HREE TIMES in three years, Nixon Peabody LLP has transformed its shape and identity through a merger. In the process, it has grown to include offices from coast to coast and more than 500 attorneys in 15 integrated practice groups.
As with most marriages, the two firms that first joined to create Nixon Peabody were drawn together by mutual attraction and common interests. Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle LLP was originally a Rochester-based firm that had become one of the largest law firms in New York State, with fewer than half of its attorneys in Rochester. It had a strong corporate/institutional practice and a nationally recognized public finance practice, but it wanted to build a more diverse practice base and expand in high-growth markets that were beyond its geographic reach.
