New York-based law firm Meister Selig & Schuster is expanding its presence to Nashville.

The firm, home to 75 business attorneys, announced April 21 that it would launch a local office and merge with Nashville criminal-defense firm Hodde & Associates. As a part of the Meister Selig & Schuster expansion to Nashville, the firm is adding Hodde & Associates’ sole attorney Kimberly Hodde to the team.