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May 12, 2009

The Constant Gardener, Nurturing Growth of a Different Kind

Guy Halgren, the descendant of a lemon and olive farmer who once wanted to run a nursery, has presided over the robust growth of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton into an international law firm.

By Amanda Becker
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Guy Halgren always wanted to own a nursery. So for a time the fourth generation San Diegan - his great grandfather grew olives and lemons there during the 1880s - ran a business cultivating ferns.

But for the past eight years, as chairman of Los Angeles-based Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Halgren, 53, has supervised a different kind of growth.

Since taking the helm in 2001,...

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