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Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis and Charlotte, N.C., firm Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman announced Thursday that they are in merger discussions. If talks prove to be successful, the merger would be completed by July 1, said both firms in a statement. K&L Gates ranked 28th in this year's Am Law 100, with gross revenues of $755 million. The proposed merger would create a 1,700-lawyer firm with 28 offices located in the U.S., Europe and Asia.