Sometimes law firm split-ups are divisive and bitter.
That’s not the case with the new firm of Nicolaides, Fink, Thorpe, Michaelides, Sullivan LLP. Twenty-nine of the new firm’s 34 lawyers, including name partner Richard H. Nicolaides Jr., came from Bates, Carey, Nicolaides LLP.
Both Nicolaides and Robert J. Bates Jr., a partner at what’s now known as BatesCarey LLP, called the split amicable.
“The idea of separation was discussed for months so there was no surprise,” Nicolaides said. …