Alston & Bird

One of the South's leading law firms, Alston & Bird groups its 80-plus practices into four main areas: corporate and finance, intellectual property, litigation, and tax. The firm's intellectual property practice group is one of the nation's largest. Overall, Alston & Bird has about 800 attorneys, policy advisers, and patent agents. The firm serves a wide range of domestic and international clients, which have included Bank of America, Duke University, General Electric, and UPS. Besides its Atlanta home base, Alston & Bird has offices in California, North Carolina, New York, Texas, and Washington, DC. The firm traces its roots to a law practice founded in 1893.