Gordon’s new team — three partners and seven associates — specializes in defending nursing homes in abuse and malpractice cases. They will start work at Gordon on July 15, said John Linck Supple, who is the managing partner of LaFollette’s San Francisco office and part of the team joining Gordon.

Two of the new hires are based in the Sacramento office of the 42-lawyer LaFollette and they will remain in the capitol to launch a fourth office for the 170-lawyer Gordon, said Supple.