Seven lawyers from Philadelphia litigation defense firm Lavin, O’Neil, Ricci, Cedrone & DiSipio, including name shareholder William J. Ricci and three other shareholders, are leaving to start a new firm with the 11 lawyers who currently make up fellow defense firm Hollstein Keating Cattell Johnson & Goldstein, which is currently in the process of dissolving.

The new 18-lawyer firm, which will also include Lavin O’Neil shareholders Francis J. Grey Jr., Francis P. Burns III and Monica V. Pennisi Marsico, will be called Ricci Tyrrell Johnson & Grey and is set to open March 31.