Troutman Sanders, Pepper Hamilton Vote to Combine Firms (1)

Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton have voted to merge, creating a 1,100-lawyer firm with offices in 23 cities known as Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders.

The combination will take effect April 1, when Steve Lewis, the managing partner of Troutman, will take over as chair and CEO of the combined firm. Tom Gallagher, chair of Pepper Hamilton’s executive committee, will become vice chair of “Troutman Pepper.”

The two firms first confirmed they were in merger talks in November of last year.

In separate interviews, Lewis and Gallagher told Bloomberg Law their firms’ partnerships each unanimously voted Jan. 8 to confirm the ...