Top Regional Legal Advisers Ranked by Number of Deals

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Top Regional Legal Advisers Ranked by Number of DealsPrimary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals announced in 2009. Dollars in millions Published February 11, 2010
Regional breakdown: Mid-Atlantic – Midwest – New England – Southeast – Southwest – West

Mid-Atlantic
2009 Rank	2008 Rank	Firm	Deals	Deal value
1	1	Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick PC*	3	$286.7
2	NR	Malizia Spidi & Fisch PC*	2	NA
	9	Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP*	2	32.8
4	1	Bybel Rutledge LLP	1	239.8
	9	Dechert LLP	1	239.8
	NR	Elias Matz Tiernan & Herrick LLP	1	32.8
	9	Hogan & Hartson LLP	1	64.8
	NR	Kennedy & Baris LLP	1	0.3
	NR	Kutak Rock LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Marvin L. Portney PC*	1	NA
	NR	Ober Kaler Grimes & Shriver	1	0.3
	9	Patton Boggs LLP	1	46.9
	NR	Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP	1	239.8
	NR	Pryor Cashman LLP*	1	NA
	9	Rhoads & Sinon LLP	1	64.8
	NR	Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP	1	0.3

Midwest
2009 Rank	2008 Rank	Firm	Deals	Deal value
1	6	Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP	4	$419.6
2	22	Barnes & Thornburg LLP*	3	30.1
	NR	Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather LLP*	3	1.9
	NR	Fredrikson & Byron PA*	3	NA
	2	Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP	3	40.1
	22	Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP*	3	10.8
7	22	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	2	17.7
	NR	DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP	2	55.9
	1	Howard & Howard Attorneys PC	2	5.8
	4	Lindquist & Vennum PLLP*	2	NA
	NR	Morris Laing Evans Brock & Kennedy Chtd.	2	10.5
	11	Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP*	2	6.9
13	NR	Baker & Daniels LLP	1	9.6
	22	Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach & Flynn PC	1	2.4
	NR	Bodman LLP	1	3.0
	22	Bricker & Eckler LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Brown Hay & Stephens LLP	1	27.9
	NR	Bryan Cave LLP	1	4.6
	NR	Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP	1	11.0
	NR	Critchfield Critchfield & Johnston Ltd.*	1	NA
	NR	Davis & MacDonald Law Firm*	1	NA
	NR	Davis Brown Koehn Shors & Roberts PC	1	2.4
	NR	Dechert LLP	1	20.5
	NR	Fisher Skrobot & Sheraw LLC*	1	NA
	NR	Foley & Lardner LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Fraser Stryker Vaughn Meusey Olson Boyer & Bloch PC*	1	NA
	NR	Gaeta & Eveson PA*	1	NA
	NR	Grady & Associates	1	6.2
	NR	Harding Shultz & Downs*	1	NA
	NR	Henderson Covington Messenger Newman & Thomas Co. LPA*	1	NA
	11	Holman Hansen & Colville PC	1	2.7
	NR	Humphrey Farrington & McClain PC	1	4.6
	11	Hunton & Williams LLP	1	11.0
	NR	Jones & Keller PC*	1	NA
	NR	Kemp & Grzelakowski Ltd.*	1	NA
	22	Kilpatrick Stockton LLP	1	20.5
	11	Kutak Rock LLP	1	10.0
	NR	Lowther Johnson Attorneys at Law LLC	1	7.5
	NR	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	1	400.0
	NR	Perry Guthery Haase & Gessford PC LLO	1	1.9
	2	Polsinelli Shughart PC*	1	NA
	NR	Sampson Curry & Twiss PC*	1	NA
	NR	Schiff Hardin LLP	1	14.3
	NR	Shuttleworth & Ingersoll PLC	1	2.7
	4	Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP	1	7.5
	11	Stites & Harbison PLLC	1	32.4
	11	Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC	1	32.4
	NR	WolfBlock LLP	1	11.0

