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Law Practice

Dec. 5, 2012

Munger Tolles at 50: A look at how the law firm defied conventional wisdom and became a success

The Los Angeles-based law firm built a national client base despite the fact that it never expanded outside of California.


By Andrew McIntyre


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Labor Day weekend 2012 was shaping up to be a routine holiday for Ronald L. Olson. He was anticipating a labor-free weekend ... perhaps some golf ... or maybe a walk along the beach. Then the phone rang. Grupo Mexico SAB de CV, one of Mexico's largest companies, was calling Olson to say it wanted his law firm, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, to do an independent review of Grupo Mexico'...

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