Jeffrey Grube, Lisa Brown and Thomas Geidt have formed Grube Brown & Geidt, an employment boutique firm in San Francisco. All three previously practiced employment law in Paul Hastings’ California offices. Grube, who was with Paul Hastings for 20 years, was most recently vice chairman of the Palo Alto office.
Donahue Gallagher Woods, founded in 1918, and Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley, founded in 1883, announced the merger of their law firms, effective May 1. The combined East Bay firm will be named Donahue Fitzgerald and will offer a range of practices, including business and corporate, employment and labor, intellectual property, trusts and estates, litigation, nonprofits, real estate, tax and franchise.
