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L.A. Litigator James Curry Joins Sheppard Mullin

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
April 29, 2008
A founding partner of one of L.A.'s few remaining litigation boutiques has jumped to Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton's Century City office. Entertainment litigator James Curry took his name off the door of White O'Connor Curry, a Century City firm that spun off of what is now Christensen, Glaser, Fink, Jacobs, Weil & Shapiro in an acrimonious split more than a decade ago.

'We had basic differences in philosophy and vision,' partner Andrew White said. '[Curry] was attracted to and joined a large firm.' Curry said he was attracted to 'the direction Sheppard is going in.'

Sheppard's entertainment practice isn't adverse to studios and networks, so it was friendly to Curry's entertainment-company clients ' which he'll bring with him. He also said he wanted to work with transactional attorneys, a resource that wasn't available at his prior firm. Sheppard's much higher paycheck didn't hurt, according to several sources with knowledge of the move.

Curry wouldn't comment on his new compensation, though he spoke highly of Sheppard's finances. 'Sheppard's profitability is astounding ' they're so well-managed, and their overhead is low,' he said. 'One of the challenges in small firms is management ' and firms this size can afford managers for that.'

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