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Still, the firm stated it has grown its Salt Lake City ranks by more than 65% considering that 2015. There are now 80 attorneys in the office, out of 569 attorneys at the 20-office company, the representative said.
The out-of-town companies that have started a business in the city since 2020 include Kirkland & & Ellis, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & & Rosati, Mayer Brown, Foley & & Lardner and Greenberg Traurig.
Firms have actually mentioned technology, life sciences and other organization activity in the Mountain West region as a draw to the market, in addition to other factors like location universities.
The new IP hires at Dorsey come from Portland, Oregon-founded Stoel Rives, which has seen a variety of legal representatives leave for newbie firms getting in Salt Lake City, consisting of Mayer Brown and Foley & & Lardner in current months.
Melissa Jones, managing partner of Stoel Rives, said in a statement the departures werent unforeseen as the market is in “shift” and noted the company just added an IP team from Dorsey in Seattle.
( This story has been updated to include a statement from Stoel Rives and show the variety of attorneys in Dorseys workplace).
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( Reuters) – Dorsey & & Whitney said Thursday its become the most recent big law practice to grow in Salt Lake City, swiping a four-partner IP group from another firm that has just recently lost a number of lawyers in the region.
Minneapolis-founded Dorsey has actually included Stoel Rives partners Aaron Barker, Matthew Bethards, Jason McCammon and Jordan Olsen a couple of weeks after inducing hallmark partner Catherine Parrish Lake, likewise from Stoel Rives.
While several big law firms have just recently opened new workplaces in Salt Lake City, Dorsey is amongst 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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