no . of attorneys 425 2015 major practice areas general practice key people peter m. kellett chairman and ceo effective january 1 2012 revenue 172 000 000 2010 company type professional limited liability company slogan exceptional service . dykema delivers . website dykema.com dykema is a law firm serving business entities worldwide on a wide range of complex legal issues . the firm was founded in 1926 in detroit by raymond k. dykema elroy o. jones and renville wheat . 1 the firm s midwest presence was significantly enhanced with the 2004 combination with chicago firm rooks pitts which was founded in 1897 . 2 the firm has offices in various locations around the united states including detroit chicago dallas los angeles minneapolis san antonio and washington d.c. it currently employs more than 425 lawyers and lobbying professionals . 3 dykema s largest office is in chicago but its combined southeastern michigan offices are collectively larger . the 2015 merger with cox smith out of san antonio has provided the firm with a larger texas presence . the firm is one of the largest midwest based united states law firms 4 and is the 130th largest firm in the united states . 5 the firm s website indicates that it represents individuals publicly held companies hundreds of privately held corporations limited and general partnerships associations hospitals and managed care networks banks and financial institutions and retailers . 4 among other areas dykema has one of the larger automotive related law firm practices in the united states . 4 the firm represents chrysler ford general motors honda kia mitsubishi nissan toyota and volvo . 4 also substantial is dykema s banking and consumer financial services practice . for example thirty percent of the firm s reported litigation cases over the last two years have involved banking issues . 6 according to the firm it provides counseling and litigation representation to financial institutions including banks savings and loan associations finance companies credit card issuers mortgage bankers vendors and retailers . 4 dykema is also michigan editor to the consumer financial services online publications houselaw and carlaw . 4 in 2015 the firm expanded its presence in texas by combining with venerable texas firm cox smith adding offices in austin el paso mcallen and san antonio . 7 contents 1 honors 2 offices 3 references 4 external links honors edit dykema is ranked as a top firm by chambers usa america s leading lawyers for business with chambers identifying thirteen dykema practice areas and twenty two dykema lawyers in 2015 as leading practitioners in their fields 8 also over half 214 of dykema attorneys were named a 2014 super lawyer or rising star by thomson reuters super lawyers the annual ranking that recognizes attorneys who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement . 9 also in 2015 dykema earned a perfect score in the human rights campaign s 2015 corporate equality index . 10 11 dykema was in 2012 named the top corporate law firm in detroit by corporate board member magazine . the 2012 study is the publication s 12th annual legal industry research study a comprehensive ranking by u.s. corporate directors and general counsel at the nation s top corporate law firms . 10 offices edit ann arbor austin bloomfield hills chicago dallas detroit el paso grand rapids lansing lisle los angeles mcallen minneapolis san antonio washington d.c. references edit looking back moving forward dykema . www.dykema.com . retrieved 2016 02 01 . 1 march 2015 cox smith merging with dykema check url value help . texas lawyer . a b c d e f dykema gossett pllc website 2 source martindale hubbell 3 4 5 a b 6 7 external links edit dykema website martindale hubbell profile of dykema gossett pllc organizational profile of dykema gossett at the national law review retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dykema gossett & oldid 743440821 categories law firms established in 1897law firms based in detroit1897 establishments in illinoishidden categories pages with url errors navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 17 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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