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Dorsey has 80 attorneys in Salt Lake City, publishing 65% headcount growth there given that 2015
Minneapolis-founded company employed five Stoel Rives partners this month
( Reuters) – Dorsey & & Whitney stated Thursday its ended up being the current big law firm to grow in Salt Lake City, swiping a four-partner IP team from another firm that has just recently lost a variety of attorneys in the area.
Minneapolis-founded Dorsey has actually included 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 numerous big law office have recently opened brand-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 representative.
Still, the company stated it has actually 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 firm, the representative said.
The out-of-town firms that have started a business in the city given that 2020 include Kirkland & & Ellis, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & & Rosati, Mayer Brown, Foley & & Lardner and Greenberg Traurig.
Firms have mentioned technology, life sciences and other business activity in the Mountain West region as a draw to the market, in addition to other elements like location universities.
The brand-new IP employs at Dorsey originate from Portland, Oregon-founded Stoel Rives, which has seen a multitude of attorneys depart for newcomer firms going into 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 unanticipated as the market remains in “transition” and kept in mind the firm just included an IP group from Dorsey in Seattle.
( This story has actually been upgraded to include a declaration from Stoel Rives and show the number of lawyers in Dorseys office).
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Sara MerkenSara Merken reports on personal privacy and data security, as well as the service of law, including legal development and essential gamers in the legal services market. Reach her at sara.merken@thomsonreuters.com.
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