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Dorsey has 80 legal representatives in Salt Lake City, publishing 65% headcount development there considering that 2015
Minneapolis-founded company employed five Stoel Rives partners this month
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Still, the firm stated it has grown its Salt Lake City ranks by more than 65% since 2015. There are now 80 lawyers in the office, out of 569 legal representatives at the 20-office company, the representative said.
The out-of-town firms that have set up store in the city given that 2020 consist of Kirkland & & Ellis, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & & Rosati, Mayer Brown, Foley & & Lardner and Greenberg Traurig.
Firms have cited technology, life sciences and other business activity in the Mountain West region as a draw to the marketplace, in addition to other elements like location universities.
The new IP works with at Dorsey come from Portland, Oregon-founded Stoel Rives, which has actually seen a variety of lawyers depart for newcomer companies entering 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 unexpected as the market remains in “transition” and noted the firm just included an IP team from Dorsey in Seattle.
( This story has been updated to consist of a declaration from Stoel Rives and show the variety of legal representatives in Dorseys workplace).
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( Reuters) – Dorsey & & Whitney said Thursday its become the most current big law office to grow in Salt Lake City, swiping a four-partner IP group from another company that has actually recently lost a number of lawyers in the area.
Minneapolis-founded Dorsey has actually added Stoel Rives partners Aaron Barker, Matthew Bethards, Jason McCammon and Jordan Olsen a few weeks after inducing trademark partner Catherine Parrish Lake, also from Stoel Rives.
While a number of large law practice have actually recently opened 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 representative.
