Sherman & Howard

What Sherman & Howard does

Sherman & Howard is a privately held, for-profit law firm headquartered in Denver, Colorado, operating as a full-service legal practice with 101-250 employees. Founded in 1892, the firm has operated continuously for over 130 years and is structured as a private partnership with no public ticker or stock exchange listing. Its domicile is the United States, with Denver as the primary office location per firmographic data.

The firm's business model follows the standard U.S. law firm economics: it generates revenue by providing professional legal services to clients on an hourly, retainer, or matter-specific fee arrangement. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, which is consistent with private professional services norms where engagements are bespoke and quoted based on practice area, matter complexity, and client needs. The firm maintains a website at shermanhoward.com and serves clients across what can be reasonably inferred to be multiple practice areas typical of a 130-year-old general-practice firm (corporate, litigation, real estate, employment, and regulatory work).

No specific product launches, technology platforms, patents, or proprietary AI/ML assets are disclosed in the available data for Sherman & Howard. Customer concentration, named logos, client segments, headcount trends, revenue, and recent strategic transactions are also not disclosed in the input. Note that the larger aggregated dataset accompanying this extraction appears to relate primarily to Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, a separate Midwest-based firm, and should not be attributed to Sherman & Howard.

Name

Sherman & Howard

Legal name

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Website

https://shermanhoward.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1892

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Sherman & Howard is a privately held, Denver-headquartered full-service law firm founded in 1892, employing 101-250 professionals and serving clients across the United States with general-practice legal services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation & Dispute Resolution (BPAHAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Legal advisory services
• Corporate law
• Litigation services
• Transactional law
• Regulatory compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices25 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sherman & Howard is a Denver-based law firm founded in 1892 that provides legal advisory and representation services to clients across multiple practice areas. The firm offers traditional professional legal services delivered through attorney-client engagements, operating from its Colorado headquarters with a workforce of 101-250 personnel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legal Advisory and Representation Services Full-service legal advisory and representation provided to corporate and individual clients through attorney-client engagements, covering multiple practice areas. Delivered from the firm's Denver, Colorado headquarters.

Ideal customer profiles2 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.

• Affiliated BusinessesminorOthersTaft references affiliated businesses as part of their organizational structure, indicating relationships with other business entities under the Taft umbrella or associated with the firm.

Direct peers

• Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP: Headquartered in Denver, full-service law firm of comparable size operating in the same Mountain West legal market with overlapping corporate, litigation, and regulatory practices; the most directly competitive peer to Sherman & Howard's legacy Denver book.
• Armstrong Teasdale LLP: Mid-Market full-service firm with similar headcount band and comparable practice mix including litigation, regulatory, and corporate work; competes directly for comparable commercial clients.
• Holland & Hart LLP: Denver-headquartered full-service regional law firm with similar headcount band and a comparable Rocky Mountain/Mountain West client base across litigation, environmental, energy, and corporate practices.
• Kutak Rock LLP: Mid-size full-service firm with similar headcount and a comparable mix of litigation, corporate, and public finance practices; competes for similar commercial clients in overlapping geographic markets.
• Akerman LLP: Major full-service law firm with a Denver office competing for Colorado corporate, real estate, and litigation work; comparable in multi-city presence, practice breadth, and Mid-Market client focus.
• Polsinelli PC: Mid-size national full-service firm with a significant Denver office serving similar business clientele across commercial, real estate, healthcare, and litigation matters; directly competing for the same Mid-Market Colorado client work.
• Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP: Denver-based trial and litigation boutique that overlaps directly with Sherman & Howard's commercial litigation practice and competes for the same mid-market corporate defendants in Colorado and surrounding states.
• Moyle White LLP: Denver-based full-service firm serving the Colorado business community across real estate, commercial, and litigation matters; competes head-to-head for legacy Sherman & Howard clients in the Denver metro area.
• Snell & Wilmer L.L.C. Southwest regional full-service law firm operating Denver and Phoenix offices alongside a broader Intermountain footprint; directly comparable in scale, practice mix, and geographic orientation to the combined firm.

Broad incumbents

• Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP: Larger national full-service firm with comparable practice breadth and an established Denver presence; competes for the same enterprise and Mid-Market corporate clients from a broader platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/shermanhoward
• Facebookfacebook.com/TaftLaw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/taftlaw
• Instagraminstagram.com/taft_law

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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