Faegre Baker Daniels
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| No. of offices | 14 |
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| No. of attorneys | Over 750 |
| Major practice areas | General Practice |
| Key people | Andrew Humphrey, Managing Partner Thomas Froehle, Jr., Chief Operating Partner |
| Revenue |
 $466,000,000 (2015) |
| Date founded | January 1, 2012 (merger) 1863 (Baker & Daniels) 1886 (Faegre & Benson) |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
| Website | www |
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP (
/ˈfeɪ-griː ˈbeɪ-kər ˈdæn-jəlz/ ), also known as FaegreBD, is a full-service international law firm, and one of the 75 largest law firms headquartered in the United States. The firm, which has a strong presence in the Midwestern United States, was formed on January 1, 2012 as the combination of Faegre & Benson LLP and Baker & Daniels LLP. Faegre & Benson was established in Minneapolis in 1886 (originally as "Cobb & Wheelwright") and had grown to be the largest law firm in the Twin Cities. Baker & Daniels was established in Indianapolis as Hendricks & Hord in 1863, and became the second-largest firm in Indiana (behind competing Barnes & Thornburg). The two firms combined on January 1, 2012 and began business operations as Faegre Baker Daniels LLP. As a full-service international law firm, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP provides legal counseling and litigation to a wide range of clients across many practice areas. In addition, Faegre Baker Daniels Consulting, the firm's national advisory and advocacy practice, advises clients public and private clients with interdisciplinary consulting services. The combined firm employs more than 800 lawyers and consultants in offices throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
Faegre Baker Daniels was formed in 2012 by the combination of two Midwest firms, each with its own history stretching back more than a century.
Faegre & Benson was founded in Minneapolis as Cobb & Wheelwright during 1863 by Albert Cobb and John Wheelwright. The two men had studied law together at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. It was not until decades later that John Barthell Faegre and John Benson, who would become namesakes of the firm, joined the practice. John Benson became a partner in 1914, after serving as a clerk. In 1923, George Hoke, Claude Krause and John Barthell Faegre joined the firm, which was renamed Cobb, Wheelwright Hoke & Benson. Following the accidental death of Wheelwright in 1927, the firm became Cobb, Hoke, Benson, Krause & Faegre.
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