As the largest law firm failure in U.S. history, the death of Dewey & LeBoeuf has naturally commanded much of the industry’s attention this year. At the same time the ongoing saga of Dewey’s demise has managed to obscure the fact that 2012 has seen a batch of smaller shops around the country close their doors as well.
Gardere Wynne Sewell’s addition of patent litigation partner Paul Storm to its Dallas office last week, for instance, effectively spelled the end of the intellectual property boutique he founded in 2005.
