After a few tough years, O’Melveny has a new chair and a revamped strategy. Drew Combs reports

The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles was filled with national political figures, including former vice president Al Gore, foreign dignitaries and much of the sprawling metropolis’ ruling establishment on 28 March. The metal-skinned venue, winter home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, was the setting for former US Secretary of State Warren Christopher’s memorial service. Christopher had died 10 days earlier at the age of 85 after battling kidney and bladder cancer.