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Large Firms

Jul. 2, 2010

Out-of-Towners Land Toyota Work

In an unfortunate twist for Southern California's hard-up legal market, the much-coveted defense work on Toyota's unintended acceleration cases has mostly gone appears to lawyers outside the area.

By Anna Scott and Gabe Friedman

Daily Journal Staff Writers

LOS ANGELES - Before choosing the best law firm to fend off a coming torrent of litigation, Christopher Reynolds, the general counsel of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., did what has become common in times of crisis: He held a beauty contest.

In a conference room in the automaker's U.S. headquarters in Torrance in November, Reynolds and members of his department heard pi...

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