For two years, the 1,700-lawyer Pittsburgh-based law firm has courted a half-dozen law firms in Dallas and Houston, including Thompson & Knight and Munsch Hardt, about merging. Frustrated that none of the Texas firms would marry, Reed Smith turned to Houston legal headhunters Clint Johnson and Janet Downey to lure top-line partners away from big firms to open a new office in Houston. More than a half-dozen have agreed. Read for more details.
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