John B. Quinn, the Harvard-trained litigator who turned a scrappy four-lawyer Los Angeles firm into the world's most feared litigation powerhouse, which also achieved 'fearsome profits', has stepped down from the helm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan after four decades at the top.
The announcement was made to partners on Sunday and described by some in the legal press as arriving "abruptly", bringing to a close one of the most remarkable leadership tenures in Big Law history.
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