| Headquarters | Birmingham, Alabama |
|---|---|
| No. of offices | 14 |
| No. of attorneys | 550 |
| Key people | Greg Curran, Chairman Jeff Grantham, Managing director |
| Date founded | Maynard Cooper & Gale, 1984 Nexsen Pruet, 1945 |
| Company type | Law firm |
| Dissolved | Maynard Cooper & Gale and Nexsen Pruet merged April 1, 2023 |
| Website | www |
Maynard Nexsen is an American full service law firm formed in 2023 by the merger of Maynard Cooper & Gale and Nexsen Pruet.
It is based in Birmingham, Alabama, with offices in New York City, San Francisco, Columbia, South Carolina, Miami, Des Moines, Nashville, Dallas, Orlando, Century City, California and Washington D.C., as well as three additional offices in Alabama located in Huntsville, Montgomery and Mobile. Founded in 1984, it is one of Alabama's largest law firms with over 300 attorneys.[1] The firm is listed by the National Law Journal as one of the 250 Largest American Law Firms in its NLJ 250.[2]
On April 1, 2023, Maynard Cooper & Gale, of Alabama, and Nexsen Pruet, a BigLaw firm headquartered in South Carolina, merged, forming Maynard Nexsen,[3] consisting of 550 lawyers.[4]
Maynard Cooper & Gale ranked 197 on The American Lawyer's 2019 "Am Law 200" list, an annual ranking of U.S. firms by revenue per lawyer, compensation, profits per lawyer, profitability index, value per lawyer, profits per equity partner, and overall revenue.[5]
Notable attorneys and alumni
Maynard Cooper & Gale
- J. Michelle Childs, judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.[6]
- Bob Coble, former mayor of Columbia, South Carolina (1990–2010).
- Franklin Daniels, Chairman of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce.[7]
- James Holshouser, former governor of North Carolina (1973–1977), former vice chairman of the state House Judiciary Committee and Rules Committee.[8]
- Reginald Lloyd, director of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and former United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina.[9]
- Angus Macaulay, President-Elect of the South Carolina Bar Association.[10]
- Ernest C. Pearson, former Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, North Carolina Department of Commerce.
- Tom Stephenson, chairman of the board of trustees, Medical University of South Carolina.
- William Walter Wilkins, former chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, former Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission.[11]
- Marguerite Willis, former director of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce.
- Susan Potsdam, former director of South Carolina Marketing Association.
Nexsen Pruet
- Drayton Nabers Jr. – Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 2004 to 2007
- C. C. Torbert Jr. – Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 1977 to 1989
- Terri Sewell – U.S. Representative for Alabama's 7th congressional district.[12]
References
- ↑ Dalton, Brian (2006-01-01). Vault Guide to the Top Southeastern Law Firms. Vault Inc. ISBN 9781581314144.
- ↑ "The NLJ 250: Our annual survey of the nation's largest law firms".
- ↑ "Big law firms quicker to merge in 2023 so far, report shows" Sara Merken, Reuters, April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ↑ "Southeastern U.S. law firms ink 550-lawyer merger" Chinekwu Osakwe, Reuters, January 5, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ↑ "The 2019 Am Law 200: By the Numbers". law.com. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "President Obama Nominates Judge J. Michelle Childs, Richard Mark Gergel to District Court Bench for the District of South Carolina". whitehouse.gov. 22 December 2009. Archived from the original on 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2010-02-09 – via National Archives., President Obama Nominates Judge J. Michelle Childs, Richard Mark Gergel to District Court Bench for the District of South Carolina, December 22, 2009.
- ↑ , MBACC 2010-2011 Board of Directors.
- ↑ , James Eubert Holshouser, Jr., 1973-1977.
- ↑ , SC Law Enforcement Division Administration.
- ↑ , SC Bar News, February 2011.
- ↑ Former Commissioners.
- ↑ "Congresswoman Terri Sewell". Congresswoman Terri Sewell. Retrieved 2016-04-10.