Alston & Bird's partnership on Wednesday approved the firm's expansion into California by acquiring a Los Angeles firm and an intellectual property practice in Silicon Valley. The L.A. firm, Weston Benshoof, has 83 lawyers, and the IP group is Akin Gump's 11-lawyer Silicon Valley office. Alston's managing partner, Richard R. Hays, said the firm added the West Coast offices in response to client demand -- particularly in the IP, energy and sustainability, financial services and litigation areas.
July 31, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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Alston & Bird’s partnership on Wednesday approved the firm’s expansion into California by acquiring a Los Angeles firm and an intellectual property practice in Silicon Valley.
The two acquisitions give Alston almost 100 lawyers in California. The L.A. firm, Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava & MacCuish, has 83 lawyers, and the IP group is the 11-lawyer Silicon Valley office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
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