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( Reuters) – Dorsey & & Whitney said Thursday its ended up being the most recent big law company to grow in Salt Lake City, swiping a four-partner IP group from another company that has recently lost a variety of lawyers in the area.
Minneapolis-founded Dorsey has actually included Stoel Rives partners Aaron Barker, Matthew Bethards, Jason McCammon and Jordan Olsen a couple of weeks after bringing on trademark partner Catherine Parrish Lake, likewise from Stoel Rives.
While a number of large law practice have actually just recently opened new offices in Salt Lake City, Dorsey is among the handful thats existed beyond the previous couple of years. It opened in the Utah capital in 1996, according to a spokesperson.
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Dorsey has 80 lawyers in Salt Lake City, posting 65% headcount development there because 2015
Minneapolis-founded firm worked with 5 Stoel Rives partners this month
Still, the company said it has grown its Salt Lake City ranks by more than 65% because 2015. There are now 80 attorneys in the workplace, out of 569 attorneys at the 20-office company, the representative said.
The out-of-town firms that have set up store in the city because 2020 consist of Kirkland & & Ellis, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & & Rosati, Mayer Brown, Foley & & Lardner and Greenberg Traurig.
Firms have actually cited innovation, life sciences and other service activity in the Mountain West region as a draw to the market, in addition to other elements like area universities.
The new IP works with at Dorsey come from Portland, Oregon-founded Stoel Rives, which has actually seen a variety of lawyers leave for newbie firms going into Salt Lake City, consisting of Mayer Brown and Foley & & Lardner in recent months.
Melissa Jones, handling partner of Stoel Rives, stated in a statement the departures werent unexpected as the market remains in “transition” and noted the company just added an IP group from Dorsey in Seattle.
( This story has actually been updated to consist of a declaration from Stoel Rives and show the variety of lawyers in Dorseys office).
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