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Solo and Small Firms

Jun. 29, 2010

Playing in a Bigger League

Thomas Whitelaw firm says it has mastered the RFP process to get work that normally goes to Big Law.

By Susan McRae

Daily Journal Staff Writer

IRVINE - It might be small by industry standards, but the 22-lawyer national litigation boutique Thomas Whitelaw shows it can hold its own against the big guys. A case in point is its success in competing in high-stakes requests for proposals.

Over the past year, the firm has gone up against scores of AmLaw 50 (sometimes AmLaw 10) firms in a half-dozen so-called beauty contests, vying t...

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