Movers & Shakers

Altman Weil, Inc. and LegalBizDev have announced a new strategic alliance.

The two consulting firms will remain independent entities, but will work side by side on selected client matters to provide solutions that fully integrate Altman Weil's strategic advisory services with LegalBizDev's tactical expertise.

For more than 40 years, Altman Weil has provided strategic services to law firms and corporate law departments throughout the world. Altman Weil provides advice on strategic planning, practice group management, client surveys and custom benchmarking, lawyer compensation systems, and more.

Boston-based LegalBizDev helps law firms enhance client satisfaction and increase profitability by improving project management and business development. Since 1985, the company has offered training, coaching, webinars, workshops, retreats, train the trainer programs, publications, and more.

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP and Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP have announced the merger of the two firms, effective June 1, 2013. The name of the combined firm will be Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP.

Holtz Rubenstein Reminick, a New York accounting firm with offices in Manhattan and on Long Island, will be the platform for Baker Tilly's New York practice and further expands the firm's presence on the East Coast.

Baker Tilly's Executive Managing Partner Ed Offterdinger will expand his role and lead the integration of the two firms.

Baker Tilly provides accounting, tax and advisory services, and serves clients from offices in Chicago; Detroit; Minneapolis; New York; Washington, DC; and throughout Wisconsin. Baker Tilly is an independent member of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 131 countries, with more than 26,000 professionals. The combined worldwide revenue of independent member firms exceeds $3 billion.

Goldberg, Lowenstein & Weatherwax LLP (“GLW”) is celebrating its one-year anniversary, as well as its rapid expansion from three to 25 attorneys. GLW has also added technical consultants and other professionals, as well as satellite offices in Palo Alto and San Diego.

The three founding partners (all former Irell & Manella LLP attorneys) ' Perry Goldberg, Nathan Lowenstein and Kenneth Weatherwax ' along with many of the attorneys who joined GLW, spent the bulk of their careers immersed in “bet the company” patent and intellectual property litigation matters.

“We have a subtle but fundamental shift in how we have imagined and created our law firm. It's not that the people are here to serve the firm, the firm is a platform upon which we each are able to build our careers,” said partner Perry Goldberg. “We have generated incredible growth, not only because of our unique philosophy and generous incentive structure, but also because we have created a strong platform that recognizes the importance of giving people freedom and flexibility to control their lives and their careers.”

GLW currently represents a wide range of clients, from well-established publicly traded companies to individuals and start-ups, handling numerous patent-related matters, including infringement litigation, licensing, IP due diligence and re-examination matters. GLW also handles other legal matters, including antitrust, business litigation, election law, entertainment and general transactional work.

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Altman Weil, Inc. and LegalBizDev have announced a new strategic alliance.

The two consulting firms will remain independent entities, but will work side by side on selected client matters to provide solutions that fully integrate Altman Weil's strategic advisory services with LegalBizDev's tactical expertise.

For more than 40 years, Altman Weil has provided strategic services to law firms and corporate law departments throughout the world. Altman Weil provides advice on strategic planning, practice group management, client surveys and custom benchmarking, lawyer compensation systems, and more.

Boston-based LegalBizDev helps law firms enhance client satisfaction and increase profitability by improving project management and business development. Since 1985, the company has offered training, coaching, webinars, workshops, retreats, train the trainer programs, publications, and more.

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP and Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP have announced the merger of the two firms, effective June 1, 2013. The name of the combined firm will be Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP.

Holtz Rubenstein Reminick, a New York accounting firm with offices in Manhattan and on Long Island, will be the platform for Baker Tilly's New York practice and further expands the firm's presence on the East Coast.

Baker Tilly's Executive Managing Partner Ed Offterdinger will expand his role and lead the integration of the two firms.

Baker Tilly provides accounting, tax and advisory services, and serves clients from offices in Chicago; Detroit; Minneapolis; New York; Washington, DC; and throughout Wisconsin. Baker Tilly is an independent member of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 131 countries, with more than 26,000 professionals. The combined worldwide revenue of independent member firms exceeds $3 billion.

Goldberg, Lowenstein & Weatherwax LLP (“GLW”) is celebrating its one-year anniversary, as well as its rapid expansion from three to 25 attorneys. GLW has also added technical consultants and other professionals, as well as satellite offices in Palo Alto and San Diego.

The three founding partners (all former Irell & Manella LLP attorneys) ' Perry Goldberg, Nathan Lowenstein and Kenneth Weatherwax ' along with many of the attorneys who joined GLW, spent the bulk of their careers immersed in “bet the company” patent and intellectual property litigation matters.

“We have a subtle but fundamental shift in how we have imagined and created our law firm. It's not that the people are here to serve the firm, the firm is a platform upon which we each are able to build our careers,” said partner Perry Goldberg. “We have generated incredible growth, not only because of our unique philosophy and generous incentive structure, but also because we have created a strong platform that recognizes the importance of giving people freedom and flexibility to control their lives and their careers.”

GLW currently represents a wide range of clients, from well-established publicly traded companies to individuals and start-ups, handling numerous patent-related matters, including infringement litigation, licensing, IP due diligence and re-examination matters. GLW also handles other legal matters, including antitrust, business litigation, election law, entertainment and general transactional work.

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