LOS ANGELES www.dailyjournal.com WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012 LAW FIRM BUSINESS LA office pivotal to Jenner’s steady growth By Casey Sullivan River,” said Jenner’s firm wide managing “Many firms profess to have ‘synergy’ Daily Journal Staff Writer partner Susan Levy of the office’s impor- with laterals but when put to the test tance. “Opening in Los Angeles really of tracking import/export of work, fall ince setting its stake in Los Ange- solved those problems and assisted us with short. Jenner has a remarkable track re- les three years ago with a pair of existing client relationships.” cord of lawyers in L.A. exporting work Slateral hires from Kirkland & Ellis In 2011, the firm picked up insurance to other offices.” LLP, Chicago litigation shop Jenner & practice leaders Jerry Oshinsky and Linda Los Angeles managing partner Rick Block LLP has built a venerable platform Kornfeld from Dickstein Shapiro LLP and Richmond refuses to rest on his laurels, around the city’s middle market with an Mary Calkins from Howrey LLP. Later however, and is looking at further lateral aggressive expansion strategy, industry that year, it raided Hogan & Lovells US prospects. He has reached out to various experts say. LLP’s Los Angeles office, which saw its headhunters throughout the city with Lawyers at the firm’s Los Angeles office headcount slashed in half, for a group hopes of attaining litigators in several will raise their glasses on Thursday night of litigators led by entertainment heavy- practices. to celebrate its growth in the region at its weight Rick Stone. “They want to continue diversifying three-year anniversary party. It has ex- The rapid expansion is a uncommon their litigation practices, including in- panded from the initial two lawyers, who feat for an out-of-state firm in such a short tellectual property, as well as creating launched the office in 2009, to as many period of time, which recruiters attribute synergies especially with their Washing- as 29 lawyers, with practice strengths in to their focus on litigation and the city’s ton, D.C. office,” said recruiter Courtney commercial litigation, insurance recovery, middle market. Goldstein of Major Lindsey & Africa, media and entertainment and intellectual “Jenner has been able to grow success- who met with Richmond last week. “Here property. fully in L.A. while many other new firm in L.A. we have a large U.S. Attorney’s “Before we had Los Angeles, it was entrants have struggled,” said recruiter office, a very strong Securities and Ex- difficult for us to convince our clients that Larry Watanabe of Watanabe Nason change Commission, and I think they we had a national platform when we didn’t LLC in an email. Watanabe brokered know there’s some great talent in white have an office west of the Mississippi the move of Stone’s group to Jenner. collar and securities litigation.” Reprinted for web use with permission from the Daily Journal. ©2012 Daily Journal Corporation. All rights reserved. Reprinted by Scoop ReprintSource 1-800-767-3263.