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Hsue, 62, said that joining Davis Wright will take away the pressure of running a small shop. The partners renovated their offices at 595 Market St. about a year and a half ago and incurred debt.
“Managing a small firm sometimes has its drawbacks, [like] dealing with the lease, dealing with the build-out [of the office],” Hsue said. “Being able to have somebody else to take care of that for us will be a relief so that we can concentrate on the practice of law.”
Joining the 480-lawyer Davis Wright puts the Parson trio in a better recruiting position, Hsue added.
“We had some good associates, but they didn’t stick around,” Hsue said.
Two Parsons associates, Peter Gallagher and Peter Mikhail, joined Winston & Strawn earlier this year. And one of the firm’s founding partners has been slowing down. Although Parsons’ name is still on the firm letterhead, the 68-year-old has cut back to working 70 percent of full time. He took the of counsel title about a year and a half ago.
Davis Wright’s Los Angeles office also employs four patent attorneys who focus on life sciences, biotech and medical devices. Partner Seth Levy, chair of life sciences and the California patent practice, said the Parsons group’s expertise in electronics, flash memory and chemical engineering will round out the technology services the firm offers throughout the state.
