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Law Practice

Jan. 1, 2009

Headliners: Lawyers That Made it Happen

Read more about the lawyers who shaped the California legal landscape this year.

Stephen O'Neal

Howrey

Thelen's last chairman, Stephen O'Neal, recently addressed rumors that he had prematurely brokered a deal between Thelen's construction practice group and Howrey, before Thelen definitively decided to dissolve.

In fact, according to O'Neal, he spoke with Howrey leaders even before Thelen's merger discussions with Nixon Peabody had fallen through. But there was no foul play, he said. When the merger with Nix...

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