Two Kansas City-area law firms that span the Missouri-Kansas border have announced they plan to merge, effective Sept. 30. Rouse Frets Gentile Rhodes LLC and White Goss announced the merger Friday in a press release. The combined firm’s new name ...

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The number of attorneys at Missouri’s large and midsize law firms has grown over the past five years, but the number of attorneys at those firms actually working in the state has declined. Meanwhile, numbers in the overall profession have grown in Missouri.

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Although Husch Blackwell Chairman Maurice Watson says reclaiming its former top spot in Missouri attorney head count isn’t a priority, the firm is growing its overall head count in terms of “a lot of new partners as well as associates,” he said.

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Hughes Hubbard opened a Kansas City office in 2012 with 15 full-time-equivalent attorneys. This is the first year the firm has been included in Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s head-count survey.

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When Blackwell Sanders hired Curt Chase nearly 20 years ago, he was its first health care attorney. Two decades later, the firm now known as Husch Blackwell has 130 attorneys focused on that industry.

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Rank Prev. rank Firm Headquarters Missouri attorneys Total attorneys Change since 2012 Equity partners Non-equity partners Associates Of counsel/other attorneys* Support staff Leader(s) 1 2 Polsinelli Kansas City 333 616 43 105 251 208 52 655 W. Russell Welsh 2 ...

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The Firms, our most comprehensive directory and rankings of Missouri law firms ever, tracks Missouri’s large and midsize firms.

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