Husch Blackwell De-Equitizes 25 Partners
The firm, created by the 2008 merger of Blackwell Sanders LLP and Husch & Eppenberger LLC, decided to reclassify 25 equity partners as fixed-income partners, according to incoming chairman Maurice Watson.
“A year ago, our firm determined that we needed to re-examine the criteria for equity partner, something that had not been evaluated since our firms merged four years ago,” Watson said. “Following an industry analysis, we determined that our criteria...

