The news of Tucker Ellis LLP’s recent expansion into Atlanta, Georgia, and Morristown, New Jersey, has raised interest among some of the country’s most prominent local and national publications, including Law360, Crain’s Cleveland Business, Bloomberg Law News, and citybiz, as well as the New Jersey Law Journal  and the Daily Report.

In an article published by Law.com, Joe Morford said, “We’ve worked with the lawyers on different matters for a number of years through our national trial practices both in the pharmaceuticals space and the employment space. They’ll bring existing relationships that we share, as well as existing relationships that they enjoy that will be new to Tucker Ellis.”

When discussing brick-and-mortar office space in Atlanta and Morristown, Joe said, “We think it’s important ultimately for the culture of the firm for people to spend some time working together. How much is not a set amount, but we do think it’s important to have physical presence in the cities that we’ve committed to.”

Atlanta partner Ron Polly commented that “Tucker Ellis’s platform and deep bench of talented labor and employment lawyers made our union a natural next step in our ever growing need to service our clients on a national scale,” adding that he expects to build on the firm’s new Atlanta presence with “strategic lateral hires.”

Morristown partner Maha Kabbash said, “Tucker Ellis offers a formidable and experienced life sciences platform in this field, in which I hope to both grow my practice and to expand Tucker Ellis’s practice footprint in New Jersey. It was a mutual great fit.”