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.

Latest Headlines

Report Date	Headline	Source
5/14/08	K&L Gates Acquires Nine-Lawyer Taiwanese Firm	The Lawyer
5/12/08	DC Firm Muldoon Murphy & Aggugia Joins Kilpatrick Stockton	Atlanta Business Chronicle
5/01/08	K&L Gates, Kennedy Covington Expert To Merge by July 1	Charlotte Business Journal
4/30/08	Dinsmore & Shohl Acquires Chernesky Heyman & Kress	Dayton Business Journal
4/29/08	Taft Stettinius Acquires 100-Lawyer Indianapolis Firm	Cincinnati Enquirer

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Current Quarter

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Size	&	Firm 2	Main Office	Size
	4/01/08	Sherman & Howard	Denver	150	&	Wear Travers & Perkins	Vail CO	6
	4/01/08	Bullivant Houser Bailey	Portland OR	155	&	Jacobs & Ferraro	San Francisco	5
	4/02/08	Salzmann Hughes	Chambersburg PA	18	&	Finucane Law Office	Chambersburg PA	2
	4/04/08	Luper Neidenthal & Logan	Columbus	16	&	Melick Law Firm	Cleveland	2
	4/07/08	Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman	Long Island, NY	75	&	Goetz & Mady-Grove	Long Island, NY	3
	4/18/08	Forchelli Curto Schwartz Mineo Carlino & Cohn	Mineola NY	37	&	Crowe Deegan	Glen Cove NY	12
	4/28/08	Wolf Block	Philadelphia	300	&	Oberly Jennings & Rhodunda	Wilmington	5
	4/29/08	Taft Stettinius & Hollister	Cincinnati	205	&	Sommer Barnard	Indianapolis	110
	4/30/08	Dinsmore & Shohl	Cincinnati	350	&	Chernesky Heyman & Kress	Dayton	25
	5/12/08	Kilpatrick Stockton	Atlanta	450	&	Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia	Washington DC	22
	5/14/08	K&L Gates	Pittsburgh	1500	&	J&J Attorneys-at-law	Taipei	9
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