Still, the firm said it has actually grown its Salt Lake City ranks by more than 65% because 2015. There are now 80 legal representatives in the workplace, out of 569 attorneys at the 20-office firm, the representative said.
The out-of-town companies that have actually started a business in the city considering that 2020 consist of Kirkland & & Ellis, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & & Rosati, Mayer Brown, Foley & & Lardner and Greenberg Traurig.
Companies have actually pointed out innovation, life sciences and other business activity in the Mountain West area as a draw to the marketplace, in addition to other aspects like location universities.
The brand-new IP employs at Dorsey originate from Portland, Oregon-founded Stoel Rives, which has actually seen a slew of legal representatives leave for newbie firms getting in Salt Lake City, including Mayer Brown and Foley & & Lardner in current months.
Melissa Jones, managing partner of Stoel Rives, said in a declaration the departures werent unexpected as the market remains in “transition” and noted the firm just added an IP team from Dorsey in Seattle.
( This story has been updated to include a declaration from Stoel Rives and show the variety of legal representatives in Dorseys workplace).
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( Reuters) – Dorsey & & Whitney stated Thursday its ended up being the most recent big law practice to grow in Salt Lake City, swiping a four-partner IP group from another firm that has recently lost a number of attorneys in the region.
Minneapolis-founded Dorsey has added Stoel Rives partners Aaron Barker, Matthew Bethards, Jason McCammon and Jordan Olsen a few weeks after inducing hallmark partner Catherine Parrish Lake, also from Stoel Rives.
While a number of large law practice have recently opened new offices in Salt Lake City, Dorsey is amongst the handful thats existed beyond the past few years. It opened in the Utah capital in 1996, according to a spokesperson.
Sara MerkenSara Merken reports on privacy and data security, along with business of law, including legal innovation and key players in the legal services market. Reach her at sara.merken@thomsonreuters.com.
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