Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP

For more than 175 years, Porter Wright has offered exceptional legal services to help clients solve problems, take advantage of opportunities and achieve business goals.

From our nine offices across Ohio, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., we seamlessly bring together the knowledge, skills, experience and resources to serve the most challenging needs of our clients — from small start-ups to large, publicly-traded corporations.

We thrive by anticipating and reacting to changes in the law and business, and to our clients’ objectives and needs. We’ve built long-term relationships with key businesses in the utility, financial, shipping, retail, service, technology and manufacturing sectors. Our clients have depended on us as they’ve grown, become part of a global economy and evolved to meet new demands in the marketplace.

Porter Wright ranks in The American Lawyer’s annual Am Law 200, a list of the highest grossing law firms in the U.S. The firm also ranked in the top 10 on the “2020 A-List: Female Equity Partner Scorecard,” a ranking of the percent of female equity partners at Am Law 200 firms. The National Law Journal ranked Porter Wright on its 2022 list of the 500 largest law firms in the U.S. and its “Women in Law” scorecard which ranks firms by the number of female partners.

COMMITMENT TO OUR CLIENTS 

We take client service to heart. As a steady ally in times of growth and uncertainty, we leverage the talent of our attorneys across services, experience and regions to help clients do what’s best for their businesses. We use our deep roots in our communities to connect clients with those who provide needed resources. Whether we’re introducing an entrepreneur to a contact in the financial industry or helping a client identify the right person for an important strategic position, we can provide service beyond legal challenges because we make it a priority to understand our clients’ business objectives.

Our concept of client service depends heavily on the strength of our people and our communities, and we work hard to take care of those assets. Porter Wright attorneys regularly accept the call to public service, serving in positions such as advisors to public officials, clerks for federal and state judges, and members of boards of civic and charitable organizations of all kinds. Similarly, the firm’s employees give their time, talents and financial support to causes that are important to them and that improve the lives of those in our communities.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION 

Building a more dynamic legal profession, a more inviting workplace and a richer community through diversity, equity and inclusion is a strategic imperative at Porter Wright. By doing so, we are able to provide world-class experience and legal services that deliver efficiency and value to our clients and exceed their expectations.

We are proud partners in all of our markets with legal, business and community organizations that work toward those goals. Our firm has created employee resource groups for women, diverse attorneys, veterans, caregivers and LGBTQ+ attorneys and staff. Porter Wright also is a proud founding member of Gender Equity in the Legal Industry (GELI), a consortium of law firms committed to achieving gender equity. For the past three years, the firm has achieved Mansfield Rule Certified Plus status for improving the recruitment, retention and promotion of women, lawyers of color, LGBTQ+ lawyers and lawyers with disabilities.

All of these diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are directed to one common end: to equip us with the resources, experience and perspective necessary to provide our clients with the trusted business advice and world-class legal counsel they deserve.