Wake Up Call: Schiff Said to Mull Tie-Up With Arent Fox

In today’s column, Fox Rothschild’s equity partner profits soared 17.31% in 2020, tops among Philadelphia firms; Quinn Emanuel got awarded three times more in fees than its client won in a securities case; a missing real estate lawyer’s 94-year-old mom sued him for forgery.

• Leading off, Chicago-based Schiff Hardin, which posted 2020 gross revenues down about 6% from 2019 to around $174 million, is said to be mulling a possible merger with Washington-based Arent Fox, whose 2020 revenues were up 2.3% to $333.6 million. The merger would create a firm with about 600 lawyers. But the two firms wouldn’t confirm ...