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Large Firms

Jun. 6, 2012

Arent Fox grows by a personal touch

Washington, D.C.-based Arent Fox LLP has shot up from nine lawyers to more than 60 in its Los Angeles office since 2007. Now it's eyeing an expansion to San Francisco.


By Casey Sullivan


Special to the Daily Journal


LOS ANGELES - Arent Fox LLP has built a 60-lawyer office in Los Angeles in five years without promising huge compensation packages or frequenting the services of headhunters.


Lawyers inside and outside the firm give much of the credit to Robert C. O'Brien, the office's charismatic, uber-tweeting managing partner who has tapped his vast network of friends for new talent. O'Brien knows t...

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