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HELLER EHRMAN LLP v. DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP

No. S236208.

4 Cal.5th 467 (2018)

HELLER EHRMAN LLP, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP, Defendant and Respondent. AND RELATED CASES.

Supreme Court of California.

March 5, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diamond McCarthy, Christopher D. Sullivan , Matthew S. Sepuya , Christopher R. Murray , Andrew B. Ryan , James Sheppard , Karen K. Diep ; Valle Makoff, Jeffrey T. Makoff , Ellen Ruth Fenichel ; Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, Nuti Hart and Kevin W. Coleman for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Felderstein Fitzgerald Willoughby & Pascuzzi and Thomas A. Willoughy for The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Heller Ehrman LLP as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, E. Joshua Rosenkranz , Rachel Wainer Apter , Daniel A. Rubens , Christopher J. Cariello , Anjali S. Dalal , Eric A. Shumsky , Charles W. Tyler ; Arnold & Porter, Pamela Phillips , Jonathan W. Hughes and Diana D. DiGennaro for Defendant and Respondent Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

Keker & Van Nest, Keker, Van Nest & Peters, Steven A. Hirsch , Steven P. Ragland , John C. Bostic ; Snyder Miller & Orton, Luther Orton and Maureen Green for Defendant and Respondent Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.

PMRK Law, Peter P. Meringolo , Luther K. Orton ; Snyder Miller & Orton, James L. Miller , Luther Orton and Maureen Green Defendant and Respondent Foley & Lardner LLP.

Jones Day, Robert A. Mittelstaedt , Jason McDonell , Nathaniel Garrett , Shay Dvoretzky and Emily J. Kennedy for Defendant and Respondent Jones Day.

Hinshaw & Culbertson, Anthony E. Davis , Cassidy E. Chivers and Joel D. Bertocchi for The Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Morrison & Foerster, Douglas L. Hendricks , Larry Engel , Bradley S. Lui , Brett H. Miller , Erica J. Richards , James Sigel , Miriam A. Vogel and Brian R. Matsui for 32 National and International Law Firms as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Thomas M. Peterson and Deborah E. Quick for Professor Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., and Professor Richard Zitrin as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

McDermott Will & Emery, A. Marisa Chun ; Taylor & Patchen, Taylor & Company Law Offices, Stephen McG. Bundy and Joshua R. Benson for The Bar Association of San Francisco and The Los Angeles County Bar Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Rex Henke for Professor John Morley as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

William C. Hubbard , Linda A. Klein ; Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Kevin M. Fong , David G. Keyko and Jay D. Dealy for American Bar Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

Like "cloud-capp'd towers," "gorgeous palaces," and perhaps someday even "the great globe itself," many arrangements endure for some time but eventually dissolve.1 So too with certain law partnerships — including firms...

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