Name partner Sean Eskovitz has left litigation boutique Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz along with fellow firm founding partner Brant Bishop, prompting the firm to shorten its name to Wilkinson Walsh.

The firm in an email statement Wednesday confirmed Eskovitz, based in Los Angeles, and Bishop, based in Washington, D.C., had both decided to leave the firm.

"They each reached their decisions independently and for their own reasons, and we wish them the very best as they move forward," the firm's statement said. In response to a follow-up email, a firm spokesman said that neither departing partner had "immediate next steps" and that both are taking time off with their families before deciding what's next.

Eskovitz didn't immediately respond to a phone message left Wednesday afternoon. His wife, Katherine Eskovitz, a litigator at Roche Cyrulnik Freedman, didn't respond to a message Wednesday.

Sean Eskovitz left Munger, Tolles & Olson in January 2016 to link up with star litigator Beth Wilkinson from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and white-collar criminal defense partner Alexandra Walsh to found the trial-focused firm with additional high-profile hires from Covington & Burling and Kirkland & Ellis, including Bishop.

Theirs are not the first high-profile departure from the firm. Eric Liebeler, a longtime Kirkland & Ellis partner and former head of litigation at Siemens Corp. who served as the firm's first managing partner, left just months after its founding.

Eskovitz and Walsh last year led a trial team that successfully defended Bayer AG in a case where the company faced a $600 million certified consumer class action over claims it made false and misleading representations that One A Day supported heart health, immunity and physical energy. After a week-long trial, a federal jury in San Francisco on Feb. 22 took just an hour to find for the defense across the board.

Patrick Smith and Jenna Greene contributed reporting to this story.