Locke Lord LLP is an international
law firm formed on October 2, 2007, after the combination of Texas-based
Locke Liddell & Sapp PLLC and
Lord Bissell & Brook LLP. Locke Lord's earliest predecessor firms date from 1887 and 1891. The firm is headquartered in
Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County ...
and changed its name to Locke Lord LLP on September 27, 2011.
["Law firm shortens name to Locke Lord," Houston Business Journal, September 27, 2011 http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2011/09/27/law-firm-shortens-name-to-locke-lord.html]
In May 2007, the management of both Locke Liddell & Sapp and Lord Bissell & Brook proposed a
corporate merger
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization. As an aspec ...
. On September 12, 2007, the partnership of each firm approved the merger, effective October 2, 2007.
On January 10, 2015, the merger between Locke Lord and
Edwards Wildman Palmer
Edwards Wildman was an AmLaw 100 law firm. It was formed from the 2011 merger of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge and Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon. Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge had been formed by the 2005 merger of Edwards & Angell LLP and Palmer ...
was completed. The merged firm adopted the name ''Locke Lord'', although legacy offices of Edwards Wildman Palmer used the name Locke Lord Edwards for a transition period. The firm employs 641 attorneys.
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External links
* {{Official website, http://www.lockelord.com/
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Law firms established in 2007
Law firms based in Dallas
Law firms based in Chicago
American companies established in 2007
2007 establishments in Texas