Shutts & Bowen LLP is a law firm with 270 attorneys in eight offices in the state of Florida. Shutts & Bowen was founded in 1910. Frank B. Shutts came to Miami in 1909 and became the legal representative of Henry Flagler and the Florida East Coast Railway Company. In 1910, he formed a professional association with Henry F. Atkinson.
In 1912, Crate D. Bowen joined the firm which settled on the name Shutts and Bowen in 1919. In 1910 Shutts organized the Miami Herald Publishing Company and was its President and principal stockholder.[1] Shutts and Bowen is ranked as the 175th largest law firm in the United States.[2]
It maintains seven offices in the Florida cities of Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando, Sarasota, Tallahassee, and Tampa, and West Palm Beach.[3] According to statistics submitted to American Lawyer, Shutts & Bowen recorded $147 million in revenue for the year 2015, up 7.7% from 2014, with profits per partner averaging $740,000 in 2015, up 5.7% from $700,000 in 2014.