Profile: Alston & Bird is an Atlanta-based law firm. The firm acquired Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava & MacCuish on September 1, 2008. According to the National Law Journal's 2009 NLJ 250 rankings of firms based on size, the firm has 820 attorneys and is the thirty-sixth largest law firm in the United States. In terms of revenue, the firm ranked 49th on The American Lawyer's 2010 Am Law 100 rankings of U.S. law firms, with gross revenues of $551,000,000 for 2009. The firm ranked 61st on the 2009 Global 100 rankings. Alston & Bird offers legal services in the areas of litigation, tax, intellectual property, technology, and transactional law. In addition to its Atlanta headquarters, the firm has offices in Charlotte, N.C., Washington, D.C., New York City, and Raleigh, N.C.