Church Church Hittle + Antrim merges with Burrus & Sease
Two of the area’s oldest law firms have joined forces, as Hamilton County-based Church Church Hittle + Antrim celebrated its new merger with Burrus & Sease June 8.
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Faegre Drinker M&A Conference continues evolving in 10th year
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP hosted its 10th M&A Conference last week, continuing the evolution of an event that firm partner Jim Birge once feared was stale to something that he hopes is more interesting and relevant.
Cultural cohesion: As law firms combine, they retain talent by making sure cultures fit
Law offices are paying very close attention to culture and personalities when courting a merger partner.
Hidde, Werner, Ruiz: FBT, AlvaradoSmith combination expands platform, DEI focus
Frost Brown Todd is starting out 2023 on a high note with a recent merger with California-based AlvaradoSmith. Effective the first of the year, it brings two strong, regional law firms into one national firm with a coast-to-coast footprint.
Dinsmore merges with San Diego firm, elects new managing partner
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, which has three Indiana offices, started the new year with a merger with Mulvaney Barry Beatty Linn & Mayers LLP in San Diego, along with a new chair.
Taft rings in the new year with a completed merger
Effective New Year’s Eve, Taft Stettinius & Hollister and Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss completed a combination first announced in September 2022. The move gives Taft — which has an office in Indianapolis — its first Michigan footprint.
Frost Brown Todd enters California market: Combination with AlvaradoSmith bolsters firm to 575-plus attorneys, 17 offices
Frost Brown Todd and California-based AlvaradoSmith willl combine on Jan. 1, 2023, and will have more than 575 attorneys in 17 offices across nine states, including, Indiana and Washington, D.C.
Frost Brown Todd announces merger with California firm
Frost Brown Todd, which has more than 500 attorneys in 14 markets including Indiana, is expanding to the West Coast through a merger with California-based AlvaradoSmith, one of the nation’s largest minority-owned and operated law firms. The combination will become effective Jan. 1, 2023.
SmithAmundsen preparing to complete first combo: Combined firm of Amundsen Davis will have 230 attorneys across 12 offices
SmithAmundsen, which has an office in Indianapolis, is expanding its capacity by entering into its first combination with an entire law firm, which will place the new entity among the largest 200 law firms in the U.S.
The right partner: Merger with Katz Korin Cunningham has Stoll Keenon Ogden looking to grow
For years, Katz Korin Cunningham turned down invitations from larger firms to discuss merging, saying it was happiest being independent. But in Stoll Keenon Ogden, it found a like-minded partner that had also spurned combination offers and took pride in being self-made.
Katz Korin Cunningham becomes Stoll Keenon Ogden in merger
Katz Korin Cunningham, a fixture in the Indianapolis legal market since 1994, has merged with Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, a regional law firm based in Kentucky, effective July 1. The combined offices will operate under the Stoll Keenon name and have 45 attorneys in the Circle City.
Golden combo: At 2-year anniversary, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum ‘very, very happy’ with Project Golden Spike
With Project Golden Spike, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum is outperforming the market in the growth of its lawyer headcount. The firm launched the Golden Spike initiative in January 2020.
Indiana law firm combination market sees activity despite pandemic
Law firms completed 41 mergers in 2021. The total was up slightly from 40 in 2020, but well below the historical average of 55 mergers per year over the previous decade. Despite the slow down, Indiana’s legal community still saw some combinations take place during the pandemic.
Merger of firms brings together former colleagues
A merger of two plaintiffs’ firms in Indianapolis is reuniting two trial lawyers, Joseph Williams and James Piatt, with their mentor, Ron Waicukauski.
Dinsmore expands Indianapolis office by 15% through lateral hires
Months after its entry into the Indiana market, Dinsmore & Shohl has grown its Indianapolis office by 15% in recent weeks with the addition of six attorneys.
Combination bringing global firm to Indianapolis
Crowell & Moring, an international law firm with more than 550 attorneys around the world, is entering the Indianapolis market through a merger with the boutique intellectual property law firm, Brinks Gilson & Lione.
With Project Golden Spike, Dentons rolls into Alabama
Dentons has launched its combination with the Alabama law firm Sirote & Permutt, adding to the global giant’s Project Golden Spike initiative that is creating the “first truly national U.S. law firm.”
Justices overturn ruling to pay contractor after bank acquired business
The Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday struck down lower court rulings in favor of an unpaid contractor that performed work for a South Bend business, finding that because the business’s assets are now owned by a bank rather than the prior company, the new bank-owned business is not liable for the bill.
First quarter activity hints at rebound of law firm mergers
With the merger of Indiana’s Wooden McLaughlin and Dinsmore Shohl leading the more than two dozen law firm combinations that were announced in the first quarter of 2021, the new year is expected to bring a return of robust consolidation activity in the legal market.
Indy law firms join forces, form Waldron Tate Bowen Funk Spandau
A small Indianapolis law firm that’s less than a decade old has grown again, this time building its staff by adding a veteran attorney to form a firm whose newest partner says is informally known around the office as “Mom and the boys.”