Dickinson Wright Acquires Arizona Firm

Detroit-based law firm Dickinson Wright PLLC, Michigan’s bond counsel, announced last week it had acquired Phoenix-based Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander PA.

The combined firms will employ about 350 lawyers in North America, and feature more than 40 practice areas, according to Dickinson Wright. The firm’s Michigan offices are in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing and Saginaw.

Dickinson Wright acted as bond counsel on the finance team for the Michigan Finance Authority’s $3.3 billion unemployment obligation assessment revenue bond borrowing that won The Bond Buyer’s 2012 Deal of the Year in December.

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