Dickinson Dees Explained

Firm Name:	Dickinson Dees
Date Founded:	1975
Company Type:	Limited Liability Partnership
Dissolved:	2013
Homepage:	www.dickinson-dees.com

Dickinson Dees LLP was a law firm of the United Kingdom that traded between 1975 and 2013.^[1]

At its peak in 2005 the firm had 763 solicitors (including partners).^[2] By 2010 the firm had reduced this number to 327 solicitors through restructuring.^[3] In 2012, the firm came last in a national survey of legal professionals conducted by Rollonfriday^[4]

The firm had offices in Stockton on Tees, Leeds, Newcastle upon Tyne and London at the point it negotiated joining, Bristol based Bond Pearce.^[5] The successor firm was called Bond Dickinson and was headquartered in Bristol and then London. In November 2017, Bond Dickinson successfully negotiated joining an American law firm. The new firm is called Womble Bond Dickinson. ^[6]

References

1. Web site: BOND DICKINSON MERGER GETS PARTNER BACKING | Research & Insights | Dickinson Dees . 2013-02-05 . https://archive.today/20130408215530/http://www.dickinson-dees.com/bond-dickinson-merger-gets-partner-backing-12-07-2012/ . 2013-04-08 . dead .
2. Web site: Firm profile: Dickinson Dees. The. Lawyer. May 1, 2005.
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-03-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110521074634/http://www.thelawyer.com/directory/d/Dickinson-Dees/ . 2011-05-21 . dead .
4. Web site: UK Firm of the Year 2012: the Golden Turd | RollOnFriday. www.rollonfriday.com.
5. Web site: Dickinson Dees and Bond Pearce in talks to create £92m firm. The Lawyer . https://web.archive.org/web/20120914012450/http://www.thelawyer.com/dickinson-dees-and-bond-pearce-in-talks-to-create-92m-firm/1014234.article . September 14, 2012 . dead .
6. Web site: Womble Bond Dickinson deal becomes reality. Max Walters1. November 2017. Law Society Gazette.