Correction, 5/12/14, 2:30 p.m. EDT: In the original version of this story, the following quote was incorrectly attributed: “Texas was doing well. Houston and Dallas are among Weil’s most profitable offices.” The quote should have been attributed to John Strasburger, not Joseph Basile. The 13th paragraph of the story has been revised to reflect the correct attribution. We regret the error

Yvette Ostolaza thought she was going to spend her entire career at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, the 1,200-lawyer firm long known for its New York roots, hard-driving culture and marquee bankruptcy practice. After starting as a summer associate in 1992, she rose to become cohead of the firm’s complex commercial litigation practice, based in its Dallas office, with clients such as MGM Resorts International, Chuck E. Cheese and McAfee Inc. “I never planned on changing firms,” she says.

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