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Civil Litigation

Dec. 19, 2017

Plaintiffs’s lawyer Chris Dolan wins breach of contract case against ex-partner

Prominent San Francisco trial lawyer Christopher Dolan won a $1.75 million jury verdict Monday against the former managing attorney of his firm’s Oakland office, Marjorie Heinrich, whom a jury found breached her contract with Dolan and took his trade secrets to begin her own firm, Heinrich Law P.C., in 2015.

Plaintiffs’s lawyer Chris Dolan wins breach of contract case against ex-partner
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Prominent San Francisco trial lawyer Christopher Dolan won a $1.75 million jury verdict Monday against the former managing attorney of his firm’s Oakland office, Marjorie Heinrich, whom a jury found breached her contract with Dolan and stole trade secrets to begin her own firm, Heinrich Law PC, in 2015.

“It’s an important decision, because people have been ripping off law firms like this for years, and no one has done anything about...

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