Departing Dickstein Partner Praises Firm Chair

A departing Dickstein Shapiro partner who was an executive committee member until the end of 2015 had some kind words for the embattled firm’s leadership in an interview with Big Law Business on Monday.

“The chair, Jim Kelly, has done a fine job with the firm,” said James Turken, the former managing partner of Dickstein’s Los Angeles office, who joined the smaller Eisner Jaffe this week along with a group of three other Dickstein lawyers.

The comments are among the rare on-the-record quotes in the legal trade press recently after Dickstein has been struck by a wave of departures and ...