No. of offices 17 Major practice areas Corporate Founded 1878 Number of offices 17 | No. of attorneys approximately 400 Date founded 1878 Company type Limited liability company | |
Key people William T. Burgess, CEO; James A. Samborn and Edward H. Pappas, Chairmen Founder Henry Munroe Campbell and Henry Russel Headquarters Detroit, Michigan, United States Parent organization Dickinson Wright/Mariscal Weeks Profiles | ||
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Dickinson Wright PLLC (formerly Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman), is a law firm based in Detroit, Michigan. With approximately 400 lawyers across more than 40 practices, Dickinson Wright serves clients from seventeen offices, six of which are in Michigan. In the 2015 NLJ 350, which is based on the number of lawyers at the firm in 2014, the National Law Journal ranked Dickinson Wright 122nd largest in the United States and largest Detroit based firm.
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History
Dickinson Wright was founded in 1878 by two young lawyers, Henry Munroe Campbell and Henry Russel.
Members of the firm were involved in drafting the state of Michigan's two constitutions in 1908 and 1963.
The firm began expanding outside of Michigan in 1978 with the opening of the firm's Washington, D.C. office. Since then, the firm has added five additional offices in Michigan (Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Saginaw, and Troy). In the late 2000s, the firm added offices in Toronto, Phoenix, and Nashville. The firm expanded its Toronto office in 2011, the Phoenix office in 2013, and the Las Vegas office in 2015. The firm opened new offices in Columbus, Ohio (2012), Nashville's Music Row (2014), and Lexington, Ky. in 2015.
Around the late 1980s and early 1990s, because of the increase in Japanese companies in Metro Detroit, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman hired a Japanese paralegal and two Japanese lawyers. With its new employees it began publishing a Japanese-language newsletter for Japanese clients and began conducting Japanese-language seminars.
The firm adopted its current name, Dickinson Wright PLLC, when it established itself as a professional limited liability company in January 1998.
Practice areas
Dickinson Wright maintains a diverse range of practice areas, including administrative & regulatory, appellate, automotive, automotive litigation, banking & financial services, bankruptcy, business technology, construction, corporate, corporate finance, emerging business, employee benefits, energy & sustainability, environmental, estate planning & administration, family law, gaming, government relations, healthcare, immigration, Indian law, insurance, intellectual property, labor & employment, litigation, media, sports & entertainment, mergers & acquisitions, municipal law & finance, patent litigation, private equity, products liability, real estate, schools & education, securities, and taxation.