PORTLAND — Two of the city’s law firms have merged, according to an Aug. 1 press release.

Verrill Dana, whose main office is at One Portland Square, has merged with Friedman Gaythwaite Wolf, a Pearl Street-based firm of 13 lawyers specializing in litigation.

With the merger – the first in its 150-year-old history – Verrill Dana now employs 118 lawyers in Portland; Augusta; Boston; Stamford, Conn., and Washington, D.C.