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
6/30/08	Nossaman Gunther Joins Forces with O'Connor & Hannan	Business Wire
6/25/08	Troutman Sanders To Merge with Ross Dixon & Bell	Troutman Sanders
6/24/08	Hiscock & Barclay Acquires Boston Boutique	National Law Journal
6/23/08	Burke Williams Acquires Northern California Boutique	law.com
6/23/08	Husch Blackwell In Merger Talks with Chicago's Welsh & Katz	Triangle Business Journal

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Current Quarter

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Size	&	Firm 2	Main Office	Size
	6/30/08	Nossman Gunther Knox & Elliott	Los Angeles	133	&	O'Connor & Hannan	Washington DC	19
	6/25/08	Troutman Sanders	Atlanta	650	&	Ross Dixon & Bell	Washington DC	100
	6/24/08	Hiscock & Barclay	Syracuse	200	&	Scibelli Whiteley and Stanganelli	Boston	4
	6/23/08	K&L Gates	Pittsburgh	1500	&	Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman	Charlotte NC	175
	6/23/08	Burke Williams & Sorensen	Los Angeles	55	&	Kay & Stevens	Menlo Park CA	6
	6/20/08	Koons Fuller Vanden Eykel & Robertson	Dallas	19	&	Gregory & Conner	Denton TX	3
	6/19/08	Norman Hanson & DeTroy	Portland ME	25	&	Bonneau & Geismar	Lewiston ME	5
	6/16/08	Chartwell Law Offices	Valley Forge PA	36	&	Troy MacBride Veith	Conshohocken PA	7
	6/15/08	Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll	Philadelphia	535	&	Needle & Rosenberg	Atlanta	25
	6/07/08	Ruden McClosky	Ft. Lauderdale	185	&	Elk Christu & Bakst	Boca Raton	7
	5/30/08	Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard	Little Rock	67	&	Long Burner Parks & DeLargy	Austin	5
	5/28/08	Baron & Budd	Dallas	40	&	Silber Pearlman	Dallas	4
	5/28/08	Baron & Budd	Dallas	40	&	LeBlanc and Waddell	Baton Rouge	4
	5/26/08	Holland & Hart	Denver	365	&	Hale Lane Peek Dennison and Howard	Reno	50
	5/14/08	K&L Gates	Pittsburgh	1500	&	J&J Attorneys-at-law	Taipei	9
	5/12/08	Kilpatrick Stockton	Atlanta	450	&	Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia	Washington DC	22
	4/30/08	Dinsmore & Shohl	Cincinnati	350	&	Chernesky Heyman & Kress	Dayton	25
	4/30/08	Katzman & Korr	Ft. Lauderdale	15	&	Garfinkel Trial Group	Maitland FL	11
	4/29/08	Taft Stettinius & Hollister	Cincinnati	205	&	Sommer Barnard	Indianapolis	110
	4/28/08	Wolf Block	Philadelphia	300	&	Oberly Jennings & Rhodunda	Wilmington	5
	4/18/08	Forchelli Curto Schwartz Mineo Carlino & Cohn	Mineola NY	37	&	Crowe Deegan	Glen Cove NY	12
	4/07/08	Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman	Long Island, NY	75	&	Goetz & Mady-Grove	Long Island, NY	3
	4/04/08	Luper Neidenthal & Logan	Columbus	16	&	Melick Law Firm	Cleveland	2
	4/02/08	Salzmann Hughes	Chambersburg PA	18	&	Finucane Law Office	Chambersburg PA	2
	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
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