Altman Weil MergerLineā¢
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 involving at least one US law firm (including vereins with a US partnership component). Lawyer headcounts are derived from published league tables, directories and law firm websites.
In 2017, Altman Weil published Ten Years of Law Firm Mergers and Acquisitions, 2007-2016. The report includes a ten year retrospective on market activity, lists the 25 largest deals of the decade, profiles the ten most active state markets, and includes special sections on cross-border combinations, the acquisitions of AmLaw 200 firms, and the most active deal-makers.
Latest Headlines
Report Date | Headline | Source | ||
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1/05/21 | Milberg Combines with Greg Coleman Law | New York Law Journal | ||
1/05/21 | Milberg Combines with Sanders Phillips Grossman | New York Law Journal | ||
1/05/21 | Milberg Combines with Whitfield Bryson | New York Law Journal | ||
1/04/21 | Dinsmore Acquires Indiana Firm | The American Lawyer | ||
1/01/21 | Small Connecticut Firms Combine | Connecticut Law Tribune |
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2019 Mergers
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12/20/19 | Davidoff Hutcher & Citron | New York NY | 56 | & | Rattet PLLC | White Plains NY | 3 | ||||||||
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12/17/19 | Fisher Phillips | Atlanta | 437 | & | Murray Law Group | Bingham Farms MI | 13 | ||||||||
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12/17/19 | Faegre Baker Daniels | Minneapolis | 740 | & | Drinker Biddle & Reath | Philadelphia | 546 | ||||||||
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12/12/19 | Appel & Yost | Lancaster PA | 8 | & | Reese Samley Wagenseller Mecum & Longer | Lancaster PA | 6 | ||||||||
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12/11/19 | Prince Lobel Tye | Boston | 87 | & | Chu Ring & Hazel | Boston | 6 | ||||||||
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12/04/19 | Lawlor White & Murphey | Ft. Lauderdale FL | 4 | & | Abramowitz Pomerantz & Morehead | Sunrise FL | 3 | ||||||||
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12/03/19 | Olson Hagel & Fishburn | Sacramento | 12 | & | Remcho Johansen & Purcell | Oakland | 10 | ||||||||
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12/03/19 | Ulmer & Berne | Cleveland | 160 | & | Kaufman & Company | Cleveland | 10 | ||||||||
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12/01/19 | Fox Rothschild | Philadelphia | 950 | & | Kaufman & Forman | Atlanta | 4 | ||||||||
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11/19/19 | Butler Snow | Jackson MS | 380 | & | Kantrow Spaht Weaver & Blitzer | Baton Rouge LA | 17 | ||||||||
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11/18/19 | Phillips Nizer | New York, NY | 71 | & | Piekarsky & Associates | Wyckoff NJ | 3 | ||||||||
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11/15/19 | Gregory Doyle Calhoun & Rogers | Marietta GA | 35 | & | Moore & Reese | Atlanta GA | 5 | ||||||||
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11/11/19 | Bonial & Associates | Dallas | 17 | & | Kozeny & McCubbin | St. Louis | 10 | ||||||||
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11/05/19 | Neubert Pepe & Monteith | New Haven CT | 27 | & | Fontaine Alissi | Hartford CT | 5 | ||||||||
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11/04/19 | Greenberg Traurig | New York | 2100 | & | Orozco Waters Abogados | Mexico City | 5 | ||||||||
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11/01/19 | Offit Kurman | Bethesda MD | 226 | & | Garson Law | Bethesda MD | 4 | ||||||||
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10/31/19 | Lathrop Gage | Kansas City MO | 240 | & | Gray Plant Mooty | Minneapolis MN | 155 | ||||||||
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10/30/19 | GrayRobinson | Orlando FL | 276 | & | Espinosa Martinez | Miami FL | 5 | ||||||||