New England
2009 Rank	2008 Rank	Firm	Deals	Deal value
1	NR	Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP*	3	$36.9
2	NR	Cranmore FitzGerald & Meaney	2	97.7
	2	Goodwin Procter LLP*	2	60.9
	4	Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick PC*	2	7.1
	NR	Robinson & Cole LLP*	2	7.1
6	NR	Day Pitney LLP*	1	NA
	4	Foley Hoag LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP*	1	NA
	2	K&L Gates LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Kilpatrick Stockton LLP	1	24.8
	NR	Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP	1	24.8
	NR	Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates*	1	NA

Southeast
2009 Rank	2008 Rank	Firm	Deals	Deal value
1	2	Smith Mackinnon PA*	7	$140.4
2	2	Bryan Cave LLP*	3	16.3
	NR	Hunton & Williams LLP*	3	15.0
	NR	Shutts & Bowen LLP	3	72.4
5	10	Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP*	2	15.0
	10	Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP*	2	5.2
	6	Gaeta & Eveson PA	2	18.6
	1	Gerrish McCreary Smith PC	2	9.9
	NR	Silver Freedman & Taff LLP*	2	0.6
	10	Troutman Sanders LLP*	2	1.4
11	10	Alston & Bird LLP*	1	NA
	2	Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC	1	9.3
	NR	Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP	1	40.0
	10	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP	1	7.0
	NR	Butler Snow O'Mara Stevens & Cannada PLLC*	1	NA
	10	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP	1	11.5
	NR	Goodwin Procter LLP	1	93.0
	NR	Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker LLC*	1	NA
	10	Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA*	1	NA
	10	Kilpatrick Stockton LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Kirkland & Ellis LLP	1	40.0
	10	LeClairRyan	1	105.4
	6	Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick PC*	1	NA
	NR	Martin Snow LLP	1	1.4
	10	McGuireWoods LLP	1	105.4
	NR	Meyer & Kerschner Ltd.	1	17.5
	10	Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP	1	8.3
	NR	Schottenstein Zox & Dunn PA	1	17.5
	NR	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP	1	9.5
	NR	Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP	1	2.7
	NR	Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP	1	17.5
	NR	Vancott Bagley Cornwall & McCarthy PC	1	7.0
	10	Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	1	93.0
	6	Ward and Smith PA	1	8.0
	10	Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis PA*	1	NA
	2	Williams Mullen	1	5.2
	NR	Winston & Strawn LLP	1	40.0
	NR	Wright Fulford Moorhead & Brown LLP	1	15.0

Southwest
2009 Rank	2008 Rank	Firm	Deals	Deal value
1	1	Hunton & Williams LLP*	7	$39.7
2	1	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	3	15.7
3	NR	Jones & Keller PC*	2	9.3
4	NR	Beard Kultgen Brophy Bostwick & Dickson LLP	1	10.0
	NR	Callister Nebeker & McCullough	1	6.4
	NR	Drummond Law PLLC	1	8.1
	NR	Ford & Taylor PLLC	1	7.5
	NR	Harris Law Firm PC	1	3.2
	NR	John R. Preston*	1	NA
	NR	Kennedy & Baris LLP	1	5.0
	4	Larry E. Temple	1	12.0
	NR	McAfee & Taft*	1	NA
	NR	Paul Foster Law Offices PC	1	4.5
	NR	Pickering & Cotogno*	1	NA
	3	Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP	1	7.5
	6	Sherman & Howard LLC	1	7.5
	NR	Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis PA*	1	NA

West
2009 Rank	2008 Rank	Firm	Deals	Deal value
1	3	Christian Samson Jones & Chisholm PLLC	2	$20.9
	NR	Loren P. Hansen APC	2	20.6
3	NR	Crowley Fleck PLLP	1	3.4
	NR	Gerrish McCreary Smith PC*	1	NA
	NR	Graham & Dunn PC	1	17.5
	NR	Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP	1	10.5
	NR	Horgan Rosen Beckham & Coren LLP	1	10.5
	NR	Jones & Keller PC	1	10.5
	NR	Lindquist & Vennum PLLP*	1	NA
	NR	Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Morrison & Foerster LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Proskauer Rose LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Roberts Kaplan LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP*	1	NA
	1	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP*	1	NA
	1	Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz*	1	NA

*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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SNL Financial