It's not over yet. The firm plans to grow even larger in the new millennium. He needs the answer right away so a firm has got to have all the right practice areas and all the right lawyers to get that answer. Greenberg has left most other Florida firms in its wake as it emerged as a national player. Mergers, expansions, acquisitions and even dissolutions are taking place at an unprecedented rate.
Technology threatens to make some legal practices obsolete.
And even more change looms as the rules that keep lawyers and accountants from practicing at the same firm seem sure to come down. For the first time in decades, Florida firms are formulating strategic plans. Akerman Senterfitt wants to be the premier corporate firm with the biggest securities practice and a significant presence in every city it operates. Carlton Fields wants to expand throughout the Southeast, possibly even merge with a firm equal in size. The three-way merger, effective Jan. 1, will leave one mammoth firm with 2,700 lawyers in 30 offices, making it the third largest in the world.