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10/27/19 | Walter Haverfield | Cleveland OH | 80 | & | Hurtuk & Daroff | Columbus OH | 7 | ||||||||
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10/27/19 | Walter Haverfield | Cleveland OH | 78 | & | Nardone Ltd. | Columbus OH | 2 | ||||||||
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10/25/19 | Jacobs & Crumplar | Wilmington DE | 5 | & | Law Office of Andrea G. Green | Millsboro DE | 2 | ||||||||
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10/17/19 | Kelley Kronenberg | Ft. Lauderdale FL | 122 | & | Diaz Briscoe Medina | Miami FL | 6 | ||||||||
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10/15/19 | Fabian VanCott | Salt Lake City UT | 65 | & | Sloan & Sloan | Salt Lake City UT | 7 | ||||||||
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10/15/19 | Maynard Cooper & Gale | Birmingham AL | 278 | & | McKenzie Laird Ottinger & Leach | Nashville TN | 6 | ||||||||
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10/09/19 | Dinsmore & Shohl | Cincinnati OH | 672 | & | Dawson & Associates | Columbus OH | 4 | ||||||||
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10/07/19 | Dentons | New York | 10000 | & | Cohen & Grigsby | Pittsburgh | 144 | ||||||||
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10/07/19 | Dentons | New York | 10000 | & | Bingham Greenebaum | Indianapolis | 178 | ||||||||
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10/04/19 | Shipman & Goodwin | Hartford CT | 172 | & | Kitchings & Potter | Old Lyme CT | 2 | ||||||||
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10/03/19 | Hill Wallack | Princeton NJ | 71 | & | Shivers Gosnay & Greatrex | Cherry Hill NJ | 4 | ||||||||
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10/01/19 | Rawle & Henderson | Philadelphia | 103 | & | Spiegel Leffler | New York | 6 | ||||||||
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9/24/19 | Maynard Cooper & Gale | Birmingham AL | 275 | & | Hudnall PC | Dallas | 3 | ||||||||
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9/20/19 | Tinti Quinn Grover & Frey | Salem MA | 12 | & | King & Navins | Wellesley MA | 5 | ||||||||
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9/16/19 | Thomas Law | Wilson NC | 6 | & | Farris & Farris | Wilson NC | 3 | ||||||||
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9/11/19 | Dentons | New York NY | 10000 | & | Fernanda Lopes & Associados Advogados | Maputo Mozambique | 17 | ||||||||
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9/11/19 | Dentons | New York NY | 10000 | & | Eric Silwamba Jalasi & Linyama | Lusaka Zambia | 11 | ||||||||
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9/11/19 | Dentons | New York NY | 10000 | & | LEAD Advogados | Luanda Angola | 10 | ||||||||
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9/11/19 | Dentons | New York NY | 10000 | & | Sayarh & Menjra | Casablanca Morocco | 12 | ||||||||
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9/11/19 | Dentons | New York NY | 10000 | & | Kyagaba & Otatiina | Kampala Uganda | 4 | ||||||||
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9/09/19 | Buchalter | Los Angeles | 261 | & | Ater Wynne | Portland OR | 22 | ||||||||
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9/05/19 | Green and Spiegel | Toronto | 34 | & | Ritter Halliday | Beachwood OH | 4 | ||||||||
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9/04/19 | Dentons | New York NY | 10000 | & | Jimenez de Arechaga Viana & Brause | Montevideo Uruguay | 28 | ||||||||
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9/04/19 | Dentons | New York NY | 10000 | & | Rattagan Macchiavello Arocena | Buenos Aires Argentina | 30 | ||||||||
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9/04/19 | Clark Hill | Detroit | 650 | & | Gentile Cristalli Miller Armeni Savarese | Las Vegas | 6 | ||||||||
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9/04/19 | Nixon Peabody | Boston | 607 | & | Frontier Solutions | Washington DC | 3 | ||||||||
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9/01/19 | Leclair Korona Cole | Rochester NY | 8 | & | Adams Bell Adams | Rochester NY | 5 | ||||||||
