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