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Solo and Small Firms

Jun. 23, 2012

Jacobsen & McElroy PC

Jacobsen & McElroy had some key goals: flexibility, open and constant communication, ownership of cases, supportive work environment, no more than 12 attorneys and time to spend with their clients - and their families.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SACRAMENTO - For the first eight years of her career, Karen Jacobsen wore a suit every day - a skirt suit to be exact. Pants weren't formal enough. She was expected to work from her firm's office on Saturday mornings. The same went for her colleague, Julie McElroy.


So when Jacobsen and McElroy joined forces to create the defense-side law firm then-called Jacobsen & McElroy PC, they had a cl...

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