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 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
1/16/20   Duane Morris to Add NYC Firm   The Legal Intelligencer
1/15/20   California Entertainment Boutiques to Merge   The Hollywood Reporter
1/09/20   Brownstein Hyatt Absorbs Las Vegas Boutique   The American Lawyer
1/09/20   Troutman and Pepper to Merge   The American Lawyer
1/08/20   Eastern Connecticut Firms Combine   LymeLine

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2019 Mergers

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