A big merger last year translated into big gains for Husch Blackwell: Gross revenue jumped more than 20 percent from the prior year, net income was up 18.5 percent and the equity partnership grew by 30 percent.
Missouri-based Husch Blackwell hit those numbers with its acquisition of 144-lawyer, Wisconsin firm Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, the fourth-largest law firm merger of 2016. The merged firm’s revenue last year exceeded the combined revenue of the two firms from 2015, reaching $350 million and likely ranking Husch Blackwell among the Am Law 100. Net income grew to $96 million.
