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By Brooks Igo
(Aug. 14) – Haynes and Boone is raising their national profile in Palo Alto and Chicago by adding the lawyers of intellectual property boutique Mavrakakis Law Group (MLG). One of the new partners in Palo Alto is the former director of patent strategy at Apple, Inc.
The move grows the Dallas-based firm’s Silicon Valley office by 25 percent and launches an office in Chicago.
“A big part of going to California was to grow our technology practice,” Haynes and Boone Managing Partner Tim Powers said. “We set out a goal this year to expand in Palo Alto.”
The lawyers joining Haynes and Boone in Palo Alto are partners Brian Kwok and Tom Mavrakakis, the former Apple executive, and associates Amy Liang and Christopher Lubeck.
“These are exceptionally good lawyers that will make a good impression in Silicon Valley,” Powers added. “[The additions] will turn some heads and generate interest in Haynes and Boone.”
The MLG attorneys inaugurating Haynes and Boone’s Chicago office are partners Howard Levin and Jim Shimota and associates Aaron Taggart and Braden Tilghman.
Powers says entering the highly competitive Chicago legal market was “not necessarily” a part of the firm’s plans this year, but the MLG team presented the right opportunity and fits in the firm’s long-term focus on private equity and financial services work.
“When entering a market such as Chicago, you would only want to do that from a position of strength,” Powers said.
Earlier this year, Haynes and Boone expanded its energy capabilities nationwide by opening an office in Denver. Powers said he doesn’t expect to make any more new office announcements the rest of the year.
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