PITTSBURGH - (Business Wire) Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP (Thorp Reed) today announced that effective March 1, 2008, it will combine its practice with the Philadelphia-based Kittredge, Donley, Elson, Fullem & Embick, LLP (Kittredge Donley).
Under terms of the combination, all of Kittredge Donley’s partners, associates and support staff will join with Thorp Reed’s Philadelphia office, and operate under the Thorp Reed & Armstrong name. The two firms together will create a formidable presence in the Philadelphia region, serving clients in Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, and throughout the Northeast Corridor.
The combination offers both firms expansive growth opportunities, with Thorp Reed adding legal expertise and clients in the insurance and reinsurance industry, international trade, labor and employment, and corporate and civil litigation, as well as an expanded presence in Philadelphia. Kittredge Donley gains access to the resources of a larger firm structure and opportunity to grow its client roster through synergies with Thorp Reed’s existing client and prospect base.
“It’s a unique opportunity to combine with another law firm in the Philadelphia region that not only offers us the opportunity for growth, but provides to us a number of excellent and highly respected lawyers that share our approach and passion to the practice of law,” said Jeff Conn, Managing Partner of Thorp Reed & Armstrong. “By combining with Kittredge Donley, Thorp Reed becomes not only a larger firm, but a stronger one as well, giving us new expertise and capabilities in key areas of the law. I join our entire firm in welcoming Kittredge Donley’s partners, attorneys and staff to Thorp Reed & Armstrong.”
“For Kittredge Donley, a strategic combination was less about the right time, than the right partner,” said Joe Donley of Kittredge Donley. “When Thorp Reed approached us, we were not looking for a merger, but once we began to discuss the opportunity both firms would have as a combined entity, we were excited not only about growth, but also the ability to combine with a firm that shared a common culture and focus on the client. Together as Thorp Reed & Armstrong, we are now well positioned to serve a growing client base and an expanded geographical area with the requisite breadth and depth of legal expertise.”
About Thorp Reed & Armstrong
Since 1895, Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP has been a premier Pittsburgh-based law firm, which has grown to include additional offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Princeton, New Jersey, and Wheeling, West Virginia. Earning the respect, trust and appreciation of clients, peers, and those who live in our communities, Thorp Reed & Armstrong attorneys have gained a reputation as lawyers who exemplify the profession’s best qualities. The firm supports a wide variety of clients’ needs within the practice areas of business law, litigation, labor and commercial finance.
For more information on Thorp Reed & Armstrong, call 412-394-7711 or visit www.thorpreed.com.
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