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Law Practice

Jul. 27, 2006

Law Firm Teaches Corporate Transactions 101

LOS ANGELES - When John D. Berchild Jr. began as a summer associate at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton in 1971, the firm comprised 33 attorneys working out of an office on Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles.

By Drew Combs
Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - When John D. Berchild Jr. began as a summer associate at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton in 1971, the firm comprised 33 attorneys working out of an office on Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles.
      "You had to step over the drunks to get into the building," he said with a chuckle.
      Once in the offi...

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