Va. Firm LeClairRyan Grows in Northeast With Merger
LeClairRyan has quickly grown to 170 lawyers to become the Virginia’s fifth-largest law firm. Now it will increase in size again this January when it merges with 45-lawyer Seiden Wayne, which has lawyers in Newark, N.J., Philadelphia and New York, the New Jersey Star-Ledger reports.
LeClairRyan was formed in 1988 by two former lawyers from Hunton & Williams, the New Jersey Law Journal reports. Since then the firm has grown mostly by adding associates and lateral hires while keeping attrition low. Before the latest merger, it recently established new offices outside of Virginia with the opening of a Boston office this summer and a New York office last year.
The merged firm will keep the LeClairRyan name, according to a press release.
LeClairRyan focuses on litigation while Seiden Wayne has a greater emphasis on transactional work.
