It hit on a Friday morning last October. Just back from a trial in Hartford, Conn., attorney Kenneth Chiate walked into Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges’ downtown L.A. office to find an SOS from partner John Gordon: The firm had just agreed to step into a high-stakes trial midstream.

Several key witnesses had to be examined or prepared for cross-examination as early as that Monday. Partners were needed immediately.

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