Ted Lavender and a team of five other lawyers handling medical malpractice defense have joined virtual firm FisherBroyles—except they’ve opened an actual office for the Atlanta-based firm.

Lavender and four others—Alison Currie, Kris Alderman, Carrie Stephens and Andrew King—joined on Aug. 1 from Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, a national firm based in Los Angeles.