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Gordon & Rees Opens New Office in DC with 3 Lawyers From Drinker Biddle

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Gordon & Rees has opened a new office in Washington, D.C., initially staffing it with three lawyers from Drinker Biddle & Reath.

They are partners O’Kelly McWilliams III and Jennifer Persico and a senior counsel, Edmund Cooke Jr. McWilliams will serve as the office managing partner, the Blog of Legal Times reports.

He said the firm hopes to have 10 to 15 lawyers practicing out of the D.C. office by the conclusion of 2012.

The nearly 500-attorney San Francisco-based law firm has over 20 offices in the northeastern and western U.S., Florida, Georgia, Illinois and Texas, according to its website.

The Washington Business Journal also has a story.

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