Is Palo Alto back on the law firm map?
According to this article, Wilmer Cutler law firm joins race for valley tech business, the answer is YES.
William Cutler snagged Curtis Mo from Weil Gotshal & Manges to be in charge of the Palo Alto office. According to the article, William Cutler boasts clients like:
Intel Corp.
Cisco Systems Inc. and
Oracle Corp.
William Cutler will have some pretty decent law firm company in the neighborhood:
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP of Pittsburgh
Foley & Lardner LLP of Milwaukee
Greenberg Traurig LLP of Miami and
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP of Los Angeles
The article reports that these firms were motivated to come to the valley by an increase in intellectual property and other technology-related work.
Punchline: Silicon Valley is back for the serious players.
