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• Thelen law firm faces threat of closing

  Oct 29 2008 Thelen LLP, a 400-attorney San Francisco firm founded in 1924, is poised to be the latest corporate-law firm forced out of business amid an industrywide slowdown.... more

• Heller Ehrman law firm to dissolve Friday

  Sep 26 2008 The San Francisco law firm Heller Ehrman will formally vote Friday to dissolve, ending a legal partnership that survived the 1906 earthquake, a depression, wars and... more

• Venerable San Francisco law firm Heller Ehrman struggles to survive

  Sep 24 2008 Heller Ehrman, a storied San Francisco law firm founded in 1890 that was considered one of the most solid and successful in the nation only a year ago, is now... more

• King & Spalding opens eight offices in 18 months

  Sep 11 2008 Between 2000 and 2006, King & Spalding more than doubled the number of lawyers in its New York and Houston offices, the American Lawyer reports. Beginning with... more

• Gibson Dunn adds securities litigation partner in San Francisco

  Sep 03 2008 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced that Charles R. Jaeger has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner. Jaeger, formerly with Heller Ehrman, will... more

• Orrick Settles With San Diego for $2.8 Million Over City Pension Fund

  Jul 30 2008 For the second time in little more than a month, an Am Law 100 firm has agreed to a multimillion-dollar settlement with the city of San Diego stemming from a city... more

• Hunton & Williams grabs Akin Group as Part of Expansion in California, Texas

  Jul 01 2008 Hunton & Williams is opening a San Francisco office with a trio of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld labor attorneys -- part of an eight-lawyer group that's also... more

• Heller Ehrman Chairman Matthew Larrabee Heads for New York

  Jun 11 2008 In a way, there's no longer any such thing as a big San Francisco law firm. When Heller Ehrman Chairman Matthew Larrabee moves to New York City this month, none of the... more

• Thelen Lays Off 26 Associates, 85 Staffers

  Mar 20 2008 Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner laid off 26 associates and 85 staff on Wednesday afternoon, the most dramatic step in a package of moves reacting to tough economic... more

• Foley & Lardner LLP elects 24 new partners

  Feb 08 2008 Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that 24 of the firm's senior counsel have been elected to partnership. This includes attorneys from the firm's Boston, Chicago, Los... more

• San Francisco Bay Area Law Firms Float on Turbulent Waters

  Jan 11 2008 Despite the subprime mortgage crisis and resulting credit crunch, most of the eight Bay Area law firms that have released financial data so far showed solid increases... more

• San Diego Law firm asking for nearly US$700 million in Enron fees

  Nov 22 2007 The law firm that helped win $7.2 billion in settlements for Enron investors is seeking nearly $700 million in legal fees for itself and other attorneys who handled... more

• Sanofi-Aventis Faces Purported Class Action

  Nov 14 2007 Sanofi-Aventis SA (SNY) faces a purported class-action lawsuit for allegedly making misleading statements regarding its Zimulti obesity drug, according to San... more