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Large Firms

Jun. 11, 2002

Can They Go the Distance?

When Venture Law Group was founded in 1993, its mantra was to handle only corporate matters - no litigation allowed. That strategy worked through the decade, when the firm was riding high representing Silicon Valley technology startups. But the tech market's dramatic drop at the decade's end put the firm's business model on ice.

        
        By Joel Rosenblatt
        
        For lawyers at Venture Law Group, the last couple of years in Silicon Valley have been akin to "going from a hot sun to a freezer," says firm Chairman Craig Johnson.
        "It's scary," Johnso...

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