September 3, 2019—Barclay Damon announces 20 former LeClairRyan attorneys have joined the firm, effective August 30. The team includes three attorneys in New York City, five attorneys in Boston, and 12 attorneys in New Haven, Connecticut, which adds a new primary office location to the firm’s Northeast platform.
The additions strengthen areas of strategic growth for the firm, including bankruptcy, labor and employment, higher education, finance, real estate, and litigation, several of which have national reach.
Three attorneys joined as equity partners and the balance as contract partners or associates. Janice Grubin, a leading bankruptcy attorney in New York, joined the firm as co-chair, along with Jeff Dove, of Barclay Damon’s Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Practice Area. One paralegal and select staff have also made the transition.
John Langan, Barclay Damon’s managing partner, said, “We are pleased to welcome this talented group of attorneys and to offer the deep experience they bring to existing Barclay Damon clients.” Langan continued, “We also look forward to introducing Barclay Damon’s core strength areas, including energy, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, tax, and health care, to new clients coming with the LeClairRyan team.”
Adding attorneys in Boston and New York advances a key Barclay Damon strategy of growing the firm’s major-market offices, which also include Washington DC and Toronto. The new Connecticut office is optimally located between New York and Boston and will strengthen the firm’s ability to support client needs throughout the Northeast.
“Strategic additions like this allow us to add strong talent to our service offerings and provide integrated legal services to our clients,” Connie Cahill, deputy managing partner, said. “We are always interested in meeting with talented attorneys, groups, and firms looking to expand their breadth of services and who will embrace Barclay Damon’s commitment to collaboration, innovation, and diversity and inclusion.”
For two decades, Barclay Damon has been successfully pursuing a disciplined expansion strategy throughout its platform. In addition to the former LeClairRyan group, the firm’s recent growth includes the addition of seven wealth management planning and elder law attorneys from Lacy Katzen LLP in 2018 and combinations with the 15-attorney bankruptcy firm Menter, Rudin & Trivelpiece, PC in 2018 and the 12-attorney energy-environmental firm Gilberti, Stinziano, Heintz & Smith, PC in 2017. A large-group combination with Damon Morey LLP in 2015 resulted in the firm’s name change from Hiscock & Barclay, LLP to Barclay Damon LLP. Over the last two decades, the firm’s lateral-recruitment program, which focuses on successfully identifying, onboarding, and integrating new talent, has increased the firm from 50 to nearly 300 attorneys.
Barclay Damon attorneys team across offices and practices to provide customized, targeted solutions grounded in industry knowledge and a deep understanding of our clients’ businesses. With nearly 300 attorneys, Barclay Damon is a leading regional law firm that operates from a strategic platform of offices located in the Northeastern United States and Toronto.