Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart is serious about its PA presence, acquiring six-attorney Polito & Smock in Pittsburgh just a day after announcing that it would acquire four-attorney Simon Moran in Philadelphia. Thomas A. Smock, Michael D. Glass, John C. Artz, and Jack Owen III will join the firm as shareholders and Jean M. Simmonds and John H. Riordan Jr. will join as an associate and of counsel, respectively. The Pittsburgh office will open Jan. 1, making for three office openings in one day as the firm has also announced the opening of Cleveland and Philadelphia offices on Jan. 1.
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