The Washinton D.C. lobbying boutique O’Connor & Hannan will merge with the California based law firm Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliot this week. Together the firms will have over 150 lawyers and lobbyist in eight different locations. The combined firm will be called Nossaman/O’Connor & Hannan in D.C., however in the remaining seven offices will all be referred to as Nossaman.

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The law firm Jackson Lewis added an office in Memphis and an office in Albuquerque. This will be the firm’s 5th and 6th new offices for just this year. The Memphis office is headed up by James Mulroy II, while the Albuquerque office is lead by Danny Jarrett. These new additions give the firm a total of 38 offices with more than 500 attorneys to boast.

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Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP acquires Needle & Rosenberg, a top intellectual property law firm in Atlanta. Needle & Rosenberg boosts Ballard’s patent practice with the addition high caliber IP attorneys and professionals. This expansion gives Ballard a strong foothold in the Southeast and reinforces their strength on IP matters.

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The Atlanta based firm of Troutman Sanders expands its practice by merging with Washington, D.C. based Ross, Dixon & Bell. The merger will give Troutman Sanders offices in 15 cities with a total of 750 attorneys. The deal will not only add new offices on the West Coast and in Chicago but will also double the firm’s presence in Washington, D.C.

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Husch Blackwell is merging with Welsh & Katz, an intellectual property firm in Chicago. With the addition of the Welsh team, Husch’s Chicago IP group will nearly double. Husch Blackwell was already the combination of two firms: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin and St. Louis-based Husch & Eppenberger. They completed the merger in March of this year. Husch Blackwell will move to Welsh & Katz’s downtown Chicago office. javascript:submitbutton(‘save’); Save Save

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Ballard Spahr has launched a new practice group: distressed real estate. The aim, if not self-explanatory, is to help clients affected by the weakening real estate markets. The group consists of 16 attorneys spread across 10 of the firm’s offices throughout the US. These numbers may change depending on how the markets change.

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Beth Parker, longtime Bingham McCutchen partner, will be joining Arnold & Porter July 7th. Parker centers her practice on civil litigation, particularly in the areas of intellectual property, commercial, antitrust, constitutional and civil rights. Parker became a partner at Bingham in 1989.

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