Amundsen Davis

What Amundsen Davis does

Amundsen Davis is a privately held, full-service business and litigation law firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, operating across 13 offices in five Midwest states (Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio). Founded in 1997 and organized as an Illinois LLC, the firm serves mid-market and enterprise business clients with a horizontal segmentation strategy spanning core practice areas including business litigation, corporate and transactional law, labor and employment, cybersecurity and data privacy, tax planning and controversy, and reputation and crisis management. The firm also maintains vertical expertise in healthcare, financial services/banking, and real estate.

The firm generates revenue through traditional professional services models: billable hours, fixed fees, and retainer arrangements across multi-year engagements. Its go-to-market is sales-led, relying on direct client relationships, professional referrals, USLAW Network membership (a national alliance of independent law firms), and an extensive thought-leadership content engine encompassing the Litigation Nation podcast, monthly Corporate Risk Management and Breakfast Briefing webcasts, topic-specific RSS feeds, and active social media presence across LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. The technology layer consists of standard legal practice management and document systems with no disclosed proprietary AI or technology products.

The firm has expanded primarily through acquisition and de novo office openings, notably acquiring Davis & Kuelthau in October 2022 and entering Columbus, Ohio in 2023. Recognition by U.S. News Best Law Firms every year since 2016 and growing Best Lawyers designations (87 attorneys in 2025, 119 in 2026) signal sustained market positioning, though the March 2026 departure of four attorneys to a competitor highlights ongoing talent-competition risk in regional Midwest legal markets.

Name

Amundsen Davis

Legal name

Amundsen Davis, LLC

Website

https://amundsendavislaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Amundsen Davis is a privately held Chicago-based business and litigation law firm with 13 Midwest offices serving mid-market and enterprise clients across corporate, labor & employment, cybersecurity, tax, and crisis management practices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Lawyers (54111), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) & Securities Law (BPAHAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Financial Crime, AML/CFT & Sanctions Compliance (BPAHAFAE)

Keywords

• Business litigation services
• Labor employment law
• Cybersecurity data privacy
• Corporate legal counsel
• Tax planning services

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Traditional legal service delivery including business litigation, corporate law, labor & employment, cybersecurity & data privacy, tax, and other practice areas. Revenue generated through billable hours, fixed fees for specific services, and retainer arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Amundsen Davis is a multi-office business and litigation law firm providing legal services across practice areas including cybersecurity and data privacy, labor and employment, tax planning and controversy, and reputation and crisis management. The firm delivers counsel to mid-market and enterprise clients through attorneys located in 13 offices across five Midwestern states (Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Ohio).

Product overview

Amundsen Davis is a business and litigation law firm organized as a multi-service platform with distinct legal practice areas. The firm's core offerings span Cybersecurity & Data Privacy, Labor & Employment, Tax, and Reputation & Crisis Management services. Complementing these are educational webcast series including the monthly Corporate Risk Management and Breakfast Briefing programs, which deliver CLE credits and practical legal insights to business clients. The portfolio represents a unified legal services firm with specialized practice groups rather than a software product architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Services A multidisciplinary legal practice providing data privacy compliance, incident response, breach coaching, and defense against data breach litigation. Services include privacy audits, policy development, and compliance with PCI, GDPR, HIPAA, HITECH, CCPA, and BIPA standards. Targeted at businesses facing cybersecurity threats and regulatory privacy obligations.
• Labor & Employment Services Employer defense and monitoring counsel providing legal solutions for complex employment and labor law matters, including litigation, training, and compliance advisory services across multiple states. Serves businesses navigating workforce-related legal risks.
• Tax Services Strategic tax planning, compliance, and dispute resolution for businesses and individuals, including M&A tax support, corporate structuring, international tax, and tax controversy representation.
• Reputation & Crisis Management Legal services for crisis management, reputational mitigation, and defense against defamation claims. Includes cease-and-desist demands, media liaison services, and defense of constitutionally-protected speech.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• USLAW NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmundsen Davis is a member of the USLAW Network, a national network of independent law firms providing reciprocal referrals and expanded geographic coverage for clients with multi-state legal needs.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Quarles & Brady: Milwaukee-headquartered Midwest regional business law firm with comparable multi-office coverage and a full-service platform spanning litigation, labor & employment, and corporate. Directly comparable in geography, scale, and practice mix to Amundsen Davis.
• Hinshaw & Culbertson: Chicago-based business litigation and counseling firm with strong Midwest presence and comparable practice areas including insurance, labor & employment, and corporate. Closely matched to Amundsen Davis in headcount, regional focus, and full-service positioning.
• Ice Miller: Indianapolis-headquartered Midwest business law firm operating across Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Wisconsin with similar full-service practice areas. Directly competes for the same Midwest mid-market clients and talent pool.
• Barnes & Thornburg: Indianapolis-based Midwest business law firm with comparable office footprint across IL, IN, MI, OH, and other states. Closely comparable in practice breadth, regional density, and mid-market client focus.
• Benesch: Cleveland-based Midwest business law firm with a strong corporate, litigation, and labor & employment platform. Overlaps directly with Amundsen Davis in the Ohio market and serves a similar mid-market client base.
• Frost Brown Todd: Multi-state Midwest/South business law firm headquartered in Cincinnati with comparable practice breadth and regional office strategy. Directly comparable as a competitor for Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky-based clients.
• Thompson Hine: Cleveland-headquartered business law firm with offices across the Midwest and Southeast. Comparable practice mix spanning corporate, litigation, and labor with a similar mid-market orientation.
• Stoll Keenon Ogden: Indianapolis- and Kentucky-based business law firm that recently hired four attorneys from Amundsen Davis. Directly comparable as a regional competitor targeting the same banking, healthcare, and corporate mid-market clients in overlapping geographies.

Broad incumbents

• Seyfarth Shaw: Chicago-headquartered business law firm with a national footprint and strong labor & employment practice. Comparable practice overlap, but operates at significantly greater scale and broader geographic scope than Amundsen Davis.
• Faegre Drinker: National business law firm with a strong Midwest presence following the Faegre Baker Daniels and Drinker Biddle mergers. Comparable practice breadth but materially larger scale and broader geographic reach than Amundsen Davis.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/amundsendavis
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@amundsendavis
• Facebookfacebook.com/amundsendavis
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/amundsendavis

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments

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