Law Practice
May 16, 2009
At Storied Boutique, Failed Power Play Led to Split
John Keker exerts near-total control over business at his firm, Keker & Van Nest. Daralyn Durie, the ambitious protégé he nurtured for most of her career, wanted more power.
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - Daralyn Durie, who spent most of her career as the protégé of legendary San Francisco litigator John Keker, flew down to Los Angeles in January to take the biggest professional risk of her life. Durie was planning to leave Keker to start her own firm, taking five of his other attorneys with her, and was meeting him to break the news. The split was the culmination of a behind-the-...
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