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Law Practice

Jun. 4, 2009

Coughlin Partner Exits to Start S.F. Office of Pennsylvania Firm

Ramzi Abadou was so valued at Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins that he was given founder Bill Lerach's office. But after a dispute involving equity and compensation he is leaving to start the San Francisco office of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check.

By Gabe Friedman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Ramzi Abadou, an energetic litigator and rising star at San Diego's Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, has decamped to a rival firm in the securities plaintiff bar.

In a symbolic show of Abadou's importance within Coughlin Stoia's hierarchy, he had moved into firm founder William S. Lerach's spacious office. Lerach departed in 2007 after pleading guilty to a federal felony related to a kickback ...

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