Seven shareholders, including the head of the health care risk management and litigation department, are leaving Stevens & Lee to form a boutique law firm, Stevens & Lee announced April 10.
The seven shareholders, led by James Saxton and Christopher A. Stump, will be joined by nine associates as well as other professionals and staff when they leave Stevens & Lee on April 22 to form Saxton & Stump. Saxton said April 10 that his new firm would have around 40 employees to start, including 33 professionals made up of lawyers, doctors, nurses and other consultants. He said the plan is to grow from there.
