Two Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan alumni have joined forces to launch a business litigation boutique in Los Angeles that models itself—to a degree—off of the attributes of the pair’s former Big Law employers.
John Pierce, who has had stops at Latham & Watkins and K&L Gates in the past three years, has teamed up with David Sergenian, who he first worked with on the Quinn Emanuel team representing money management firm Trust Company of the West in its legal battle against former star bond investor Jeffrey Gundlach. The two litigators said they plan to model their new firm, Pierce Sergenian, on Quinn Emanuel in ways big and small, from its pursuit of contingency fee arrangements to its casual dress code.
