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Large Firms

Sep. 22, 2009

Thelen Files for Bankruptcy

Thelen filed a Chapter 7 petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, becoming the second San Francisco law firm to go bankrupt since December, when Heller Ehrman began its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

By Jill Redhage
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Thelen filed a Chapter 7 petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan Friday, becoming the second San Francisco law firm to go bankrupt since December.

Craig Collins, a Los Angeles-based lawyer representing Thelen's employees in a class action employment lawsuit against the firm, said he suspects Thelen filed its voluntary bankruptcy petition because his firm advised Thelen's lawyers last week of its o...

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