What Weston Hurd does

Weston Hurd LLP is a full-service Ohio law firm founded in 1925 in Cleveland and operating as a limited liability partnership. The firm employs more than 70 attorneys across its Cleveland headquarters (1300 East 9th Street, Suite 1400) and a regional office in Columbus (101 East Town Street, Suite 500), serving clients ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to closely-held businesses, insurance carriers, healthcare providers, public school districts, municipalities, and individuals. Its core offering is partner-led legal representation across 35+ practice areas including insurance defense and coverage, medical malpractice defense, education law, labor and employment, commercial litigation, construction law, products liability, real estate, and estate planning.

The firm's underlying technology stack centers on legal practice management and E-Discovery capabilities (discovery strategy, preservation, collection, storage, search, review, and processing of electronic data), augmented by an annual proprietary publication, the Desktop Legal Primer for Ohio Claims, which serves as a thought-leadership and reference product for Ohio insurance claims professionals. No proprietary AI/ML capability is disclosed; technology positioning is functional rather than differentiating.

Revenue is generated through traditional professional-services billing — attorney billable hours, retainers, and matter-based fees — across both ongoing engagements and new client matters, with online payment accepted via credit card and electronic check. Weston Hurd markets through content (website, blogs, white papers), seminars, email newsletters, social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, X), and earned media (Best Lawyers rankings, Crain's Notable Women in Law). International reach is delivered indirectly through long-standing membership in MSI Global Alliance (250+ firms in 100+ countries). The firm has remained independently owned throughout its 100-year history with no PE/VC involvement and is currently led by Managing Partner Daniel A. Richards.

Name

Weston Hurd

Legal name

Weston Hurd LLP

Website

https://westonhurd.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1925

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Weston Hurd LLP is a 100-year-old full-service Ohio law firm with 70+ attorneys across Cleveland and Columbus, representing insurance carriers, school districts, healthcare providers, municipalities, and corporations across 35+ practice areas including insurance defense, medical malpractice, education law, and commercial litigation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cleveland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Hourly/Fee-Based Billing: Weston Hurd generates revenue through providing legal services to clients on a fee basis. As a full-service law firm, the firm represents clients in various legal matters including litigation, corporate work, insurance defense, employment law, education law, medical malpractice defense, real estate, estate planning, and other practice areas. Revenue is generated through attorney billable hours, retainer fees, and matter-based billing for both ongoing and new client engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Weston Hurd LLP is a full-service Ohio law firm providing partner-led legal representation to corporations, insurance carriers, healthcare providers, public school districts, governmental entities, manufacturers, real estate developers, financial institutions, and individuals across 35+ practice areas including insurance coverage, medical malpractice defense, education law, labor and employment, construction, commercial litigation, products liability, real estate, estate planning, and corporate/M&A matters. Revenue is generated through attorney billable hours, retainers, and matter-based fees on negotiated engagements.

