Brennan Manna Diamond

What Brennan Manna Diamond does

Brennan Manna Diamond (BMD) is a privately-held, full-service business law firm founded in 2000 in Akron, Ohio, and organized as Brennan, Manna & Diamond, LLC. The firm provides legal services across approximately 30 practice areas including healthcare and hospital law, business and corporate law, employment and labor law, intellectual property and technology, litigation, real estate, banking and finance, cannabis law, M&A, immigration, and white collar defense. BMD serves entrepreneurs, small and mid-sized businesses, healthcare providers and systems, and real estate/construction clients through a network of 12 offices spanning Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and Michigan, with nearly 100 attorneys as of 2025. The firm holds National Tier 1 rankings from U.S. News-Best Lawyers in Health Care Law and Litigation-Trusts & Estates, and consistent regional recognition across Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and Best Law Firms rankings.

The firm operates on a traditional professional services revenue model, billing clients on a custom, matter-by-matter basis with no publicly disclosed fee schedules or subscription pricing. Distribution is direct: BMD engages clients through attorney relationships, referral networks, and industry reputation, supplemented by thought-leadership content marketing (client alerts, blog posts, podcast appearances, industry conference participation) and sustained recognition in legal industry rankings. The firm is governed by an Executive Committee led by CEO Jack T. Diamond, Chairman Anthony S. Manna, and President Justin M. Alaburda (appointed May 2025), with Managing Partners overseeing the Cleveland, Jacksonville, Orlando, Phoenix/Scottsdale, Columbus, and Akron offices. Ownership is distributed among equity partners, with no external parent company, private equity, or venture capital investors.

BMD is privately held with no public stock listing, no disclosed funding rounds, no acquisitions or M&A activity, and no parent company. The firm does not maintain a mobile application, API, or proprietary technology platform; its underlying infrastructure consists of standard legal practice management and document technology systems. Notable recent activity includes the 2024 Cleveland office expansion (five new attorneys plus a new Esports, Media & Entertainment practice), the 2026 Orlando office relocation to Capital Plaza Two, active lateral hiring and partner promotions, and founding membership in the Institutional Cannabis Lending Community. A disclosed risk is the 2024 departure of a multi-attorney Columbus team to competitor Shumaker, illustrating the lateral talent dynamics inherent in the partnership model.

Name

Brennan Manna Diamond

Legal name

Brennan, Manna & Diamond

Website

https://bmdllc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Brennan Manna Diamond is a privately-held, full-service business law firm with nearly 100 attorneys across 12 offices in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and Michigan, serving entrepreneurs, mid-sized businesses, and healthcare organizations across 30 practice areas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Akron

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: BMD generates revenue through providing comprehensive legal services to business clients, including entrepreneurs, small and mid-sized businesses, emerging enterprises, and healthcare organizations. Services span multiple practice areas including healthcare law, corporate law, employment law, litigation, real estate, and more.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Brennan Manna Diamond is a full-service, entrepreneurial, pro-business law firm that provides legal counsel across 30 practice areas, including healthcare law, corporate law, employment law, litigation, real estate, immigration, intellectual property, and M&A. The firm serves entrepreneurs, small and mid-sized businesses, and healthcare organizations through a network of 12 offices across Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and Michigan.

Product overview

Brennan Manna Diamond (BMD) is a full-service law firm organized as a platform of distinct practice area groups rather than a software product. The firm offers comprehensive legal services across 30 specialized practice areas including Healthcare & Hospital Law, Business & Corporate Law, Employment/Labor Law, Immigration Law, Intellectual Property & Tech, Litigation, Real Estate, and more. Services are delivered through a network of 12 offices across Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and Michigan, with professionals collaborating across practice groups and geographies to serve entrepreneurs and businesses in various industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthcare & Hospital Law Legal services covering healthcare regulatory compliance, hospital law, healthcare litigation, healthcare reform, and medical staff governance for healthcare providers and organizations.
• Business & Corporate Law
• Employment / Labor Law
• Immigration Law
• Intellectual Property & Tech
• Litigation
• Real Estate
• Banking & Finance Law
• Cannabis Law
• Construction Law
• BMD Ventures
• Cybersecurity / Data Protection / Privacy
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Estate, Tax & Wealth Planning

