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MacDonald, Illig, Jones and Britton LLP is one of the largest law firms in northwest Pennsylvania. For more than 125 years, the firm has provided sophisticated legal counsel to clients that range from business owners in Erie to international corporations abroad. MacDonald Illig handles matters in a timely and effective manner, by attorneys that understand business, are sensitive to the market and have the depth of resources necessary to succeed.

The firm's clients are Fortune 100 corporations, small and mid-size businesses, and individuals. MacDonald Illig has established powerful practices for solving and resolving transactional and litigation matters, including employment and labor, tax, real estate, environmental, and intellectual property law. Many firm clients turn to us for personal legal services, including trusts and estates, real estate, immigration, personal injury and family law.

Backgrounds in industries including health care, banking and insurance combined with the ability to navigate through municipal and government channels, puts the firm and its clients in the best position to succeed. It is that ability to identify the underlying issue, provide practical advice and serve as a trusted counselor that has allowed the firm to establish long-term relationships that have lasted for generations.

With offices directly across from the Bayfront Convention Center and Lake Erie on 100 State Street, the firm and its more than 45 attorneys are easily accessible to our local clients. At the same time, the firm's downtown Erie location makes it easy to handle matters throughout the tri-state area. Whether you are in Ohio, New York or across the border in Canada, MacDonald Illig can provide the depth of service and experience without the overhead and expense often associated with firms in Cleveland, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Toronto. The location also allows our attorneys easy travel routes to clients throughout the U.S. and abroad.

As solid corporate citizens, MacDonald Illig and its attorneys contribute heavily to Erie's legal, civic and charitable organizations. It is that mutual sense of commitment between community and the firm that allows it to continue to grow after more than 125 years in business.

In changing times, MacDonald Illig continues to work with clients that seek creative means to a positive resolution. Whether the use of alternative dispute resolution makes a corporate or domestic matter more effective and efficient than litigation, alternative fee structures make more sense, or simply through the use of improved technologies, the firm understands the pressures and expectations of our clients.

We look forward to having the opportunity to serve your legal needs. Please feel free to contact our attorneys or staff for additional information.

Nelson Mullins has grown to be a major national law firm with strong roots in the business community and an appreciation for new directions in the business world.

Nelson Mullins meets the needs of its clients in litigation, corporate, labor and employment, securities, tax and other business areas. Many clients, including growth companies, expanding local businesses and major international companies, retain the firm to provide all of their legal services. Other clients are national companies requiring assistance with specific regional or local legal matters. The firm also has significant experience representing international companies interested in locating facilities in the Southeast.

Nelson Mullins provides creative solutions to complex legal and business problems while offering value-added service to firm clients. With more than 35 diversified practice areas, many of Nelson Mullins' clients, from individuals to worldwide organizations, look to the firm for full legal services. Start-up assistance for entrepreneurial endeavors, complex multi-action litigation defense, and representation of underwriters and investment bankers are only a few of the services that are provided by firm attorneys.

The firm is large enough to ensure promptness of service, yet personal enough to maintain our established reputation for individual client attention. Nelson Mullins provides the highest level of service to clients, while continuing to develop new areas of talent and knowledge.

The firm has adopted a program of closely managing its own performance, particularly with respect to quality of service and practice development. The firm closely communicates regarding clients' requirements and the potential fees and expenses that may result from the firm's work. Attorneys communicate with clients about available cost-saving measures.

Professional Affiliations
The lawyers of Nelson Mullins are members of more than 100 professional organizations and bar associations, and hold leadership positions in many of them. Selected firm lawyers are members of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the Defense Research Institute, and the Product Liability Advisory Council. Additionally, the firm holds membership in two premier law firm associations.

American Law Firm Association
Nelson Mullins is the designated member firm of the American Law Firm Association for Columbia, Greenville and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The basic object of ALFA, through its member firms, is to improve the quality and efficiency of legal services and to provide those services to clients at reasonable cost. Member firms of ALFA practice independently and not in relationship for the joint practice of law.

State Capital Global Law Firm Group
Nelson Mullins is the South Carolina member of the State Capital Global Law Firm Group, an association of independent law firms. Member firms are located in all 50 U.S. state capitals and in business markets and financial centers around the world. Attorneys from member firms bring a broad range of skills and experience. Firm members of the State Capital Global Law Firm Group practice independently and not in a relationship for the joint practice of law.