Barnes & Thornburg continued its rapid growth in Los Angeles with the addition of seven lawyers from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.

David Allen, former managing partner of Akin Gump’s L.A. office, has joined as managing partner of the Indianapolis-based firm’s Los Angeles office. His move was announced in February, when Barnes & Thornburg opened an L.A. office with five other partners from Akin Gump, but he didn’t join until recently due to a client matter.