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
5/17/12   Buchanan Ingersoll Acquires Pittsburgh Litigation Boutique   The Legal Intelligencer
5/03/12   Frost Brown Acquires Nashville Firm   Cincinnati Business Courier
4/27/12   Foley & Mansfield Acquires Skjold Parrington   MarketWatch
4/27/12   Jackson Kelly Adds PA Energy Boutique   The Legal Intelligencer
4/16/12   Cohen Seglias Acquires Byler & Blaker   Philadelphia Business Journal

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2010 Mergers

Link Report
Date 		Firm 1 Main
Office		 Size & Firm 2 Main
Office		 Size
10/01/10 Baker & McKenzie Chicago 3950 & Findling Collin Fessmann Luxembourg 15
11/18/10 McGuire Woods Richmond 900 & Nickens Keeton Lawless Farrell & Flack Houston 5
6/30/10 Squire Sanders & Dempsey Cleveland 838 & Miki & Yoshida Tokyo 4
11/08/10 Squire Sanders & Dempsey Cleveland 761 & Hammonds London 500
12/07/10 Drinker Biddle & Reath Philadelphia 659 & Eisenberg Raizman Thurston & Wong Los Angeles 6
5/26/10 Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal Chicago 655 & Denton Wilde Sapte London 600
7/27/10 Cozen O'Connor Philadelphia 530 & Sher & Blackwell Washington DC 13
3/17/10 Polsinelli Shugart Kansas City MO 470 & Hendren Andrae Jefferson City MO 7
11/03/10 Kilpatrick Stockton Atlanta 465 & Townsend and Townsend and Crew San Francisco 175
10/04/10 Kilpatrick Stockton Atlanta 462 & Bell Rosenberg & Hughes Oakland 10
10/07/10 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Columbia SC 397 & Lahive & Cockfield Boston 19
9/03/10 Lathrop & Gage Kansas City MO 302 & Kamlet Reichert Denver 24
5/14/10 Adorno & Yoss Miami 290 & Wong Fleming Princeton 15
3/29/10 Jones Walker New Orleans 280 & Walston Wells & Birchall Birmingham AL 22
8/23/10 Dickinson Wright Detroit 259 & Gibson Lowry Burris Las Vegas 3
6/16/10 Phelps Dunbar New Orleans 259 & Lyons Pipes and Cook Mobile 25
3/23/10 McElroy Deutsch Morristown NJ 245 & Pepe & Hazard Hartford CT 44
7/06/10 Saul Ewing Philadelphia 229 & Ruben & Aronson Bethesda MD 4
6/29/10 Clark Hill Detroit 200 & Trexler Bushnell Giangiori Blackstone & Marr Chicago 8
10/01/10 Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Bridgeport WV 197 & Carpenter Lane Columbus 5
3/02/10 Benesch Friedlander Cleveland 145 & Dann Pecar Newman & Kleiman Indianapolis 26
12/27/10 SmithAmundsen Chicago 140 & Madsen Farkas & Powen Chicago 7
10/06/10 Dickey McCamey & Chilcote Pittsburgh 132 & Golian McCaffrey Columbus 3
3/30/10 Babst Calland Pittsburgh 76 & Law Office of Jennifer Bierly State College PA 2
6/23/10 Carroll Burdick & McDonough San Francisco 67 & Smith & Partners Stuttgart Germany 12
6/23/10 Allen Kopet & Associates Chatanooga TN 63 & Francis Nelson & Brison Charleston WV 7
1/12/10 Chartwell Law Offices Valley Forge PA 52 & Kenneth Goldberg & Associates New York City 5
1/05/10 Rogers Townsend & Thomas Columbia SC 49 & Kellam & Pettit Charlotte NC 8
4/20/10 Dowling Aaron & Keeler Fresno CA 44 & Hurley & Laird Visalia CA 2
4/05/10 Hoge Fenton San Jose 43 & Law Offices of Kathryn Schlepphorst San Jose 3
12/17/10 Shackelford Melton & McKinley Dallas 40 & Zumwalt Almon & Hayes Nashville 5
4/21/10 Boylan Brown Rochester NY 37 & Schatz Law Offices West Hartford 2
10/01/10 Martin Pringle Oliver Wallace & Bauer Wichita 35 & Holman Hanson & Colville Overland Park KS 7
12/27/10 Apperson Crump Memphis 26 & Smith-Kimbrough Memphis 2
3/08/10 Ward Norris Heller & Reidy Rochester NY 25 & Daller Greenberg & Dietrich Conshohocken PA 9
9/23/10 Anapol Schwartz Philadelphia 25 & Coben & Associates Scottsdale AZ 3
1/08/10 Ferrara Firoenza Larrison East Syracuse NY 19 & Norton Radin Hoover & Freedman Kenmore NY 2
10/01/10 McMahon Surovik Suttle Abilene TX 12 & Wagstaff & Watson Abilene TX 2
12/03/10 Lam Lyn & Philip Houston 9 & Walker Bright Dallas 6
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