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Dorsey has 80 attorneys in Salt Lake City, posting 65% headcount growth there because 2015
Minneapolis-founded company worked with 5 Stoel Rives partners this month
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( Reuters) – Dorsey & & Whitney stated Thursday its ended up being the most current big law office to grow in Salt Lake City, swiping a four-partner IP group from another firm that has recently lost a variety of attorneys 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 office have actually just 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.
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Still, the company said it has actually grown its Salt Lake City ranks by more than 65% given that 2015. There are now 80 attorneys in the office, out of 569 lawyers at the 20-office company, the spokesperson said.
The out-of-town companies 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.
Firms have pointed out innovation, life sciences and other company activity in the Mountain West region as a draw to the market, in addition to other elements like area universities.
The new IP hires at Dorsey originate from Portland, Oregon-founded Stoel Rives, which has actually seen a multitude of lawyers leave for newbie companies entering Salt Lake City, consisting of Mayer Brown and Foley & & Lardner in recent months.
Melissa Jones, managing partner of Stoel Rives, stated in a statement the departures werent unanticipated as the market remains in “shift” and kept in mind the company simply included an IP team from Dorsey in Seattle.
( This story has actually been upgraded to consist of a statement from Stoel Rives and show the variety of legal representatives in Dorseys office).
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