Katten Nine-Partner Environmental Group Said to Join Baker Botts (1)

Katten Muchin Rosenman will be losing nine partners to Baker Botts and shuttering small offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Austin, according to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg Law.

The departing partners practice in the environmental and workplace safety group across Washington, the San Francisco Bay Area, Houston and Austin, the memo said. The Bay Area and Austin offices, it said, house three and two lawyers, respectively,

The memo described the departure as a result of a new three-year strategic plan Katten began implementing last year. The plan includes “further development of our practices in the finance ...