Schiff Hardin is in talks to be acquired Schiff Hardin is in talks to be acquired The midsize law firm has remained independent while its peers have been swallowed up. That could change. Managing Partner Joseph Krasovec Midsize law firms in Chicago have been disappearing for years. Just since 2005, the dearly departed now interred via mergers inside larger firms include Gardner Carton & Douglas, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon, Lord Bissell & Brook and Bell Boyd & Lloyd. Through it all, another midmarket brand, Schiff Hardin, has remained independent for more than a century, though perhaps not for much longer. More