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Solo and Small Firms

Sep. 11, 2014

Former Quinn Emanuel lawyers hope small size helps

Phyllis Kupferstein, one of the founders litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, hopes her new boutique will draw large clients.


By Melanie Brisbon


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Though she was instrumental in creating litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, employment litigator Phyllis Kupferstein decided in 2006 that the firm's increasing emphasis on taking bet-the-company cases at high rates was no longer aligned with the goals of her practice.


"My practice is general business litigation but I specialize in employment," Kupferstein...

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