“We had so many things going for us as a firm. We had to work together, we had to collaborate, we had all the pieces and needed to put them together. I gave the partners the call to action, and they ...

Ballard Spahr saw double-digit increases in its top and bottom lines in the first year following its merger with Lane Powell. Firm chair Peter Michaud cited demand increases, rate hikes, and ...

Peter Michaud and Barbara Duffy have a few things in common. Both grew up in St. Paul, counted themselves among large families and went to law school at the University of Minnesota. Over the past year ...

Ballard Spahr chairman Peter Michaud has been unanimously reelected to the position, starting his second term at the start of 2027. Michaud, responsible for guiding the firm through a merger with ...

The tie-up will go into effect at the start of 2025, and the combined firm will have more than 750 attorneys in 18 U.S. offices. Ballard Spahr is merging with Pacific Northwest firm Lane Powell, ...

It’s been about 25 years since Peter Michaud told his fellow Lindquist & Vennum attorneys in Minneapolis that he was gay. “I was the first openly gay partner at Lindquist,” Michaud said in an ...

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