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MIAMI, FL – January 22, 2006 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Fitzhugh, Parker & Alvaro LLP (FP&A), New England’s largest minority-owned law firm, today announced that it has formed a partnership with Miami-based Adorno & Yoss (A&Y), the nation’s largest, certified minority-owned law firm. FP&A becomes Adorno & Yoss’ New England office, doing business as Adorno, Yoss, Fitzhugh, Parker & Alvaro LLP.
The partnership will increase the client base of both firms, a roster that consists primarily of Fortune 500 companies. These clients will now be able to benefit form an increased national presence that covers 92% of the nation’s largest urban centers with over 270 attorneys in 20 locations nationally and internationally.
“The nation’s largest companies are expressing a continued commitment to working with a first-class group of diverse lawyers on a national basis,” said Fred Alvaro, a partner who sits on FP&A’s management committee. “Our vision for FP&A is to be able to serve those corporations, as we continue to expand the network of those diverse, first-class lawyers within our firm–first in New England, and now nationwide.”
Attorney Michael A. Fitzhugh founded Fitzhugh & Associates, FP&A’s predecessor firm, in 1986. In 2001 the firm added partners William L. Parker and Fred Alvaro, Jr., and earlier in 2005, Mark A. Newcity. Now, based in its 155 Federal Street, Boston headquarters, and with 21 attorneys throughout New England, FP&A is one of the leading minority-owned law firms in the country.
“Our partnership with FP&A allows us to enhance our existing practice areas with a team of diverse lawyers whose legal expertise will better serve the New England market,” said Hank Adorno, President of Adorno & Yoss. “In Michael Fitzhugh, we are gaining a top-tier trial lawyer; Bill Parker adds depth and expertise to our Environmental practice; and Fred Alvaro’s global transaction credentials will enhance our Corporate and International practices. The rest of the team simply completes a presence of impeccable reputation for corporate representation in a region of the country with a large concentration of existing and potential clients.”
The Partnership has been approved by a vote of the partners and members of both firms and took effect on January 19, 2006.
“We embrace A&Y’s motto. For other firms, diversity is a goal–for us, it’s a fact,” says FP&A partner Michael Fitzhugh, who cites that 40% of the new firm’s lawyers are of lawyers of color; 40% are women; 20% are Hispanic; and 17% are African-American. “The combined firm is ahead of the curve, as major companies begin to recognize what we have understood for years: as the composition of this country’s population changes, the development of minority professionals will drive the success and growth of all of our businesses.”
ABOUT THE FIRMS
Adorno & Yoss is the nation’s largest certified minority-owned law firm, with over 270 professionals in 16 locations. Adorno & Yoss provides a full range of legal services to corporations ranging from Fortune 500 and publicly traded companies to major insurance organizations as well as governments and individuals. In 2005, the National Law Journal ranked Adorno & Yoss the 169th largest firm in the country. The Firm received the prestigious 2005 Thomas L. Sager Award for the South/Southwest Region, presented annually by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) to the firm that has demonstrated an incessant commitment to improve the hiring, retention and promotion of minority attorneys. Please visit our web site at www.adorno.com for more information.
Fitzhugh, Parker & Alvaro is one of the leading minority-owned law firms in the United States. Since 1986, when the Firm was founded as Fitzhugh & Associates, it has been resolving complex legal problems exclusively for corporate clients through aggressive representation. This partnership includes practitioners who have graduated from top tier law schools and worked within some of the world’s largest law firms, consulting practices, and corporations. Please visit www.fitzhughlaw.com for more information.