Product overview

Weston Hurd LLP is a full-service Ohio law firm offering legal services across 35+ practice areas including Appellate, Architects and Engineers, Automotive/Transportation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Business, Church Law, Commercial Litigation, Construction, Criminal & White Collar Defense, Domestic Relations, E-Commerce, E-Discovery, Education Law, Environmental, ERISA, Estate Planning, Governmental Liability, Insurance Coverage, Insurance General Defense, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Legal Malpractice, Long Term Care, Medical Malpractice, Mergers & Acquisitions, Nonprofit Organizations, Products Liability, Real Estate, Retail & Hospitality, Securities, Tax, Toxic Tort, and Workers' Compensation. The firm operates offices in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, and is a member of MSI Global Alliance for international referral capabilities. Key service offerings include the annual Desktop Legal Primer for Ohio Claims publication, education law counsel to Ohio school districts, and comprehensive insurance defense and coverage representation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Weston Hurd Legal Services Full-service legal representation delivered by 70+ attorneys in Cleveland and Columbus across more than 35 practice areas, serving insurance carriers, healthcare providers, public school districts, municipalities, manufacturers, real estate developers, financial institutions, corporations, and individuals in Ohio.
• 2026 Desktop Legal Primer for Ohio Claims Annual comprehensive legal reference guide and practice tool for Ohio claims professionals, published by Weston Hurd attorneys, covering Ohio statutes, case citations, and practical guidance on insurance coverage and related litigation matters.
• 2025 Desktop Legal Primer for Ohio Claims Prior-year edition of the annual Desktop Legal Primer for Ohio Claims published by Weston Hurd attorneys.
• Education Law Services Dedicated counsel to Ohio public school boards and districts covering collective bargaining, general counsel, labor and employment, special education, student issues, Sunshine Laws, and Title IX matters.
• Insurance Coverage Services Insurance coverage practice handling first-party, third-party, and inter-company disputes including coverage opinions, investigations, litigation, and form drafting across auto, CGL, environmental, professional liability, and other insurance types.
• Medical Malpractice Defense Defense of healthcare professionals including hospitals, physicians, dentists, nursing homes, and allied healthcare professionals in medical negligence cases and related regulatory matters.
• Construction Law Guidance on contract formation, project administration, construction litigation, sureftyship, and contracting law with experience in OSHA, AIA contracts, and dispute resolution.
• Labor and Employment Law Legal compliance and employment relationship assistance including equal employment, wage and hour, OSHA, FMLA, ADA, workers' compensation, and collective bargaining matters for employers.
• E-Discovery Services Management of electronic discovery including discovery strategy, data preservation, collection, storage, search, review, analysis, and processing of electronic documents in litigation matters.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100 years of continuous operation since 1925
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MSI Global AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince the 1990s, Weston Hurd has been a member of MSI Global Alliance, one of the world's leading international associations of independent legal and accounting firms. MSI's worldwide network includes over 250 independent legal and accounting firms in more than 100 countries throughout the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa regions. Membership enables Weston Hurd to quickly source local counsel wherever in the world clients are involved in doing business.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Frantz Ward LLP: Cleveland-based mid-size full-service firm similar in attorney count and Ohio regional focus. Overlaps with Weston Hurd in commercial litigation, employment, and insurance defense matters serving similar enterprise and institutional clients.
• Tucker Ellis LLP: Cleveland-headquartered full-service firm of comparable size serving similar enterprise and institutional clients. Competes directly with Weston Hurd in commercial litigation, product liability, and insurance defense work.
• Roetzel & Andress LPA: Ohio-based full-service firm (Akron/Cleveland/Columbus) of similar scale, with comparable practice breadth including litigation, insurance, healthcare, and education law. Direct competitor for Ohio institutional and corporate clients.
• Walter Haverfield LLP: Cleveland-based full-service law firm of comparable size and Ohio footprint, with overlapping practice areas in education law, labor and employment, and real estate. Notably, Walter Haverfield lost 13 attorneys to Weston Hurd in 2023, making it a closely matched direct competitor.
• Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP: Cleveland-headquartered full-service firm with comparable headcount and similar multi-office Ohio presence (Cleveland, Columbus, Akron). Competes in litigation, corporate, employment, and estate planning practices.
• Ulmer & Berne LLP: Cleveland-based full-service law firm with multiple Ohio offices and similar mid-market positioning. Overlaps with Weston Hurd in commercial litigation, insurance defense, and business law serving Ohio-based enterprise clients.

Broad incumbents

• BakerHostetler: Major Cleveland-founded national law firm with 900+ attorneys across the U.S. Overlaps with Weston Hurd in insurance coverage, litigation, healthcare, and education law, but operates at substantially larger scale with national client rosters.
• Thompson Hine LLP: Cleveland-headquartered AmLaw 200 firm with national offices and significantly broader practice scale. Competes with Weston Hurd for Ohio enterprise clients and insurance matters but operates a much larger platform with cross-border capabilities.
• Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP: Larger Cleveland-based full-service firm with broader national footprint and deeper corporate practice. Competes with Weston Hurd in Ohio for mid-market commercial litigation and transactional work, but at a larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Squire Patton Boggs: Global law firm founded in Cleveland with 1,000+ attorneys across multiple continents. Competes with Weston Hurd for Ohio enterprise and insurance clients but offers a vastly broader international, regulatory, and corporate platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/westonhurd
• Facebookfacebook.com/westonhurdllp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/weston-hurd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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