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Dorsey has 80 legal representatives in Salt Lake City, posting 65% headcount growth there considering that 2015
Minneapolis-founded firm employed 5 Stoel Rives partners this month
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Still, the company stated it has actually grown its Salt Lake City ranks by more than 65% considering that 2015. There are now 80 legal representatives in the workplace, out of 569 legal representatives at the 20-office firm, the representative stated.
The out-of-town companies that have set up store in the city since 2020 consist of Kirkland & & Ellis, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & & Rosati, Mayer Brown, Foley & & Lardner and Greenberg Traurig.
Firms have mentioned innovation, life sciences and other business activity in the Mountain West area as a draw to the marketplace, in addition to other factors like area universities.
The brand-new IP works with at Dorsey come from Portland, Oregon-founded Stoel Rives, which has seen a variety of lawyers depart for newbie companies getting in Salt Lake City, consisting of Mayer Brown and Foley & & Lardner in current months.
Melissa Jones, managing partner of Stoel Rives, stated in a declaration the departures werent unforeseen as the market remains in “shift” and noted the company simply added an IP group from Dorsey in Seattle.
( This story has been updated to include a statement from Stoel Rives and show the number of lawyers in Dorseys office).
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( Reuters) – Dorsey & & Whitney said Thursday its become the latest big law office to grow in Salt Lake City, swiping a four-partner IP group from another firm that has actually recently lost a variety of lawyers in the region.
Minneapolis-founded Dorsey has actually added Stoel Rives partners Aaron Barker, Matthew Bethards, Jason McCammon and Jordan Olsen a couple of weeks after causing hallmark partner Catherine Parrish Lake, likewise from Stoel Rives.
While numerous large law office have just recently opened brand-new workplaces in Salt Lake City, Dorsey is among the handful thats been there beyond the previous few years. It opened in the Utah capital in 1996, according to a spokesperson.
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