Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Headquarters One Oxford Centre
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
No. of offices 15
No. of attorneys approximately 525
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 PC is a large U.S. law firm and lobbying group based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm has more than 500 lawyers in offices eighteen cities nationwide.

History

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]

Practice areas

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has law practices in corporate, energy, Marcellus Shale, financial services, health care, intellectual property, labor and employment, immigration, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, tax, real estate, and litigation. The firm also has the largest state-government lobbying practice in Pennsylvania and one of the top 20 federal lobbying practices nationwide.[3]

Notable lawyers and alumni

Offices

Headquarters: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 20th floor of Oxford Centre

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