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Article: New York, San Diego Lawyer Firm Completes Split.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- May 4, 2004
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By Bruce V. Bigelow, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 4--Milberg Weiss, the 225-lawyer firm that aggressively drove the growth in shareholder lawsuits over the past 25 years, has officially split between the two longtime partners who co-managed the firm. New York lawyer Melvyn Weiss and his San Diego counterpart William Lerach disclosed last June that they planned to divide Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach and withdraw to their respective corners. Their continental rift has led to the formation of two reorganized firms drawn largely between the lawyers on the West Coast and those in East. The change took effect ...