Law Practice,
Law Office Management
Aug. 21, 2019
When a large law firm dissolves
The news this month that law firm LeClairRyan has decided to dissolve and shut down may not have come as much of a shock to those who follow the legal headlines. It’s not exactly straightforward when a law firm dissolves, especially a larger firm.
Daniel O'Rielly
Partner
O'Rielly & Roche LLP
Partner Departure Law
Email: djo@oriellyroche.com
Daniel focuses his practice on Partner Departure Law, providing counsel for law firms and attorneys navigating partner departures, Law Firm Advice and Planning, and Legal Ethics Counsel, advising law firms and attorneys regarding ethics issues and compliance. The firm publishes the California Partner Departure Law blog (www.partnerdeparturelaw.com) and the California Attorney Ethics blog (wwww.attorneyethics.com).
Dena Roche
Partner
O'Rielly & Roche, LLP
Partner Departure Law
Email: dena@oriellyroche.com
Dena focuses her practice on Partner Departure Law, providing counsel for law firms and attorneys navigating partner departures, Law Firm Advice and Planning, and Legal Ethics Counsel, advising law firms and attorneys regarding ethics issues and compliance. The firm publishes the California Partner Departure Law blog (www.partnerdeparturelaw.com) and the California Attorney Ethics blog (wwww.attorneyethics.com).
PARTNER DEPARTURE LAW
The news this month that law firm LeClairRyan has decided to dissolve and shut down may not have come as much of a shock to those who follow the legal headlines. As publicly reported, several groups of attorneys had left the firm, including a founding name partner, over the past year, for example. Dissolutions of larger law firms used to be unheard of, but not so anymore. We can think of 15 to 20 relatively large firms in the past...
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