Fast-Growing Spencer Fane to Merge With 40-Lawyer Nashville Firm

Spencer Fane is continuing a growth spurt by combining with 40-lawyer Bone McAllester Norton, a Nashville-based firm founded 20 years ago.

The combination will bring Kansas City, Mo.-based Spencer Fane into 20 cities. Revenue at the firm last year rose nearly 17% to nearly $153 million, according to AmLaw data. The firm’s revenue in the past two years has grown more than 35%, AmLaw data show, far outpacing the average for the group of firms that rank from Nos. 101-200 by revenue.

Spencer Fane has recently represented Nebraska-based meat producer JBS USA Food Co., as well as Hiscox Insurance ...