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Clark Hill PLC is absorbing Los Angeles-based Morris Polich & Purdy LLP, adding nearly 100 lawyers in a deal that makes it among the largest law firms in the state.
The combined firm will have 450 attorneys and Morris Polich's offices in Las Vegas, San Francisco San Diego and Los Angeles will operate under the name Clark Hill effective July 17, according to the Detroit-based firm.
The deal is just the most recent for Clark Hill, as firms locally and across the U.S. continue to seek new markets to retain and grow their client list as the legal market is stagnant overall.
Further details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Grand Rapids-based Barnes & Thornburg LLP is the only larger Michigan law firm by number of attorneys, with 493 as of January. Clark Hill surpassed Detroit-based Dickinson Wright PLLC's 440 attorneys, and Detroit-based Dykema Gossett PLLC's 420 attorneys, with the addition of Morris Polich, according to Crain's list of largest law firms published...