[1] Barrett Smith was a firm of 65 attorneys (which then qualified as mid-sized) that focused on white collar criminal defense litigation, commodities and aircraft leasing.
It brought major clients the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange, Merrill Lynch, and British Airways.
Prior to the consummation of the merger, however, rival New York firm Chadbourne & Parke lured away the entire corporate tax team from Barrett Smith, approximately 30 attorneys.
Similarly, the 20-strong flagship white collar group of legacy Barrett Smith defected to Kirkpatrick & Lockhart shortly after the merger.
About 50 attorneys joined the New York office of the Philadelphia-based law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.