Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis will open a new office in Walnut Creek, CA this May. This office will be its second in the San Francisco Bay area; the real estate firm’s five other offices are in Southern California. The 6,600 square foot office will accomodate up to 11 attorneys, and will hopefully attract new clients. San Francisco land use partners Michael Durkee and David Blackwell and associate Thomas Tunny will work in Walnut Creek initially, but the firm will be recruiting new partners and associates with real estate experience.
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Boston firm Goodwin Proctor will make its first venture to the West Coast early this summer with a new San Francisco office. Relying on its experience in intellectual property and technology, the firm sees a bright future in California and has further expansion plans for both L.A. and Silicon Valley. Goodwin Proctor was founded in 1912 and currently employs 650 attorneys. Source :www.law.com

Friday White & Case announced that they will close their San Francisco office and focus on building its technology practices in Palo Alto. Many of the lawyers in the firm’s Palo Alto office specialize in IP, the San Francisco lawyers tend to practice in the areas of banking and energy, mergers and acquisitions, corporate . Source:www.law.com