Georgia (State)

Firm overview

Thompson Hine LLP, a full-service national business law firm with over 400 lawyers in eleven offices (Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Washington, DC), is widely recognized for its innovative, value-driven approach to delivering legal services.

At Thompson Hine, we integrate service excellence with innovation through SmartPaTH™, our comprehensive legal service delivery model developed in 2013 and continually enhanced. This program was created to respond to clients’ needs for a more predictable, efficient, and transparent service experience. Thompson Hine has made significant investments in talent, proprietary technology, processes, and infrastructure to increase efficiency and provide greater value. SmartPaTH combines disciplined legal project management, process efficiency, flexible staffing, and value-based pricing to align service delivery with client goals-driving efficiency, predictability, transparency, and cost control without sacrificing quality.

Our approach is powered by more than a decade of budgeting experience and proprietary technology, including a new AI- and machine learning–driven algorithm that analyzes over 13 years of client matter data housed in a robust data warehouse.  These tools refine cost projections and improve planning, budgeting, monitoring, and matter management, delivering increased predictability in legal spend and better alignment with client objectives.

Legal Project Management is central to SmartPaTH. We define scope, develop detailed work plans and budgets, monitor progress, and conduct post-engagement reviews.  Proprietary tools streamline budgeting and work planning, while our matter management system supports clear communication and progress tracking.  We continuously improve processes by mapping workflows, creating templates, and developing practice-specific toolkits.

Our innovation is widely recognized across the legal industry.  Thompson Hine is a finalist in two 2026 categories the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards North America—Innovation in AI Strategy for our firmwide generative AI professional development initiative and Innovation in New Legal Products.

Additionally, to optimize improvements in planning, budgeting, monitoring and managing matters, the firm commissioned three formal surveys of in-house counsel to ascertain their perceptions and needs, the most recent of which was just published, in November 2025. The survey data, combined with informal client feedback, guides the firm’s innovation efforts

We continue our strategic national growth, opening our 10th office in Minneapolis in 2025, following Los Angeles in 2024, and adding key lateral talent across offices.

Thompson Hine. Always Innovating.

www.thompsonhine.com/innovation

Updated March 2026

Firm overview

Firm overview

Founded in 1920, Akerman is recognized as one of the country’s premier law firms, with more than 700 lawyers in 25 offices throughout the United States..

Commercial Litigation: Akerman offers a leading trial team that includes litigators across the United States. We represent a diverse range of clients across numerous sectors, with particular strength in the financial services, private equity, insurance, real estate, construction, health and life sciences, and energy sectors. Akerman lawyers regularly appear before judges and arbitrators in class actions, securities, white-collar, fraud and recovery, product liability, intellectual property, employment, bankruptcy, and general business matters.

Appellate: With a bench that includes many former appellate and trial court judges, Akerman’s appellate practice is a national powerhouse with demonstrated success in handling appeals related to complex commercial litigation. Akerman's appellate team frequently assist trial lawyers during all phases of litigation, preserving errors for appeal, drafting motions and responses, and providing strategic advice on the best approach for seeking relief on appeal. They handle numerous matters before appellate courts nationwide in various commercial cases and class actions. We also have experience in administrative appeals involving high profile issues before state agencies. Additionally, Akerman's appellate lawyers represent industry associations as amicus curiae in appellate proceedings when our clients are not a party to an appeal but have a substantial interest in the outcome.

International Litigation & Arbitration: Akerman has a long record of accomplishment in resolving complex multijurisdictional disputes. Our team represents multinational, foreign, and domestic corporations and individuals before U.S. federal and state courts, as well as in arbitration proceedings before a wide range of international arbitral bodies in multiple jurisdictions. Akerman litigators help clients successfully address conflicts in a broad range of sectors, including general commercial disputes, power and energy, construction and engineering, and banking and finance, among many others. Our highly responsive, multilingual team works in tandem with experienced local counsel to provide seamless resolution to disputes throughout Latin America, as well as in Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East.

Employment Litigation: Akerman’s national, multidisciplinary team helps clients navigate claims brought before state and federal agencies and boards as well as trial and appellate courts throughout the United States. Our lawyers regularly defend employers in all types of employment litigation, including complex class-action discrimination cases and collective action wage and hour matters. We also represent employers in connection with administrative charges and audits, and have successfully negotiated and supervised numerous settlements with the U.S. Department of Labor.

Updated Sep 2024

Firm overview

Polsinelli is an Am Law 100 firm with more than 1,200 attorneys in over 25 offices nationwide. Recognized by legal research firm BTI Consulting as one of the top firms for excellent client service and client relationships, Polsinelli attorneys provide value through practical legal counsel infused with business insight and focus on health care, real estate, finance, technology, private equity and corporate transactions.

Updated Sep 2025