In a climate where clients seek a wider range of expertise from the law firms they hire, along with the economies of scale that only a larger operation can provide, it’s not at all unusual to see large chunks of one firm join forces with another.
Exhibit A: earlier this month, there were widespread reports in the Connecticut legal community that 15 lawyers at the Farmington firm of Levy & Droney are moving to the Hartford office of Providence, R.I.-based Hinckley Allen & Snyder, effective January 1.
