Expansion in historic Ledyard Building gives Grand Rapids law firm room to add jobs

With a recent 4,000-square-foot office expansion within the historic Ledyard Building (100 Monroe Center Ave. NW) and the addition of Muskegon-based law firm Even & Franks as part of its ranks, Michigan law firm Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge is growing and has room for even more growth.

Smith Haughey moved into three floors of the Ledyard Building in November 2011. In the past few months, the company has added the former Even & Franks' attorneys and staff, 10 people total, who will continue to operate Muskegon as a new Smith Haughey satellite location. Plus the firm has added four attorneys, a paralegal, and a legal secretary in Grand Rapids, and two more attorneys statewide. But there's even more to come as the firm grows specific practice areas, says COO Lori L. Gibson.

"We still need two attorneys in Ann Arbor," Gibson says. The openings are for a business attorney and a medical malpractice attorney.

"We would like to grow our corporate practice and commercial litigation practice. We were close to being at capacity (in Grand Rapids) and the new expansion is only partially occupied with space for future growth."

The firm also has an office in Traverse City. Gibson says all four locations are strategically located in the downtown areas to fulfill part of SHRR's mission to help stimulate growth in those urban areas.

Gibson says having the skills and experience is part of the story. "We look for somebody who would be a good a fit for our culture, which is very team based. We want to hire people who work well with the other attorneys in the firm and not just in their own silo."

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Source: Lori L. Gibson, Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge, Attorneys at Law
Writer: Deborah Johnson Wood, Development News Editor

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