Reunion in L.A.Not surprisingly, much of the attention surrounding the merger of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
Nearly 600 attorneys will practice in the New York office of the combined firm, Dewey & LeBoeuf. But the combination, which became effective last week, is also having an impact on a smaller scale in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Dewey Ballantine has a 37-attorney Los Angeles office and LeBoeuf Lamb's 21-year-old Los Angeles office has 12 lawyers. As a result of the merger, these relatively small Los Angeles outposts are being combined. But some of the tension that might naturally arise in these situations is muted because the merger will be a reunion of sorts for the managing partners at the firms. Dean Hansell, co-managing partner of LeBoeuf Lamb's local office, and David McLeod, co-managing partner of Dewey Ballantine in Los Angeles, previously practiced together at the now-defunct law firm Lillick. McHose & Charles. "It is one of the more interesting aspects of this merger that we are practicing together again," McLeod said. "There is an initial comfort level there and it has made it easier to tackle all the integration issues we have had to deal with." A couple of days after the merger was announced in August, Hansell and McLeod got together for breakfast at the California Club ostensibly os·ten·si·ble adj. Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity. to begin the process. "We spent a substantial part of the breakfast just catching up," Hansell said. Since then there have been more formal and productive gatherings between the lawyers to discuss issues such as practice groups, synergies and operational duties. Dewey Ballantine's local lawyers practice in a variety of areas including litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , bankruptcy, real estate and general corporate matters. LeBoeuf Lamb's local office also has litigation and corporate practice groups. There is still much left to tackle. No decision has been made on how to literally combine the offices, and leasing entirely new office space is an option being considered. Staff reporter Drew Combs can be reached at dcombs@labusinessjournal.com or at (323) 549-5225, ext. 228. |
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