Regulation Corporations
Taft can have greater than 1,200 legal professionals after merger with this regulation agency
August 12, 2025, 10:52 am CDT
Taft Stettinius & Hollister is including greater than 100 legal professionals to the regulation agency on account of a merger with Morris, Manning & Martin, the corporations introduced Monday. (Picture from Shutterstock)
Taft Stettinius & Hollister is including greater than 100 legal professionals to the regulation agency on account of a merger with Morris, Manning & Martin, the corporations introduced Monday.
After the merger Dec. 31, Taft can have greater than 1,200 legal professionals in 25 places of work, in accordance with an Aug. 11 press launch. Mixed income is anticipated to exceed $1 billion.
In line with Bloomberg Regulation, the merger “gives a lifeline to the ailing Atlanta-based Morris Manning, which has misplaced almost half of its head rely since final 12 months to BigLaw corporations” increasing within the Southeast.
The corporations will function underneath the joint model of Taft and Morris Manning in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., the place Morris Manning has places of work, throughout a transition that may give Taft an opportunity to construct identify recognition.
Taft managing associate Robert Hicks instructed Regulation.com that the agency was initially involved about getting the perfect expertise following Morris Maning departures, however now there’s “zero doubt in our minds” concerning the merger. The remaining legal professionals are “bedrock” and dedicated to one another and the trigger, he mentioned.
Taft accomplished two different mergers in 2025, combining with Florida boutique agency Mrachek Regulation and Denver-based agency Sherman & Howard.
Taft is likely one of the nation’s fastest-growing corporations within the Am Regulation 100, a rating of the nation’s 100 top-grossing corporations, in accordance with the press launch. Since 2017, Taft has elevated its lawyer head rely by greater than 300% and revenues by greater than 500%.
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