& Neave merged with Boston-based Ropes & Gray, and a number of Morgan & Finnegan lawyers joined Texas-based Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell. Additionally, Alexandria-based IP boutique Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis merged with Pittsburgh-based Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney in 2005, Cushman, Darby & Cushman was absorbed by national firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (then Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro), Houston-based Arnold, White & Durkee merged with Howrey (then Howrey & Simon), Los Angeles-based Lyon & Lyon dissolved in 2002, and Silicon Valley boutique Skjerven Morrill & MacPherson LLP dissolved in 2003. Litigation and corporate boutique law firms based in Europe include Oppenhoff & Partner. Major boutique firms by specialty Intellectual property Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner (Washington, D.C.) Fish & Richardson (Boston) Oblon (Alexandria, Virginia) Labor and employment Jackson Lewis (White Plains, New York) Littler Mendelson (San Francisco) Seyfarth Shaw (Chicago) Litigation Boies, Schiller & Flexner (New York City) Irell & Manella (Los Angeles) Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman (New York City) Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan (Los Angeles) Williams & Connolly (Washington, D.C.) Technology and venture capital Cooley LLP (Palo Alto) Fenwick & West (Mountain View) Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Palo Alto) Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian (Redwood City) See also Boutique Investment Bank References External links International Club of Boutique Law Firms International Network of Boutique Law Firms Law firms