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Solo and Small Firms

Aug. 10, 2011

Plaintiffs' boutique notches emotional win

The first year that Torsten Bassell and Nicole Lari-Joni joined forces to set up a plaintiffs' litigation boutique, the pair struggled long hours with no support staff to make a go of it. But after 18 months, their hard work paid off.


By Susan McRae


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - The first year that Torsten Bassell and Nicole Lari-Joni joined forces to set up plaintiffs' litigation boutique Lari-Joni & Bassell, the pair struggled long hours with no support staff to make a go of it.


But after 18 months, their hard work paid off. On July 25, a Santa Barbara County Superior Court jury returned a $3.9 million damages award for one of their first clients, a 26-...

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