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By Mark Curriden
(March 22) – Los Angeles-based Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton is slowly putting together the pieces to officially open its Dallas office next month.
The Texas Lawbook has learned that two partners from the Dallas office of Polsinelli and two lawyers from K&L Gates’ office in Dallas have already joined Sheppard Mullin’s operation.
Sheppard Mullin has tapped Steve Fox, a trial law partner for the past four years at Polsinelli and 11 years at Fish & Richardson, to be the firm’s administrative partner in Dallas.
Fellow Polsinelli shareholder Gemma Descoteaux, a corporate transactional lawyer, has joined Fox in moving to Sheppard Mullin.
Steve Schortgen, a trial partner at K&L Gates for the past seven years, and seventh-year litigation associate Jennifer Ayers, also have already made the move to Sheppard Mullin.
The Texas Lawbook reported in February that Sheppard Mullin, a 90-year-old law firm with more than 800 lawyers in 15 offices worldwide, planned to open its first Texas outpost this spring. The firm reported $671 million in revenues in 2017 and revenues per lawyer of $989,000, according to the American Lawyer.
The Texas Lawbook reported earlier that former Locke Lord intellectual property partner Jason Mueller is part of the team starting the Dallas operation.
More details as they become available.
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