Piper & Marbury LLP

Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe LLP was formed in the fall of 1999 by the merger of Rudnick & Wolfe and Piper & Marbury LLP. The merged firm has over 800 lawyers and operates out of offices in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, New York, Tampa, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Reston, Virginia. The firm's practice is focused on:

Corporate IPOs, mergers and acquisitions and other major transactions for companies of all sizes, including those in the emerging company and technology sectors;

Intellectual property and information technology;

Real estate transactions and commercial lending;

Franchising and distribution, licensing, and joint ventures;

Litigation, including white collar crime and alternative dispute resolution; and

Sophisticated regulatory counseling in areas such as antitrust law, government contracts, environmental law and communications law.

These six core practice areas embrace other disciplines that cross these boundaries, such as corporate and business tax, bankruptcy, labor, employee benefits, health care, insurance, public finance and estate planning.