Taylor English Duma last year hired as its chief executive officer Kirk Hancock, who had served as the chief operating officer and chief financial officer of global management consulting firm The North Highland Co. Hancock is not an attorney; he has more than 30 years of experience as a finance, accounting and operations executive.

The full-service firm has 170 lawyers in Atlanta; Chicago; Houston; Jacksonville, Florida; Los Angeles; Nashville, Tennessee; Raleigh, North Carolina; San Francisco and Washington, D.C. It has a transparent compensation structure and offers alternative fee arrangements.