| Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney P.C. | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| No. of offices | 16 |
| No. of attorneys | approximately 450 |
| Major practice areas | Lobbying, general practice |
| Key people | John Barbour, CEO[1] |
| Date founded | 1850 in Pittsburgh |
| Founder | Moses Hampton |
| Company type | Professional corporation except in California, where it is organized as an LLP |
| Website | |
| bipc.com | |
Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney P.C. is a large U.S. law firm and lobbying group based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm has more than 450 lawyers in sixteen offices nationwide, and was ranked 108th on the National Law Journal's 2010 list of the 250 largest law firms in the United States.
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The firm was originally founded in 1850 by Congressman Moses Hampton and his son, John. When Moses Hampton became chief judge of Allegheny County, William C. Moreland was brought in as an additional partner in 1868 and the firm was renamed Hampton & Moreland. The firm continued to grow and went through several name changes before incorporating in 1980. The firm shortened its name to Buchanan Ingersoll P.C. in 1983, and acquired two other firms during the 2000s: Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis in 2005, and Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling PC in 2006, leaving the firm with its current name, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.[2]
Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney has the largest state-government lobbying practice in Pennsylvania and one of the top 20 federal lobbying practices nationwide. The firm also has practices in labor & employment law, immigration law, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, corporate finance, energy, Marcellus Shale, tax law, real estate, family law, government contracts, health law, financial institutions and intellectual property.[3]