Holme Roberts & Owen LLP Ranked Among American Lawyer's Top 200 Firms
06/09/2009
2009 Survey Confirms HRO as a Strong Candidate for Growth
Denver, Colorado - June 9, 2009 – Holme Roberts & Owen LLP (HRO) continues to climb the American Lawyer’s list of the nation's top 200 firms, this year moving up four places to #185. In addition, when benchmarked against other leading law firms, HRO also performed favorably, with gross revenue up 2.2 percent and revenues per lawyer up a healthy 5.8 percent over 2007 figures.
Patty Fontneau, Chief Operating Officer, said:
“We are pleased with this year’s survey results that highlight our success despite challenging market conditions. We are confident that HRO’s broad and flexible business model will drive continued growth and allow us to exploit new opportunities as the economic recovery proceeds.”
HRO’s improved ranking is the latest in a number of recent successes for the firm. Earlier this year, HRO was named a Go-To Law Firm® for the nation’s leading Fortune 500® companies based on the strength of its Intellectual Property and Litigation Practices and more recently was ranked as a leading law firm for M&A in the Mountain West Region by the 2009 Legal 500.
The Am Law 200 is reported by staff members at Incisive Media's publications throughout the United States, including The American Lawyer, Connecticut Law Tribune, Daily Business Review (Miami), Fulton County Daily Report (Atlanta), The Legal Intelligencer (Philadelphia), Legal Times (Washington, D.C.), New Jersey Law Journal, New York Law Journal, The Recorder (San Francisco), and Texas Lawyer.
About HRO - Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is an international law firm that was established in 1898 and has approximately 250 lawyers practicing in nine strategically positioned offices throughout the world, including Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, London, Los Angeles, Munich, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco. The firm's lawyers provide a broad spectrum of legal services in virtually every area of the law, including corporate, securities, mergers and acquisitions, estate planning, commercial litigation, real estate, sports and entertainment, health, employment, tax, government affairs, environmental, and intellectual property.