Managing Partner
Jun. 2, 2009
The Art of Being Independent
Art Shartis is at the helm of the 57-lawyer San Francisco firm Shartsis Friese. Shartsis, who co-founded the firm in 1975, has stayed true to his dream of being his own boss by fiercely protecting the firm's independence.
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - Described as irreverent, fiscally conservative and independent, San Francisco's 57-attorney law firm Shartsis Friese doesn't do a lot of things that its big firm competitors do. According to firm management, the firm has never ushered out an underperforming partner in its 34 year history. It doesn't take on debt. The firm has very low turnover, and it hasn't lost a partner to another law ...
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