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Jenner & Block make L.A. their new home

By Jonathan Hayter

Jenner & Block announced Monday the opening of its new Los Angeles office, which will be led by two former partners in the Los Angeles office of Chicago's Kirkland & Ellis.

Rick Richmond and Brent Caslin have joined Jenner in their fourth office. In addition to Los Angeles and Chicago, Jenner has offices in New York and Washington. Richmond, a trial and appellate lawyer, will serve as managing partner of the Los Angeles office.

Richmond has handled litigation matters involving contract disputes, fraud, insurance, securities, employment and labor relations, intellectual property, construction defect, environmental and toxic tort. An adjunct professor of law at Pepperdine University School of Law, Caslin specializes in intellectual property and new media distribution, the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

Since September, about a dozen law firms have opened offices in the Los Angeles area.

Full story at NLJ.com.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on April 14, 2009 (boomark / email).