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Law Practice

Jan. 13, 2012

Departures threaten to close Baker & McKenzie in San Diego

Baker & McKenzie will likely close its doors in San Diego, which has seen significant attrition over the past decade, its headcount reduced to as few as eight attorneys from the 60 it once staffed in its heyday.


By Casey Sullivan


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A new round of departures from the San Diego office of Baker & McKenzie LLP now has some legal observers questioning how much longer the global giant can sustain a presence in Southern California.


This week, the much smaller Boston-based Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C. picked off two of Baker's intellectual property litigators, reducing the firm's San Diego headcount t...

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