Five years ago, Connecticut’s Pepe & Hazard merged with New Jersey-based McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter to create a firm with 300 lawyers and offices in six states. At the time, lawyers on both sides of the deal weren’t simply looking at how partners would get compensated, how possible conflicts of interest would be resolved, and how business volume might grow from marrying their firms.
They also looked at whether they had the same philosophy about litigation. It turns out that Pepe & Hazard and McElroy Deutsch had the same commitment to thoroughness and quality in large-scale litigation, Hartford partner Louis R. Pepe said. “The culture match has been as neat and perfect as it could be,” Pepe said.
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