Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has doubled its footprint in downtown Dallas.
The company recently expanded its lease at Chase Tower from 25,902 square feet to 51,804 square feet and plans to fully renovate its two floors.
Sheppard Mullin, which operates 11 offices in the U.S. and 15 around the world, opened its Dallas office in April 2018 with 18 attorneys. Since then, the office has nearly doubled its headcount.
“We’ve experienced tremendous growth in Dallas, so expanding our physical footprint is the next evolution in supporting our growing client base and our attorneys,” said Steven Schortgen, Dallas office managing partner, in a prepared statement.
JLL Managing Directors Brooke Armstrong and Bret Hefton represented Sheppard Mullin in lease negotiations.
Sheppard Mullin is not the only law firm to expand its presence locally in the last few years. In fact, North Texas led the nation in law office expansions from third quarter 2018 to second quarter 2019, according to a November report by CBRE. Of the 707,161 square feet of tracked leasing activity by law firms over this period, 428,426 square feet was taken by expanding law firms.
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