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
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| 3/19/19 | Weinberg Wheeler Acquires Alabama Litigation Boutique | Birmingham Business Journal | ||
| 3/05/19 | Drew Eckl Acquires Albany Georgia Firm | Daily Report | ||
| 3/05/19 | Kansas City Law Firms Merge | Kansas City Business Journal | ||
| 3/05/19 | Syracuse Law Firms to Combine | Central New York Business Journal | ||
| 3/01/19 | Virginia Personal Injury Firms to Merge | PR Newswire |
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2019 Mergers
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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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3/01/19 | 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 | Fisher Phillips | Atlanta | 330 | & | The Farrington Law Firm | Bethesda MD | 6 | ||||||||
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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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1/04/19 | 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 | Arent Fox | Washington DC | 450 | & | Kay & Merkle | San Francisco | 7 | ||||||||
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1/03/19 | Barley Snyder | Lancaster PA | 95 | & | Guthrie Nonemaker Yingst & Hart | Hanover PA | 2 | ||||||||
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1/02/19 | Salzmann Hughes | Chambersburg PA | 25 | & | Shultis Law | Hanover PA | 2 | ||||||||
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Archive
- 2018 Mergers & Acquisitions
- 2017 Mergers & Acquisitions
- Ten Years of Law Firm Mergers & Acquisitions: 2007-2016
- 2007-2016 Merger & Acquisition Totals
- 2007-2016 Cross-Border Combinations
Commentary and Analysis
- 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
Recent Articles
- A Growing Problem?
- Law Firm Mergers: Don't Just Get Bigger, Get Better
- Large Law Firm Mergers: What's the Verdict?
- Law Firm Mergers: What's the End Game?
- Are Large Law Firm Mergers Successful?
- Is This Merger a Good Idea?
- In Mergers and Acquisitions You Only Get One Chance to Make a First Impression
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