Law Firms
Cohen Milstein Name Partner to Colleagues: I’ve Been Expelled
Posted Nov 10, 2008, 03:18 pm CST
By Martha Neil
After decades at Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll, a name partner is leaving the firm.
The exact reasons why aren't clear, but on Friday, in an e-mail to some attorneys, Michael Hausfeld said he'd been expelled in an "abrupt and unceremonious" manner, reports the American Lawyer. He joined the 65-lawyer national plaintiffs litigation boutique, which also has an office in London, in 1971, according to his firm biography at Cohen Milstein.
Hausfeld is forming a new law firm, which will be known as Hausfeld, and an unknown number of Cohen Milstein lawyers are expected to join him there.
"Hausfeld was head of Cohen Milstein's antitrust group, widely considered the firm's biggest strength," the legal publication writes.
In a written statement released to the Lawyer, Hausfeld says he's headed on to bigger and better things:
“My new firm will have a legal practice that is global in nature and will offer to citizens of many countries the ability to have the same meaningful access to justice and a level the playing field that is now available to US citizens,” he writes. "One way that this will be accomplished is through a joint venture that can represent citizens of Asian countries, such as China or India, in obtaining redress against cartels.”
Updated at 4 p.m. to include Hausfeld statement about expanding practice.
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