Akerman welcomed 13 lawyers to its Labor and Employment Practice Group in seven months, more than doubling headcount nationally with recent additions in Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Jacksonville, Fla., Los Angeles, New York and West Palm Beach, Fla. The team has grown from 21 to 50 lawyers since 2016. Coverage of the team’s record growth appeared in Bloomberg BNA - Big Law Business, among others.
The publication wrote: “As long as the need continues to be there from our clients' perspective, we’re going to continue to grow,” said Eric Gordon, chair of Akerman’s Labor & Employment Practice Group. “We’re not going to add lawyers just to build up numbers, but we will add lawyers in places where our clients need us.”