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Solo and Small Firms

Aug. 6, 2011

Lafayette & Kumagai

Lafayette & Kumagai LLP, a 12-lawyer litigation boutique, is known for defending employment and business cases, and has a reputation as one of the most diverse law firms in San Francisco.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


It may not have been a lot of money, but for Gary T. Lafayette and Susan T. Kumagai, the $125 check was a sign of something good to come.


The check was the first for San Francisco-based Lafayette & Kumagai LLP, and while Lafayette doesn't remember what it was for, he has fond memories of what the firm did with it: Everyone headed for a nice restaurant to celebrate.


"We went to ...

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