These Firms Are Feasting On Stroock's Partners

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After 147 years of service, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan will soon join the great law firm in the sky. And though the firm may die, the partners live on. And the great Macklemore once said, one firms’s partner run is another firm’s come-up. With the way that these firms have been gobbling up Stroock’s talent, it looks like Thanksgiving came early. From Reuters:

Crowell & Moring, Hogan Lovells, Steptoe & Johnson, Squire Patton Boggs and Thompson Coburn are among the law firms that have so far hired partners and other lawyers from Stroock, helping them quickly expand in New York and elsewhere.

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Demise Of 147-Year-Old Stroock Is Boon For Law Firm Rivals [Reuters]


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