Omair Farooqui had always wanted to hang up his own shingle, but he had a good job as a mid-level associate at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. Then he got laid off last June. It was the nudge he needed, and the following month, he and attorney Javed Ellahie announced their new operation. Farooqui is not alone, as several small firms seem to be sprouting up due to large firm layoffs or rising out of the ashes of large firm meltdowns. Some are finding surprising upsides to starting up small firms in a recession.
February 11, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Omair Farooqui had always wanted to hang up his own shingle, but he had a good job as a mid-level intellectual property associate at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. With a regular paycheck, why rush to rock the boat?
Then the economy clouded, and in June last year, Farooqui says, he was laid off. "Sometimes fate rocks the boat for you, and you just have to sink or swim," he said.
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