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8/30/19 | Taft Stettinius & Hollister | Indianapolis | 474 | & | Briggs and Morgan | Minneapolis | 135 | ||||||||
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8/28/19 | Bradshaw Fowler Proctor & Fairgrave | Des Moines IA | 46 | & | Cartwright Druker & Ryden | Marshalltown IA | 2 | ||||||||
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8/22/19 | Ballard Spahr | Philadelphia | 633 | & | Leopold Petrich & Smith | Los Angeles | 7 | ||||||||
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8/13/19 | Hollingsworth & Zivitz | Carmel IN | 5 | & | Robert Means LLC | Carmel IN | 5 | ||||||||
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8/08/19 | Dorsey & Whitney | Minneapolis | 508 | & | Webber Law Firm | Edina MN | 3 | ||||||||
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8/07/19 | Dentons | New York NY | 10000 | & | Lee International | Seoul South Korea | 35 | ||||||||
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8/05/19 | Dentons | New York NY | 10000 | & | Gustavo Zacapa y Asociados | Tegucigalpa Honduras | 6 | ||||||||
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8/01/19 | Carlton Fields | Tampa | 277 | & | McManus & Felsen | Washington DC | 5 | ||||||||
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8/01/19 | Parker Poe | Charlotte NC | 201 | & | Leftwich LLC | Washington DC | 5 | ||||||||
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8/01/19 | Spencer Fane | Kansas City MO | 295 | & | Zimmerman Axelrad Stern & Wise | Houston | 19 | ||||||||
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8/01/19 | Cozen O'Connor | Philadelphia | 783 | & | Miller Law Group | San Francisco | 13 | ||||||||
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8/01/19 | Therrel Baisden | Miami | 9 | & | Weiner & Cummings | Miami | 4 | ||||||||
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7/31/19 | Dentons | New York | 10000 | & | Kensington Swan | Auckland NZ | 113 | ||||||||
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7/31/19 | Frankel Sims | Towson MD | 4 | & | Holden & Campbell | Annapolis MD | 4 | ||||||||
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7/26/19 | Eilbacher Fletcher | Fort Wayne IN | 7 | & | Van Gilder & Trzynka | Fort Wayne IN | 3 | ||||||||
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7/23/19 | Womble Bond Dickinson | Winston-Salem NC | 940 | & | James Love Legal | Harrogate, England | 2 | ||||||||
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7/16/19 | Eisner LLP | Beverly Hill CA | 39 | & | Tavel & Shulman | New York NY | 3 | ||||||||
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7/15/19 | Offit Kurman | Bethesda MD | 198 | & | Horack Talley Pharr & Lowndes | Charlotte NC | 27 | ||||||||
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7/12/19 | Stokes Lawrence | Seattle | 46 | & | Mills Meyers Swartling | Seattle | 9 | ||||||||
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7/09/19 | SettlePou | Dallas | 35 | & | The Berry Firm | Dallas | 5 | ||||||||
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7/07/19 | Frantz Ward | Cleveland | 56 | & | Kadish Hinkel & Weibel | Cleveland | 11 | ||||||||
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7/01/19 | McBrayer | Lexington KY | 47 | & | Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice | Louisville KY | 7 | ||||||||
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7/01/19 | Shartsis Friese | San Francisco | 63 | & | Stephenson Kasper & King | San Francisco | 3 | ||||||||
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6/17/19 | Foster Pepper | Seattle | 97 | & | Garvey Schubert Barer | Seattle | 92 | ||||||||
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6/12/19 | Dentons | New York | 10000 | & | MawereSibanda | Harare Zimbabwe | 21 | ||||||||
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6/12/19 | Massey Stotser & Nichols | Birmingham AL | 10 | & | Kee Law Firm | Birmingham AL | 4 | ||||||||
