SAN FRANCISCO — Crossing the San Francisco Bay every day can make for a long commute. So long that litigation-focused Boies, Schiller & Flexner, which already has an office in Oakland, is set to open another small Bay Area office in downtown Palo Alto.

Jonathan Schiller, one of the firm’s co-founders and managing partners, confirmed that the firm is about to sign a lease for space for three lawyers with a May 1 move-in date.