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Solo and Small Firms

Dec. 14, 2013

Newport Trial Group

With 16 full-time attorneys, the firm expects to break $10 million in revenue this year, a success it attributes to its "relentlessly" pursuing big-name clients and a track record of success despite its small size.


By Alexandra Schwappach


Daily Journal Staff Writer


NEWPORT BEACH - In 2010, a little more than a week before trial, a Fortune 100 company approached the founding partners of 16-attorney Newport Trial Group and asked them to jump in as defense counsel in a case in which the plaintiffs demanded millions.


In what attorneys Scott J. Ferrell, James B. Hardin and John C. O'Malley believe helped turn the tide for their small firm, they settled t...

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