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ilurdayUST17.1996 <br />Ji one <br />sr on <br />>n? <br />n persists <br />Ihofer's <br />eye on <br />sin hank <br />\Vi iters <br />I’s the <br />(*r speculation <br />ic troops at I'ir- <br />osin’s flagship <br />adc (iriindliof- <br />vMnn. a higl«- <br />l>:inking hlitz- <br />ilir company, <br />Itaiikcr <br />IV the warlords <br />ruar. Manage- <br />to tell eniploy- <br />nmer tliat l-ir- <br />vn destiny. But <br />0-JLJJ DSI-CTION <br />Starlnbune <br />Alloi’iieys <br />Moplinm Haik Sdiiiobricli & F(aiifman, where niorc than 50 lawyers liave l)eeli fired or leH since last I’all, <br />IS losin;; )0 more attorneys eii masse - incliidin;!: its fomier chairman and the cliiel or its hichlv re&'ml(Hl <br />health (‘arx‘pniclice. ‘ ^ <br />Mass defection at Popham Haik <br />By Susan Feyder <br />Star Trihum- Stuff Writer <br />Popham llaik Schnohricli & <br />Kaufman, where more than 50 <br />lawyers have been fireil or left <br />since last fall, is losing :t() more <br />attorneys en mas.se — including <br />its former chairman and the <br />duel of its highly regarded <br />health care practice. <br />Keith llalleland, head of the <br />health care group and a former <br />memher of Popham I laik's man ­ <br />agement committee, .said I'riday <br />that lie and four other former <br />executives of the .Minneapolis <br />firtn — the state's seventh largest <br />— are starting their own llrm. <br />Joining ihetn will he four oth­ <br />er Popham llaik |)artners. about <br />20 associates ami other Iaw7crs <br />who work for Popham llaik and <br />10 of the firm’s paralegals. The <br />departures include basically all <br />members of Popham I laik's <br />health care practice, llalleland <br />said. <br />Whih* the need to control <br />costs in the face of fierce compe­ <br />tition has prompted Popham <br />llaik to trim emithryee jrerks and <br />Iree/e attorneys’ starting sala ­ <br />ries. llalleland said the decision <br />to leave "wasn ’t about money." <br />lie said the move was <br />prompted by the founders’ belief <br />that their new firm can deliver <br />the same legal services at a lower <br />cost and operate more efficietrlly <br />than a large firm such as Po- <br />|)ham llaik. <br />The new firm, which will open <br />Monday iit Mmnr'apolis, will be <br />called llalleland. Lewis, Nilan. <br />Sipkins & Johtrson. Besides llal ­ <br />leland, the founders are: <br />>• Don Lewis, who served as <br />Popliani 1 laik ’s clniirman until a <br />management reorgani/aiion <br />eliminated that position last <br />spring. <br />Turn to LAWYERS on 03 <br />Commercial real estate <br />Ti t proposa <br />could he facini^ <br />The stakeholders <br />A gimle to itilerestecl parties in the proposed downtown Target project <br />>• Dayton Hudson > OpusCorp. ► The lanrinwnors <br />INDHX ^rcks Pagr* I / i <br />Mar/cels <br />Jt^.»' - N <br />lir.—/ <br />D <br />a< <br />m Clo <br />do\ <br />Voh <br />4\Clo <br />up <br />Vol. <br />/'r <br />Sli <br />Clu- <br />up; <br />Cki <br />UflL. <br />Oil <br />CIm <br />Mp( <br />VVesf <br />(irk) Do