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