Midwest-focused law firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister comes onto the NLJ 500 this year as the highest-ranked new entrant at 110.
Starting in the late 2000s, Taft took different steps toward growth: merging with other firms to expand or open new offices, recruiting lateral hires and replenishing outgoing lawyers at the end of their career with new hires out of law school. “We make sure that we never shrink, so when people are leaving we make sure we’re hiring new bodies,” says managing partner Robert Hicks.
