The St. Louis expansion will increase the firm’s reach in the areas of real estate and corporate transactions, said Mark Foster, managing partner of Stinson Morrison. Initially, the firm will have two offices in the St. Louis area and will consolidate those locations “in about a year,” he said.

Stinson Morrison, ranked No. 136 in The National Law Journal‘s NLJ 250 annual survey of the nation’s largest law firms, has eight locations, including offices in Washington and Phoenix.