As we compiled this Memorial Day edition of The Churn, partners at Squire Sanders and Patton Boggs had just approved a merger that will create a 1,500-lawyer firm on June 1 known as Squire Patton Boggs.

But not everyone will be joining what will become one of the world’s largest firms by attorney head count. Among those opting out, according to a recent report by sibling publication The National Law Journal, are four Squire Sanders health care partners in Washington, D.C., bound for Jones Day.