Billion-dollar global law firm opens first Florida office

A Philadelphia law firm with offices worldwide and nearly $1 billion in annual revenue has opened an office in Fort Myers — its first office in the Southeast. 

The firm, Faegre Drinker, dates back to 2020 — the result of a merger between a pair of prominent firms: Faegre Baker Daniels and Drinker Biddle & Reath. Faegre Drinker had $955 million in revenue in 2022, according to industry trade publication law.com. That figure was down 3.3% from 2021. 

The Fort Myers office is at 1500 Jackson St. in the city’s downtown First Street District. The Fort Myers office, according to a statement, includes litigators and trial attorneys who represent a broad range of clients with interests in Florida. “This launch is a strategic move for Faegre Drinker,” Faegre Drinker Chair Gina Kastel says in the release. “We already have strong relationships in the area, and now can better serve clients with needs in the rapidly expanding Southeast region.”