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Attorneys leave Mayer for Sheppard "to work both sides of the road"

By Richard Binder

Bryan Daly, Charles Kreindler and Peter Morris joined the Los Angeles office  of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as equity partners this week, each after two years or less at Mayer Brown. They were joined in the move by Barbara Taylor and Melissa Eaves, who made the move as special counsel.

Daly said that client conflicts, which cropped up over time as the group tried to develop business, played a role in the L.A. lawyers' decision to switch firms. While white-collar defense is a large part of their practice, the three partners also handle civil litigation, an area he said they wanted to expand at Mayer Brown. Specifically, Daly said his group wanted to handle other litigation for existing clients, such as false claims and securities matters that commonly spin off white-collar cases in health care, aerospace and other regulated industries.

"We want to have a free hand to work both sides of the road, white-collar and civil," Daly said.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on January 05, 2009 (boomark / email).