Janet Levine and Jeff Rutherford, founding partners of Crowell & Moring’s Los Angeles office, have joined local litigation boutique Kendall Brill & Kelly.

Rutherford and Levine joined Crowell & Moring in 2008 when their former shop, white-collar boutique Lightfoot Vandevelde Sadowsky Crouchley Rutherford & Levine, was acquired by the Washington, D.C.-based Am Law 100 firm. Nearly a decade later, the duo decided to return to a smaller firm, noting that Kendall Brill provides them the opportunity to reconnect with old colleagues and friends.