Still, the firm said it has actually grown its Salt Lake City ranks by more than 65% considering that 2015. There are now 80 lawyers in the workplace, out of 569 lawyers at the 20-office firm, the spokesperson stated.
The out-of-town companies that have actually started a business in the city given that 2020 include Kirkland & & Ellis, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & & Rosati, Mayer Brown, Foley & & Lardner and Greenberg Traurig.
Companies have mentioned technology, life sciences and other business activity in the Mountain West region as a draw to the market, in addition to other elements like area universities.
The brand-new IP employs at Dorsey come from Portland, Oregon-founded Stoel Rives, which has actually seen a variety of lawyers leave for newcomer firms entering Salt Lake City, including Mayer Brown and Foley & & Lardner in current months.
Melissa Jones, managing partner of Stoel Rives, said in a declaration the departures werent unforeseen as the market remains in “shift” and noted the firm just added an IP team from Dorsey in Seattle.
( This story has actually been updated to include a statement from Stoel Rives and reflect the number of attorneys in Dorseys office).
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Dorsey has 80 attorneys in Salt Lake City, posting 65% headcount growth there considering that 2015
Minneapolis-founded firm hired 5 Stoel Rives partners this month
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( Reuters) – Dorsey & & Whitney said Thursday its become the current big law company to grow in Salt Lake City, swiping a four-partner IP group from another firm that has recently lost a number of lawyers in the region.
Minneapolis-founded Dorsey has added Stoel Rives partners Aaron Barker, Matthew Bethards, Jason McCammon and Jordan Olsen a couple of weeks after inducing trademark partner Catherine Parrish Lake, also from Stoel Rives.
While numerous big law practice have actually recently opened new workplaces in Salt Lake City, Dorsey is among the handful thats existed beyond the past few years. It opened in the Utah capital in 1996, according to a representative.
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