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Jul. 20, 2009

For Breakaway Quinn Group, Vision of a Small Firm Led to Fast Growth

Three years after leaving Quinn Emanuel to launch their own firm, attorneys Jaime W. Marquart, left, Daryl M. Crone, Jerry E. Hawxhurst, and Ryan G. Baker are pulling in $1 million in profits per partner.

By Susan McRae
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - You might say they started out small.

During their first year together, two of the partners at Baker Marquart Crone & Hawxhurst doubled up in one office. They wore noise cancellation headphones to tune out each other's telephone conversations. When they landed a big case, which they did early on, they kept making excuses that their conference room - actually a converted file room ... (continued)

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