Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti

What Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti does

Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP is a full-service law firm founded in 1882 and headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, with additional offices in Madison, Trenton, and New York City. The firm serves corporate and institutional clients (businesses, financial institutions, insurers, real estate developers, healthcare organizations, energy utilities, and government entities) alongside individual clients across more than 36 practice areas spanning litigation, corporate, regulatory, real estate, environmental, title insurance, bankruptcy, intellectual property, healthcare, and white-collar defense. With over 180 attorneys, the firm has earned Chambers USA Band 1 rankings in Environment and Tax and recognition across multiple other practice areas, alongside the BTI Client Service A-Team 2026 and U.S. News Best Companies to Work For 2026 designations.

The firm generates revenue through professional legal services billed at negotiated hourly rates or fixed fees per matter, with engagements typically structured as multi-year relationships. Client acquisition is driven by direct partner-led engagement, professional referrals from accountants, financial advisors, real estate professionals, and bar association members, rather than through intermediaries or marketplace channels. The firm supports its services with a thought leadership ecosystem that includes the Title Nerds podcast (currently in Season 5), four active practice blogs covering Banking/Title Insurance/Real Estate Litigation, Environmental Law, Family Law, and Healthcare Law, an Environmental Law Webinar Series, and CLE programming in partnership with Rutgers Law School and bar associations.

Riker Danzig operates as a privately held New Jersey limited liability partnership owned by its partners, with no external institutional investors, parent company, or public listing. Strategic emphasis is placed on NJ-specific regulatory expertise (particularly environmental remediation, public utilities, and bankruptcy), emerging-practice development (Cannabis Law, Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology), and brand reinforcement through editorial sponsorships of AFBNJ, NJWLA, and the NJBIZ In the Lead 2026 Legacy Businesses recognition.

Name

Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti

Legal name

Riker Danzig LLP

Website

https://riker.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1882

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti is a Morristown, NJ-based full-service law firm with 180+ attorneys serving corporate, institutional, government, and individual clients across 36+ practice areas in the Northeast.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Commercial litigation
• Corporate law
• Environmental law
• Real estate law
• Title insurance

Headquarters

HQ city

Morristown

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Hourly/Fee-Based Billing: Riker Danzig generates revenue through billable legal services billed at hourly rates or fixed fees for matters across its litigation, corporate, transactional, and regulatory practice groups. Clients include businesses, financial institutions, insurers, government entities, and individuals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP is a New Jersey-based full-service law firm providing legal representation across litigation, transactional, regulatory, and advisory matters. The firm serves businesses, financial institutions, insurers, government entities, and individuals with practices spanning commercial litigation, corporate law, environmental law, real estate, title insurance, bankruptcy, M&A, intellectual property, healthcare, and white-collar criminal defense.

Product overview

Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP is a New Jersey-based law firm offering comprehensive legal services across multiple practice areas. The firm provides legal counsel through distinct service lines including Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy, Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology, Environmental Law, Healthcare Law, Insurance and Reinsurance Law, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity, Products Liability/Toxic Tort/Mass Tort, Real Estate Law, Securities Litigation, Tax Law, Title Insurance, and White Collar Criminal Defense. The firm supports its legal services with content platforms including the Title Nerds Podcast (currently in Season 5), Environmental Law Webinar Series, specialized blogs covering Banking/Title Insurance/Real Estate Litigation, Environmental Law, Family Law, and Healthcare Law topics, and various publications on legal developments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Title Nerds: Podcast series focused on title insurance topics, co-hosted by attorneys Michael R. O'Donnell and Bethany A. Abele. Currently in Season 5 as of 2026.
• Banking, Title Insurance and Real Estate Litigation Blog

Products and services

• Legal Services - Alternative Dispute Resolution

Quantifiable outcome

• 10 practice areas ranked in Chambers USA 2026, 20 attorneys recognized
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 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

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• First American Title Insurance CompanyminorOthers · 1 August 2024First American Title Insurance Company is a major title insurance provider. Jeffrey Greif, a 37-year industry veteran and four-time Circle of Excellence award winner with First American, was featured as a guest on Riker Danzig's Title Nerds podcast, discussing title insurance industry topics and practices.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Connell Foley LLP: NJ full-service firm with similar practice areas including insurance, construction, environmental, real estate, and commercial litigation serving regional enterprise clients.
• Gibbons P.C. Newark-based full-service NJ firm competing head-to-head across litigation, corporate, bankruptcy, environmental, and real estate—closely matched by size and geography.
• Day Pitney LLP: Northeast full-service firm with deep NJ roots and comparable practices in energy, environmental, real estate, private equity, and litigation.
• Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. NJ-headquartered full-service firm with strong corporate, healthcare, real estate, and litigation practices—a comparable mid-size NJ-centered legal platform.
• Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C. NJ-based full-service firm overlapping with Riker Danzig in life sciences, real estate, environmental, employment, and commercial litigation practices.
• Lowenstein Sandler LLP: Full-service New Jersey-headquartered law firm with comparable practice breadth across litigation, corporate, bankruptcy, environmental, and real estate—direct competitor for the same NJ-anchored enterprise and institutional clients.
• McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP: Major NJ-based full-service firm serving enterprise clients across litigation, insurance, real estate, and bankruptcy—directly comparable in size, geography, and practice mix to Riker Danzig.
• Saul Ewing LLP: Mid-Atlantic full-service firm with NJ presence and overlapping practices in environmental, real estate, insurance, bankruptcy, and corporate law.
• DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin, LLP: NJ-based firm with comparable litigation, labor, regulatory, and corporate practices serving municipalities, businesses, and individuals in the same regional market.

Broad incumbents

• Fox Rothschild LLP: Larger multi-office national full-service firm with substantial NJ practice and overlapping capabilities in corporate, real estate, environmental, and litigation matters—broader geographic footprint makes it a broader incumbent peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rikerdanzig

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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