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6/09/19 | Gerlach Beaumier & Trogdon | Duluth MN | 3 | & | Orman Nord & Hurd | Duluth MN | 3 | ||||||||
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6/05/19 | Babst Calland | Pittsburgh | 152 | & | Chambers Law Firm | Houston | 4 | ||||||||
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6/04/19 | Munck Wilson Mandala | Dallas | 65 | & | Okon Hannagan | Dallas | 4 | ||||||||
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6/03/19 | Kotz Sangster Wysocki | Detroit | 32 | & | Van Eck Law | Rockford MI | 2 | ||||||||
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5/30/19 | Huff Powell Bailey | Atlanta | 32 | & | Hanks Brookes | Atlanta | 5 | ||||||||
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5/23/19 | Motley Rice | Mt. Pleasant SC | 90 | & | Berezofsky Law Group | Cherry Hill NJ | 3 | ||||||||
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5/16/19 | Greenberg Traurig | New York | 2000 | & | Santa Maria Studio Legale | Milan | 37 | ||||||||
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5/08/19 | Baer & Troff | Los Angeles | 5 | & | Negrin LLP | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||
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5/08/19 | Goldberg Simpson | Prospect KY | 23 | & | Key Law Group | Louisville KY | 2 | ||||||||
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5/02/19 | Taylor English Duma | Atlanta | 160 | & | Dye Snyder | Atlanta | 2 | ||||||||
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5/02/19 | Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman | Buffalo NY | 100 | & | Holbrook Akel Cold Ray & Reichard | Jacksonville FL | 7 | ||||||||
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4/29/19 | GrayRobinson | Orlando | 256 | & | Thompson Sizemore Gonzalez & Hearing | Tampa | 9 | ||||||||
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4/07/19 | RTGR Law | Oakland CA | 19 | & | Armstrong Law Firm | San Jose CA | 4 | ||||||||
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4/02/19 | McDaniel Richardson & Calhoun | Little Rock | 3 | & | Benca & Benca | Little Rock | 4 | ||||||||
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4/02/19 | Dentons | New York | 9900 | & | Fisher Jeffries | Adelaide, Australia | 13 | ||||||||
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4/02/19 | McDaniel Richardson & Calhoun | Little Rock | 3 | & | Wolff & Ward | Little Rock | 3 | ||||||||
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4/01/19 | Mandelbaum Salsburg | Roseland NJ | 80 | & | Goldberg Law Group | Fairfield NJ | 2 | ||||||||
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3/19/19 | Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial | Atlanta GA | 94 | & | Richardson Clement | Birmingham AL | 4 | ||||||||
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3/05/19 | Drew Eckl & Farnham | Atlanta GA | 109 | & | Lee Orlowski | Albany GA | 2 | ||||||||
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3/05/19 | Swanson Midgley | Kansas City MO | 14 | & | Slagle Bernard & Gorman | Kansas City MO | 8 | ||||||||
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3/05/19 | Hancock Estabrook | Syracuse NY | 60 | & | Shulman Grundner Etoll & Danaher | Syracuse NY | 4 | ||||||||
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3/05/19 | Crumley Roberts | Asheville NC | 20 | & | Burke Harvey | Birmingham AL | 2 | ||||||||
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3/01/19 | Cantor Stoneburner Ford Grana & Buckner | Richmond VA | 9 | & | Breit Drescher Imprevento | Virginia Beach VA | 5 | ||||||||
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2/22/19 | Buchalter | Los Angeles | 250 | & | Koenig Caprile & Berk | Sacramento | 2 | ||||||||
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2/12/19 | Carlson Dash | Chicago | 11 | & | Thomadsen & Hoeschen | Milwaukee | 3 | ||||||||
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2/08/19 | Kienbaum Opperwall Hardy & Pelton | Birmingham MI | 13 | & | Viviano Law | Mount Clemens MI | 5 | ||||||||
