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Sep. 23, 2010

The Officiant | Kenton King

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He helped the insular Silicon Valley learn to accept outsiders. He also taught these emerging entrepreneurs how to marry.

The Officiant  | Kenton King


BY JILL REDHAGE


From a conference room in Palo Alto's tallest building, Ken King recently sat reflecting on the year 1998, when New York-based Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom nudged its way into Silicon Valley. He held out like prizes two photocopies of cartoons from a local legal affairs newspaper that poked fun at his firm. One depicts Silicon Valley tech companies as boardshort-clad beach hunks playing volleyball with equally cool W...

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