Top Lead Legal Advisers By Dollar Value of Deals in 2009

February 10, 2010, 1:33 p.m. EST 1 Min Read

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Top Lead Legal Advisers By Dollar Value of Deals in 2009Primary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals announced in 2009. Dollars in millions
2009 Rank	2008 Rank	Firm	Deal value	Deals
1	81	Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP	$457.10	4
2	NR	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	400	1
3	34	Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick P.C.*	293.7	6
4	33	Dechert LLP	260.3	2
5	18	Bybel Rutledge LLP	239.8	1
	NR	Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP	239.8	1
7	117	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC	157	1
8	21	Goodwin Procter LLP*	153.9	3
9	69	Smith Mackinnon PA*	140.4	7
10	51	LeClairRyan	105.4	1
	77	McGuireWoods LLP	105.4	1
12	NR	Cranmore FitzGerald & Meaney	97.7	2
13	2	Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz*	93	2
14	NR	Shutts & Bowen LLP	72.4	3
15	41	Hunton & Williams LLP*	65.7	11
16	36	Hogan & Hartson LLP	64.8	1
	57	Rhoads & Sinon LLP	64.8	1
18	NR	DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP	55.9	2
19	19	Patton Boggs LLP	46.9	1
20	16	Kilpatrick Stockton LLP*	45.3	3
21	58	Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP	40.1	3
22	NR	Kirkland & Ellis LLP	40	1
	NR	Winston & Strawn LLP	40	1
24	NR	Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP*	36.9	3
25	NR	Elias Matz Tiernan & Herrick LLP	32.8	1
	50	Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP*	32.8	2
27	70	Stites & Harbison PLLC	32.4	1
	54	Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC	32.4	1
29	53	Barnes & Thornburg LLP*	30.1	3
30	NR	Brown Hay & Stephens LLP	27.9	1
31	NR	Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP	24.8	1
32	13	Bryan Cave LLP*	20.9	4
	NR	Christian Samson Jones & Chisholm PLLC	20.9	2
34	NR	Loren P. Hansen APC	20.6	2
35	NR	Jones & Keller PC*	19.8	4
36	25	Gaeta & Eveson PA*	18.6	3
37	109	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	17.7	2
38	75	Graham & Dunn PC	17.5	1
	NR	Meyer & Kerschner Ltd.	17.5	1
	NR	Schottenstein Zox & Dunn PA	17.5	1
	NR	Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP	17.5	1
42	20	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	15.7	3
43	14	Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP*	15	2
	NR	Wright Fulford Moorhead & Brown LLP	15	1
45	NR	Schiff Hardin LLP	14.3	1
46	48	Larry E. Temple	12	1
47	7	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP	11.5	1
48	NR	Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP	11	1
	NR	WolfBlock LLP	11	1
50	92	Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP*	10.8	3
51	NR	Horgan Rosen Beckham & Coren LLP	10.5	1
	NR	Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP	10.5	1
	NR	Morris Laing Evans Brock & Kennedy Chtd.	10.5	2
54	NR	Beard Kultgen Brophy Bostwick & Dickson LLP	10	1
	17	Kutak Rock LLP*	10	2
56	55	Gerrish McCreary Smith PC*	9.9	3
57	NR	Baker & Daniels LLP	9.6	1
58	4	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP	9.5	1
59	60	Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC	9.3	1
60	43	Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP	8.3	1
61	NR	Drummond Law PLLC	8.1	1
62	37	Ward and Smith PA	8	1
63	NR	Ford & Taylor PLLC	7.5	1
	62	Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP*	7.5	2
	NR	Sherman & Howard LLC	7.5	1
	NR	Lowther Johnson Attorneys at Law LLC	7.5	1
	61	Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP	7.5	1
68	NR	Robinson & Cole LLP*	7.1	2
69	26	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP	7	1
	NR	Vancott Bagley Cornwall & McCarthy PC	7	1
71	67	Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP*	6.9	2
72	NR	Callister Nebeker & McCullough	6.4	1
73	NR	Grady & Associates	6.2	1
74	52	Howard & Howard Attorneys PC	5.8	2
75	NR	Kennedy & Baris LLP	5.3	2
76	68	Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP*	5.2	2
	32	Williams Mullen	5.2	1
78	NR	Humphrey Farrington & McClain P.C.	4.6	1
79	NR	Paul Foster Law Offices P.C.	4.5	1
80	NR	Crowley Fleck PLLP	3.4	1
81	NR	Harris Law Firm PC	3.2	1
82	NR	Bodman LLP	3	1
83	NR	Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP	2.7	1
	91	Holman Hansen & Colville PC	2.7	1
	NR	Shuttleworth & Ingersoll PLC	2.7	1
86	78	Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach & Flynn PC	2.4	1
	NR	Davis Brown Koehn Shors & Roberts PC	2.4	1
88	NR	Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather L.LP*	1.9	3
	NR	Perry Guthery Haase & Gessford P.C. L.L.O.	1.9	1
90	NR	Martin Snow LLP	1.4	1
	129	Troutman Sanders LLP*	1.4	2
92	35	Silver Freedman & Taff L.LP*	0.6	2
93	NR	Ober Kaler Grimes & Shriver	0.3	1
	NR	Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP	0.3	1

*Deal value for at least one deal is not available. NR - not ranked; NA - not available. In-house advisers are included. Whole deals are included. Terminated deals are excluded. Rankings are recalculated as of Jan. 6, 2010. In event advisers merge or an adviser is purchased by the parent of another adviser, SNL retroactively adjusts historic rankings to the single, highest-level adviser. If the buyer is already receiving credit for a particular deal, it will not receive additional credit following the merger.
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