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
	6/23/08	K&L Gates	Pittsburgh	1500	&	Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman	Charlotte NC	175
	4/29/08	Taft Stettinius & Hollister	Cincinnati	205	&	Sommer Barnard	Indianapolis	110
	6/25/08	Troutman Sanders	Atlanta	650	&	Ross Dixon & Bell	Washington DC	100
	5/26/08	Holland & Hart	Denver	365	&	Hale Lane Peek Dennison and Howard	Reno	50
	6/15/08	Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll	Philadelphia	535	&	Needle & Rosenberg	Atlanta	25
	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
	6/30/08	Nossman Gunther Knox & Elliott	Los Angeles	133	&	O'Connor & Hannan	Washington DC	19
	4/18/08	Forchelli Curto Schwartz Mineo Carlino & Cohn	Mineola NY	37	&	Crowe Deegan	Glen Cove NY	12
	4/30/08	Katzman & Korr	Ft. Lauderdale	15	&	Garfinkel Trial Group	Maitland FL	11
	5/14/08	K&L Gates	Pittsburgh	1500	&	J&J Attorneys-at-law	Taipei	9
	6/07/08	Ruden McClosky	Ft. Lauderdale	185	&	Elk Christu & Bakst	Boca Raton	7
	6/16/08	Chartwell Law Offices	Valley Forge PA	36	&	Troy MacBride Veith	Conshohocken PA	7
	6/23/08	Burke Williams & Sorensen	Los Angeles	55	&	Kay & Stevens	Menlo Park CA	6
	4/01/08	Sherman & Howard	Denver	150	&	Wear Travers & Perkins	Vail CO	6
	6/19/08	Norman Hanson & DeTroy	Portland ME	25	&	Bonneau & Geismar	Lewiston ME	5
	4/28/08	Wolf Block	Philadelphia	300	&	Oberly Jennings & Rhodunda	Wilmington	5
	4/01/08	Bullivant Houser Bailey	Portland OR	155	&	Jacobs & Ferraro	San Francisco	5
	5/30/08	Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard	Little Rock	67	&	Long Burner Parks & DeLargy	Austin	5
	6/24/08	Hiscock & Barclay	Syracuse	200	&	Scibelli Whiteley and Stanganelli	Boston	4
	5/28/08	Baron & Budd	Dallas	40	&	LeBlanc and Waddell	Baton Rouge	4
	5/28/08	Baron & Budd	Dallas	40	&	Silber Pearlman	Dallas	4
	6/20/08	Koons Fuller Vanden Eykel & Robertson	Dallas	19	&	Gregory & Conner	Denton TX	3
	4/07/08	Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman	Long Island, NY	75	&	Goetz & Mady-Grove	Long Island, NY	3
	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
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