Steptoe & Johnson gets serious about L.A. expansion.Steptoe & Johnson LLP's plans to open a West Los Angeles
"Over the course of nine years (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. ), the firm has pursued opportunities in other key markets, including opening London, Brussels and 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 offices," said L.A. managing partner Lawrence Rift. "We have now turned our attention to expanding on our established Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, presence and toward that end we are actively seeking top quality lawyers in Los Angeles." Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol partners Michael R. Heimbold and Mark A. Neubauer have been approached to join the new office. Neither the attorneys nor the firms returned calls for comment and Riff sidestepped the issue. "We are in discussions with several groups but all of those discussions are presently at a point where it is not appropriate to identify names," he said. "We are, however, very excited about our expanding presence and operations in Southern California." The Alschuler firm has been the focus of intense scrutiny in recent months as it has been shopping for a national or international merger partner. Seong H. Kim of Christensen Glaser Fink Jacob Well & Shapiro LLP was also approached for a position, but a Christensen spokesperson said he's staying put. The Christensen firm has been in the headlines since managing partner Terry Christensen was indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. as part of the Anthony Pellicano probe. Other than the acrimonious exit of former No. 2 Louis R. "Skip" Miller, the firm has not lost staffers in the wake of the indictment. |
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