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2/06/19 | Clark Hill | Detroit | 641 | & | O'Gradys Solicitors | Dublin | 9 | ||||||||
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2/04/19 | Moritt Hock & Hamroff | Garden City NY | 69 | & | Karol & Sosnik | Uniondale NY | 7 | ||||||||
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2/01/19 | Smith Gambrell & Russell | Atlanta | 222 | & | Mazursky Constantine | Atlanta | 12 | ||||||||
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1/31/19 | Farrish Johnson | Mankato MN | 12 | & | Brandt Law Office | St. Peter MN | 3 | ||||||||
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1/31/19 | Porter Wright Morris & Arthur | Columbus OH | 196 | & | Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd | Chicago | 19 | ||||||||
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1/28/19 | Eisinger Brown Lewis Frankel & Chaiet | Hollywood FL | 10 | & | McCarty Naim Focks & Keeter | Gainesville FL | 3 | ||||||||
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1/23/19 | Littler | Los Angeles | 1500 | & | Homble Olsby | Oslo | 12 | ||||||||
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1/23/19 | Davis Agnor Rapaport & Skalny | Columbia MD | 16 | & | Law Offices of Alisa G. Cummins | Ellicott City MD | 2 | ||||||||
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1/21/19 | Thibodeau Johnson and Feriancek | Duluth MN | 8 | & | Reyelts Law | Duluth MN | 3 | ||||||||
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1/15/19 | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings | Birmingham AL | 522 | & | Rogaliner Law Firm | Dallas TX | 2 | ||||||||
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1/07/19 | Morgan Carlo Downs | Hunt Valley MD | 5 | & | Ward & Herzog | Baltimore MD | 2 | ||||||||
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1/07/19 | Munck Wilson Mandala | Dallas | 61 | & | The Hecker Law Group | Los Angeles | 4 | ||||||||
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1/07/19 | Fisher Phillips | Atlanta | 330 | & | The Farrington Law Firm | Bethesda MD | 6 | ||||||||
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1/04/19 | Coughlin & Gerhart | Binghamton NY | 53 | & | Pope Schrader & Pope | Binghamton NY | 3 | ||||||||
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1/03/19 | Dreyer Boyajian | Albany | 7 | & | LaMarche Safranko Law | Clifton Park NY | 4 | ||||||||
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1/03/19 | Barley Snyder | Lancaster PA | 95 | & | Guthrie Nonemaker Yingst & Hart | Hanover PA | 2 | ||||||||
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1/03/19 | Arent Fox | Washington DC | 450 | & | Kay & Merkle | San Francisco | 7 | ||||||||
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1/02/19 | Salzmann Hughes | Chambersburg PA | 25 | & | Shultis Law | Hanover PA | 2 | ||||||||
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Archive
- 2020 Mergers & Acquisitions
- 2019 Mergers & Acquisitions
- 2018 Mergers & Acquisitions
- 2017 Mergers & Acquisitions
- Ten Years of Law Firm Mergers & Acquisitions: 2007-2016
Commentary and Analysis
- 2020: Law Firm Merger Market Stabilizes at Year End
- 2019: High Volume, Smaller Deal Size in Record Year for Law Firm Combinations
- 2018: 106 US Law Firm Mergers and Acquisitions Announced in 2018
- 2017: Record-Breaking Year for US Law Firm Mergers & Acquisitions
- 2016: Law Firm Merger Market Concludes Fourth Strong Year
- 2015: A Record Year for US Law Firm Combinations
- 2014: Another Active Year for US Law Firm Combinations
- Law Firm Combinations Up 47% in 2013
- Cross-Border Mergers Highlight of 2012 Law Firm Merger Market
- 2011 Rebound for US Law Firm Merger Market
- Law Firm Merger Market Picked Up at Year End 2010
- Law Firm Merger Mania on Hold in 2009
- Seventy Law Firm Mergers Announced in 2008
- 2007 Mergers & Acquisitions Summary and Analysis
Practices & Services
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