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Dorsey has 80 legal representatives in Salt Lake City, publishing 65% headcount growth there given that 2015
Minneapolis-founded firm worked with 5 Stoel Rives partners this month
( Reuters) – Dorsey & & Whitney said Thursday its ended up being the most current large law practice to grow in Salt Lake City, swiping a four-partner IP group from another company 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 bringing on trademark partner Catherine Parrish Lake, also from Stoel Rives.
While numerous large law practice have recently opened new workplaces 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.
Still, the company stated it has actually grown its Salt Lake City ranks by more than 65% given that 2015. There are now 80 legal representatives in the office, out of 569 legal representatives at the 20-office company, the spokesperson said.
The out-of-town companies that have started a business in the city because 2020 consist of Kirkland & & Ellis, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & & Rosati, Mayer Brown, Foley & & Lardner and Greenberg Traurig.
Firms have actually 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 location universities.
The new IP hires at Dorsey come from Portland, Oregon-founded Stoel Rives, which has seen a slew of attorneys depart for newcomer firms entering Salt Lake City, consisting of Mayer Brown and Foley & & Lardner in recent months.
Melissa Jones, handling partner of Stoel Rives, stated in a declaration the departures werent unanticipated as the market is in “transition” and kept in mind the company simply included an IP group from Dorsey in Seattle.
( This story has actually been upgraded to consist of a statement from Stoel Rives and reflect the number of legal representatives in Dorseys workplace).
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