Marcus Topel and William Goodman had total independence and lots of high-profile work. So why did they decide to merge their seven-attorney firm in the San Francisco Bay Area with a 230-lawyer firm in New York? The two criminal defense lawyers explain that no matter how successful their firm was, they felt unremitting pressure to bring in more business and to service virtually all of the clients -- not to mention meeting the ever-increasing associate and support staff salary demands of the current market.
April 23, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
What cosmic significance, if any, is there to our 26-year-old boutique law firm’s merger with a 230-lawyer New York City powerhouse?
In our Topel & Goodman form, we had as much business as we could handle, and life was good. We answered to no one (except to our clients, of course), and we made a good living. We felt a sense of accomplishment, having built a successful business over two and a half decades.
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