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Dorsey has 80 lawyers in Salt Lake City, publishing 65% headcount development there because 2015
Minneapolis-founded firm worked with 5 Stoel Rives partners this month
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Still, the company 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 company, the representative stated.
The out-of-town firms that have actually started a business in the city since 2020 include Kirkland & & Ellis, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & & Rosati, Mayer Brown, Foley & & Lardner and Greenberg Traurig.
Companies 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 employs at Dorsey come from Portland, Oregon-founded Stoel Rives, which has seen a slew of lawyers depart for newbie firms getting in Salt Lake City, including Mayer Brown and Foley & & Lardner in recent months.
Melissa Jones, managing partner of Stoel Rives, stated in a statement the departures werent unexpected as the market remains in “shift” and noted the company simply added an IP team from Dorsey in Seattle.
( This story has actually been updated to consist of a declaration from Stoel Rives and reflect the variety of lawyers in Dorseys workplace).
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( Reuters) – Dorsey & & Whitney stated Thursday its ended up being the most recent big law firm to grow in Salt Lake City, swiping a four-partner IP team from another company that has just recently lost a variety of lawyers in the region.
Minneapolis-founded Dorsey has actually included Stoel Rives partners Aaron Barker, Matthew Bethards, Jason McCammon and Jordan Olsen a few weeks after bringing on hallmark partner Catherine Parrish Lake, likewise from Stoel Rives.
While a number of large law office have recently opened brand-new offices in Salt Lake City, Dorsey is among the handful thats been there beyond the previous couple of years. It opened in the Utah capital in 1996, according to a spokesperson.
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