Locke Lord LLP was an international
law firm
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formed on October 2, 2007, after the combination of Texas-based Locke Liddell & Sapp PLLC and Lord Bissell & Brook LLP. Locke Lord's earliest predecessor firms date from 1887 and 1891. The firm is headquartered in
Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...
and changed its name to Locke Lord LLP on September 27, 2011.
In January 2025, they merged with
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, also known as Troutman Pepper, to become
Troutman Pepper Locke.
History
Locke Lord's origin traces back to 1914, when John Lord started its predecessor in Chicago.
In 1999, Locke Liddell & Sapp was formed from the merger of two predecessor firms in Dallas and Houston. In May 2007, the management of both Locke Liddell & Sapp and Lord Bissell & Brook proposed a
corporate merger
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of a company, business organization, or one of their operating units is transferred to or consolidated with another entity. They may happen through direct absorpt ...
. On September 12, 2007, the partnership of each firm approved the merger, effective October 2, 2007.
On January 10, 2015, the merger between Locke Lord and
Edwards Wildman Palmer
Edwards Wildman was an AmLaw 100 law firm. It was formed from the 2011 merger of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge and Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon. Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge had been formed by the 2005 merger of Edwards & Angell LLP and Palmer ...
was completed. The deal combined roughly 1,600 lawyers across 33 U.S. offices, plus London and Brussels. The merged firm adopted the name ''Locke Lord'', although legacy offices of Edwards Wildman Palmer used the name Locke Lord Edwards for a transition period. The firm employed 641 attorneys as of 2018.
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On January 1, 2025, Locke Lord merged with Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP to become Troutman Pepper Locke.]
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.lockelord.com/
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Law firms established in 2007
Law firms based in Dallas
Law firms based in Chicago
American companies established in 2007
2007 establishments in Texas