McGuireWoods

McGuireWoods LLP is a US-based international law firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. Initially founded in 1834, the firm has grown into the largest law firm in the state of Virginia, and has 21 offices across the United States. Along with its Richmond headquarters, the firm's largest offices are located in Chicago, Illinois and Charlotte, North Carolina. McGuireWoods traces its origins to two lawyers, Egbert R. Watson and Murray Mason McGuire. In 1834, Watson opened a law office in Charlottesville, Virginia. In 1870, he formed a partnership with his son-in-law, George Perkins, that would become Perkins, Battle & Minor. In 1897, McGuire started practicing law in Richmond, Virginia. He was joined by John Stewart Bryan in 1898 and the two formed McGuire & Bryan. In the 1960s, the firm became McGuire, Woods, King, Davis & Patterson. In 1966, Charlottesville's Battle, Neal, Harris, Minor & Williams merged with Richmond's McGuire, Woods, King, Davis & Patterson to create McGuire, Woods & Battle.