A merger helped Fowler White Boggs pick up the most new partners in South Florida last year, while Greenberg Traurig expanded its partnership roster the old-fashioned way — by home-growing them.

Tampa-based Fowler White Boggs added nine laterals after combining with Atkinson Stone Diner Mankuta & Ploucha. In October the firm also added a Greenspoon Marder partner, Duane Dickerson, who brought a plum client, AutoNation Inc., with him.