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L.A. BigLaw Partner Starts Own Firm With Cutesy Name

By Eric Lipman

If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone complain that he or she was sick of the "unbearable tension ... between a big-firm profit model and the needs of businesses that are suffering through difficult economic times, whose legal affairs must be managed effectively and efficiently," well, I'd still hate paying for my own health insurance. But one man who feels that way, Gregory Evans, late of Milbank's Los Angeles office, decided to do something about it. In today's National Law Journal, Amanda Bronstad reveals Evans' decision to leave Milbank and form a firm called "Integer Law Corporation," where he will reportedly be very much open to alternatives to the standard hourly billing model. Evans has a pretty impressive pedigree for a relatively young guy of 49. Former head of litigation for Orrick's San Francisco office, DOJ experience, etc., etc. And it seems that some of his clients are unfailingly loyal: "Greg can pretty much go anywhere to practice law and we will follow him," Don McConnell, chief environmental attorney at Sherwin-Williams, said in a prepared statement. "It's all about Greg and his abilities, not the fancy firm and its high prices. In our environmental cases, we...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on July 09, 2010 (boomark / email).