In Chicago on Monday, nine attorneys from Chicago’s Gardner Carton & Douglas opened an office with D.C.’s Steptoe & Johnson. The group of lawyers was headed by Christopher Barber and Stephen O’Donnell, and specializes in litigation work for the financial services, insurance, and reinsurance industries. In total, the new office will likely be home to 15 to 20 lawyers and staff members. The former Gardner attorneys’ departure comes after Gardner Carton’s announcement this past November of its impending merger with Philadelphia’s Drinker Biddle & Reath.
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