A metro Atlanta attorney is partnering with a nationally known lawyer to merge their two practices.

Joseph Wilson, trial attorney and owner of Joseph Wilson Injury Lawyers in Dunwoody, a solo practice with five employees, recently reached an agreement with Nicholas “Nick” Rowley, founder of Iowa-based Trial Lawyers for Justice, which has offices in about a dozen states, including California and New York, and more than 100 employees, including 35 attorneys.