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Top So Cal Law Firms

Jun. 24, 2010

L.A. Firms Adjust To City's Waning Power

When Tom Muller arrived from New York City to start work at one of Los Angeles' oldest and most revered law firms, the city, still aglow from hosting the Olympics a few months earlier, seemed to hold a special promise. But 26 years later, those predictions have not materialized.

By Anna Scott

Daily Journal Staff Writer

When Tom Muller arrived from New York City to start work at one of Los Angeles' oldest and most revered law firms, the city, still aglow from hosting the Olympics a few months earlier, seemed to hold a special promise.

"I was pleasantly surprised to see a market that was growing, and Los Angeles looked at itself as the gateway of the emerging Pacific Rim," said Muller, who ...

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