Schottenstein Zox & Dunn, a 150-lawyer Ohio firm, has opened a North Carolina office with eight attorneys and two lobbyists.

The office is the firm’s first outside of Ohio and is staffed with attorneys and professionals who worked with Helms Mullis & Wicker. That firm recently merged with McGuireWoods. However, some did not want to join the merged firm, according to a spokeswoman for Schottenstein.