Greener Pastures: How R&B Shook Up Proskauer's ERISA practice
The American Lawyer (12/01/2004)
Some firms pick up new practice groups by carefully assessing market opportunities and painstakingly cultivating professional relationships. Others go to Jazz Fest. In October, Proskauer Rose opened a New Orleans office by hiring all of the 11 lawyers from Shook, Hardy & Bacon's office in the Crescent City. The deal might not have happened were it not for R&B crooner Al Green.
