Two Am Law 200 firms have become early movers in the 2022 expansion stakes with combinations that grow the firms in key markets.

Michael Best & Friedrich, ranked 169 in the Am Law 200, has added 23 lawyers and 13 professionals from Forrest Firm in a strategic combination to expand the firm’s presence in North Carolina. Meanwhile, Baltimore-based firm Offit Kurman, ranked 191, has continued its expansion in the New York area by combining with Dahan & Nowick, a firm in Westchester’s White Plains, a satellite city 30 miles north of Manhattan, New York.