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Solo and Small Firms

Aug. 28, 2010

'Old-Style Partnership'

Rather than retire, Steinbrecher & Span partners opened a boutique with strong ties to their former firm.

By Susan McRae

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - The year 2005 marked a watershed for Alan K. Steinbrecher.

At age 59, and after spending a career spanning nearly three decades at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker - beginning as a summer associate and ending as head of firmwide litigation - Steinbrecher was fast approaching the mandatory retirement age set by his and many other big firms. Like so many others in his p...

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