Halleland departs old firm to build a new national one 

Posted: 1:00 am Mon, March 8, 2010
By Barbara L. Jones

Keith HallelandIn an increasingly mobile economy, it’s not uncommon to have a shareholder split off a law firm to start a spinoff firm. But when that shareholder’s name is the first name on the old firm’s letterhead —and that firm has aggressively marketed itself as a “new breed of law firm” — the departure raises ...