Offit Kurman affiliates with NC firm, expands into Southeast

Offit Kurman has announced it will affiliate with Horack Talley, a Charlotte, North Carolina, law firm, in a move that marks the Baltimore-based firm’s expansion into the Southeast.

Fifty-one employees of Horack Talley, including 27 lawyers, will become Offit Kurman’s Charlotte office through the affiliation, which is to take effect Sept. 1.

The affiliation expands the footprint of Offit Kurman, which has several offices in Maryland, as well as offices in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, suburban and metropolitan Washington and Wilmington, Delaware. The firm grew from 55 attorneys in 2009 to more than 200 attorneys by mid-2019, according to a news release from the firm.

Horack Talley’s practice groups complement Offit Kurman’s core practice areas and clients in real estate, business law and transactions, mergers and acquisitions, labor and employment, estates and trusts and family law, according to the release.