ArentFox Schiff Merger Beats Predicted Growth in Work, Firm Says

ArentFox Schiff, one year into a merger that created the firm, has tripled the volume of work leaders predicted would result from the combination, chair Anthony Lupo said.

The firm now has bigger practice presences across tech, intellectual property and corporate. Intellectual property and patent practices have been hot, in addition to areas including consumer products and litigation, Lupo said.

“There are so many more areas that are needed now,” Lupo, 57, said in an interview. “We needed to get bigger. It’s just a much more complex legal paradigm than in the past.”

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