20
	4/01/09	Rothstein Rosenfeldt & Adler	Fort Lauderdale	64	&	Wolfe & Goldstein	Miami	3
	6/26/09	The Cochran Firm	Dothan AL	135	&	Techmeier Law Firm	Milwaukee	10
	6/22/09	Barnes & Thornburg	Indianapolis	400	&	Parsinen Law Firm	Minneapolis	22
	1/05/09	Dickinson Wright	Detroit	241	&	Stewart Estes & Donnell	Nashville	19
	1/08/09	Sills Cummis & Gross	Newark NJ	156	&	Siverberg Stonehill Goldsmith & Haber	New York	9
	10/01/09	McCarter & English	Newark	400	&	Pollack & Kaminsky	New York	6
	12/02/09	Hamburger Law Firm	Englewood NJ	9	&	Kupfer & Associates	New York City	3
	3/30/09	Jackson Lewis	New York	556	&	Berens & Tate	Omaha	9
	1/05/09	Sherman & Howard	Denver	160	&	Mohr Hackett Pederson Blakely & Randolph	Phoenix	25
	1/27/09	Fisher & Phillips	Atlanta	224	&	Moss Shapiro	Portland ME	6
	7/09/09	Shumaker Loop & Kendrick	Toledo	180	&	Abel Band	Sarasota	29
	7/13/09	Tully Rinckey	Albany	24	&	The Fletcher Law Firm	Saratoga Springs NY	2
	1/07/09	Clark Hill	Detroit	175	&	Norling Kolsrud Sifferman & Davis	Scottsdale AZ	10
	8/11/09	Jackson Lewis	New York	565	&	Rubin Shulman	Southfield MI	5
	2/06/09	Conybeare Law Office	St. Joseph MI	4	&	Smith and Kragt	St. Joseph MI	4
	3/23/09	Evans & Dixon	St. Louis	66	&	Amelung Wulff Willenbrock & Pankowski	St. Louis	9
	2/03/09	Gundlach Lee Eggmann Boyle & Roessler	St. Louis	20	&	Brasher Law Firm	St. Louis	12
	8/10/09	Cole-Chu & Cipparone	New London CT	3	&	Kepple Morgan & Avena	Stonington CT	2
	9/03/09	Stiles Taylor & Grace	Tampa	20	&	Joyner & Jordan-Holmes	Tampa	4
	3/27/09	Miller Canfield	Detroit	370	&	Gaertner Tobin	Toronto	10
	7/02/09	Sneed Lang	Tulsa OK	17	&	Herrold Herrold & Co.	Tulsa OK	17
	1/05/09	Anderson Kill & Olick	New York	79	&	Wood & Bender	Ventura CA	14
	12/15/09	Lovells	London	1421	&	Hogan & Hartson	Washington DC	1111
	7/06/09	Bingham McCutchen	Boston	1000	&	McKee Nelson	Washington DC	120
	1/09/09	Burr & Forman	Birmingham AL	200	&	Graham Builder Jones Pratt & Marks	Winter Park FL	18
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