Powell Goldstein LLP combined with the international law firm of Bryan Cave LLP on January 1, 2009, creating a firm of more than 1,100 attorneys and other professionals and 26 offices around the world. Powell Goldstein LLP, formerly known as Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, is a law firm which provides legal services to community organizations, charitable endeavors, and to public service legal organizations. The firm's main practices include employee benefits and executive compensation, public finance, environmental, real estate, financial institutions, tax, antitrust & consumer protection, health care, bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, intellectual property, and biotechnology and life sciences. Powell Goldstein has offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Washington, District of Columbia; Dallas, Texas; and Charlotte, North Carolina.