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Feb. 6, 2015

Unconventional Wisdom

Sunnyvale-based Zent Law Group prides itself on its nontraditional way of practicing law: The 12-attorney firm acts as true business partners to its menagerie of clients and doesn't abide by the billable hour.

By Alison Frost

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SUNNYVALE - In 2002, when Monica M. Zent founded Zent Law Group PC as an "alternative to the conventional firm," she said such a model didn't exist.

"I found that there was a void in the marketplace," said Zent, an entrepreneur and angel investor who got a sense something was lacking during her time practicing both in-house - at companies including Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and Saba... (continued)

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