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Large Firms

Nov. 6, 2010

SNR Denton Goes Suburban To Make Lower-Billing Work Profitable

In an effort to make lower-billing insurance coverage work profitable within the framework of a major law firm, SNR Denton launched a nine-attorney Walnut Creek office and so far, it has been a success.


By Sara Randazzo


Daily Journal Staff Writer


WALNUT CREEK - Four years ago, Michael Barnes found himself in a somewhat troubling situation. The firm he'd worked at for nearly his entire career was asking him to charge rates his insurance counseling and bad faith litigation practice couldn't support, but the thought of leaving seemed unthinkable.


His partner Cynthia Mellema also felt the pressure. So the two lawyers turned to the leaders...

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