From left, partners Thomas M. Madruga, Inés Kuperschmit, Rick R. Olivarez, Christine K. Hsu and Terence J. Gallagher of Olivarez Madruga Lemieux O'Neill LLP. (Daily Journal photo)
When founding partners Ricardo A. Olivarez and Thomas M. Madruga met as young attorneys in the late 1990s, they often joked they should run their own practice together.
The pair stayed in touch over the years, and eventually they did just that. In 2010, Olivarez asked Madruga, who at the time was working for a police union firm, to join the municipal practice he had just launched.
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