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Various Construction Industry LeadersminorOthers · 12 October 2023BMD hosted the Construction Law Forum featuring speakers from Next Generation Construction, The Ruhlin Company, Pinkney-Perry & Hylant, KeyBank, and Sikich LLP to discuss diversity in the construction industry.
• Signet Real Estate GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBMD and Signet Real Estate Group co-hosted the Construction Law Forum on Diversity in the Construction Industry (October 12, 2023). BMD Member Bob Hager moderated panels on diversity trends and risk management. Signet and BMD also partnered on the League Park development project in Cleveland with the Baseball Heritage Museum, working on community redevelopment.
• Institutional Cannabis Lending Community (ICLC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBMD is a founding/organizing member of the ICLC (now potentially rebranding as ICFC - Institutional Cannabis Financial Community). The ICLC is a growing network of banks, lenders, compliance experts, and other financial services entities working on cannabis industry financial services ecosystem. BMD Phoenix Managing Partner Stephen Lenn and Partner Brandon Pauley actively participate in the ICLC.
• Baseball Heritage MuseumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBMD partnered with Signet, LLC and the Baseball Heritage Museum at E. 66th and Lexington in Cleveland on the League Park redevelopment project. City Planning approved the design as of January 2022.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Roetzel & Andress: Roetzel & Andress is an Ohio-founded, multi-office law firm with business, litigation, healthcare, real estate, and public-law capabilities. It is highly comparable to BMD because both serve regional and multi-state business clients with broad legal-service platforms.
• Brouse McDowell: Brouse McDowell is an Akron-based business law firm serving corporate, healthcare, litigation, real estate, and other practice areas. It is a direct peer given BMD's Akron roots, mid-market business focus, and overlapping Ohio client base.
• Reminger: Reminger is a Cleveland-based law firm with offices across Ohio and other states, focused on litigation, healthcare, business, employment, and insurance-related matters. It is comparable to BMD as a regional law platform serving corporate and institutional clients across many practice areas.
• McDonald Hopkins: McDonald Hopkins is a Cleveland-based business advisory and advocacy law firm with corporate, litigation, healthcare, data privacy, real estate, and restructuring practices. It competes for similar mid-market and enterprise legal work in BMD's core Ohio markets.
• Calfee, Halter & Griswold: Calfee is a Cleveland-centered full-service business law firm with corporate, litigation, IP, real estate, government relations, and financial-services practices. It is comparable through overlapping Ohio geography and similar full-service legal coverage for businesses.
• Tucker Ellis: Tucker Ellis is a full-service law firm with roots in Cleveland and offices in multiple U.S. markets, offering litigation, corporate, healthcare, IP, and employment capabilities. It is relevant because it targets many of the same business-law matters, though at somewhat larger national scale.
• Shumaker: Shumaker is a multi-state law firm with a significant presence in Florida and Ohio, offering corporate, litigation, healthcare, real estate, and public-policy services. It is especially comparable because it overlaps with BMD's Ohio and Florida footprint and has recruited a team from BMD.

Broad incumbents

• Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease: Vorys is a Columbus-based full-service law firm with corporate, litigation, real estate, labor, healthcare, and government-relations practices. It is a broader incumbent relative to BMD, but comparable as an Ohio-origin business law firm serving sophisticated regional and national clients.
• Benesch: Benesch is a Cleveland-founded law firm with national reach across corporate, litigation, healthcare, real estate, labor, and transportation/logistics practices. It is comparable as a larger business-law platform with overlapping Ohio and multi-state client segments.
• Taft Stettinius & Hollister: Taft is a large Midwest-origin full-service law firm with corporate, litigation, employment, healthcare, real estate, and government practices. It is a broader incumbent because it competes for similar commercial legal work but operates at a larger scale and across a wider geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brennan-manna-&-diamond-llc
• Xx.com/LAW_BMD

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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