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Civil Litigation

Aug. 31, 2017

Legal recruiter prevails in claim against Manatt Phelps

Legal recruiter Gregg Ziskind prevailed in a claim that Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP breached an oral contract with him by paying fees to a second headhunter who came later to the process.

In a case of “who got there first,” legal recruiter Gregg Ziskind prevailed in a claim that Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP breached an oral contract with him by paying fees to a second headhunter who came later to the process.

When Manatt sought to recruit partners Donna L. Wilson and John W. McGuinness to their Los Angeles office, a jury found, they communicated with Ziskind first, and recruiter Bobbie McMorrow a month later. B...

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