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Schiff Hardin expands reach with merger

The union between Chicago-based Schiff Hardin and San Francisco-based litigation firm Morgenstein & Jubelirer will be sealed on January 1, 2007. The new firm, which will continue under the name Schiff Hardin, will have a strong workforce of 400 attorneys, providing coast-to-coast presence with offices in Chicago, Lake Forest, IL, San Francisco, New York, Washington, DC and Atlanta.

Schiff Hardin, boasting a strong West Coast presence, has been closely associated with the outstanding trial lawyers of Morgenstein & Jubelirer for several years. Both firms have broad experience in varied legal areas including complex civil litigation, product liability/mass tort, construction, intellectual property, labor, employment, antitrust, and general commercial disputes. With the merger, the duo anticipates progressing beyond their individual specialty realms and easing the path to evolve into a nationalized entity.

10-09-2006

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Holland & Hart's Westward Ho program

With 13 offices in seven Rocky Mountain states, Holland & Hart is apparently in expansion mode. After opening its office in Washington, DC in April, the firm is now expanding towards the west with the opening of its Nevada office in Las Vegas. Commercial litigators with an emphasis in construction litigation and arbitration, both Philip J. Dabney and Gregory S. Gilbert will be resident partners, with the assistance of four additional attorneys, two paralegals, and three secretaries. The Nevada firm aims to provide top-notch service to its clients on wide ranging areas of practice including litigation, real estate, business transactions and natural resources/environmental law.

10-09-2006

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Cooley Godward and Kronish Lieb ties the knot

IP and biotech expert Cooley Godward and disputes specialist Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman merged their firms to operate as one entity with the moniker Cooley Godward Kronish LLP. Stephen Neal, chairman and chief executive officer of Cooley Godward will head the combined firm, while his counterpart, Alan Levine, managing partner of Kronish Lieb will head the New York office. The merger move helps the firms expand their national presence.

The new firm, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, will have 550 attorneys adept in litigation practice, besides an extensive reach in corporate, tax, and bankruptcy. The firm represents a diverse clientele from a broad range of dynamic industry sectors, including technology, life sciences, financial services, retail, and energy.

10-06-2006

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Goodwin Procter bolsters west coast standing

Goodwin Procter, LLP, one of the nation's leading law firms, has recently set up new offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, completing a West Coast expansion program begun in April. The move to expand towards the prestigious business and entertainment market, follows the firm's premeditated plan, to not only consolidate its West coast presence, but also to become a national and international level player. Real estate expert Lewis G. Feldman will lead the Los Angeles office, along with two additional partners in Los Angeles and six in San Francisco.

Goodwin Procter will put more stress on its public finance, real estate/real estate capital markets, and litigation practices in its new offices. It will also aim to expand its reach in technology and life sciences; private equity; and intellectual property in the national arena.

Boston-based Goodwin Procter's team of attorneys in five offices support the firm's core practice areas of corporate, litigation and real estate, including financial services, private equity, technology, REITs and real estate capital markets, intellectual property and products liability.

10-06-2006

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LexisNexis helps Steptoe step up its client servicing

To provide speedy response to clients' litigation needs, West Virginia law firm Steptoe & Johnson purchased information resource from LexisNexis Market Intelligence, a leading provider of client development solutions. The premeditated move follows the firm's intention to boost its efforts for an overall development of its business. Steptoe & Johnson joins 50 other leading law firms who have already installed LexisNexis.

LexisNexis Market Intelligence provides law firms with accurate and thorough coverage in business and court-record based litigation. This data is utilized by the firm to take quick and smart cost-effective decisions about its objectives, and also to strategically cross-sell. Timely alerts sent by the intelligence agency helps firms give clients advance notice of new litigation, facilitating it also to develop a responsive strategy, often prior to the complaint. Steptoe & Johnson also uses Market Intelligence to help design future line of attack to be adopted in business by identifying possible client development opportunities, understanding the competition, and researching emerging industry trends.

Steptoe & Johnson is a multi-practice law firm providing legal services through its 160 lawyers and more than 200 support staff, to various clients. Advice is offered on a variety of practice areas from the firm's six offices spread throughout West Virginia.

10-04-2006

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Mergers - the short-cut to surging revenue

Leading law firms have seen their revenues surge immensely due to their mergers with other major players. Within The Lawyer Global 100 2006, most of the law firms with high revenues are a result of a merger. The union of Piper Rudnick with San Francisco's Gray Cary Ware & Friedrich has witnessed a 53.4 per cent rise in DLA Piper's revenue. The firm's US and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Emea) division has also contributed with its profit per equity partner (PEP) being one of the highest among its transatlantic peers. Pillsbury Winthrop and Shaw Pittman fusion has increased the merger entities revenues by 32.7 per cent, while the merger of law firms Ropes & Gray and IP major Fish & Neave has seen their revenues rise by 37.9 per cent. Global players are aggressively merging their business - Kirkpatrick's most talked about merger with Preston Gates & Ellis would see its revenues touch the $650m mark. Reed Smith's unification with Richards Butler will take the revenues up by more than $110m. With more and more firms merging, law firms have apparently realized the secret behind the bolstering revenues.

10-04-2006

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Small fry join to deflect big fish

Who says two's company and three's a crowd? Birmingham firms-Goodrich, Cunningham, and Hahn-have joined forces to launch-Red Mountain Law-a combined effort to overthrow the might of the bigger fish in the Birmingham legal pond. The firms haven't merged formally; the union is an attempt to cooperate to contend with the larger firms existing in the area.

Alabama-based Goodrich, which specializes in business and corporate law; Houston-based Cunningham, with complex litigation/arbitration and appeals for a wide variety of clients; and Dallas-based Hahn for aviation-oriented legal advice have combined forces under the banner Red Mountain Law-a platform from which they intend to provide clients expertise on a wide perspective ranging from each firm's individual specialty to a more broader collective legal approach.

Initially, Goodrich will deal in securities; Hahn in trusts, wills and estates and real estate; while loan closings will be assigned to Cunningham. However, the three firms' own attorneys will also continue to work in their respective realm of specialization.

10-02-2006

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