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Large Firms

Sep. 26, 2009

A Year After Heller Went Under

Former lawyers at Heller Ehrman reflect on what led up to the firm's historic bankruptcy a year ago. M. Laurence Popofsky was once chairman of Heller.

By Jill Redhage
Daily Journal Staff Writer

After 118 years of practicing law, San Francisco's Heller Ehrman voted to dissolve one year ago, on Sept. 26. The firm's collapse scattered Heller's lawyers, staff and clients to other law firms, and Northern California's competitive landscape changed.

Looking back one year later, Heller's former leaders and long-time lawyers reflected on what was lost: An institution integral to the history of Sa...

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