Procopio, officially Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, is a mid-sized American business law firm headquartered in

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. The firm was founded in 1946 by Alec Cory and Edward Schwartz. It has 170 attorneys working from seven offices across the United States.

History

Procopio was founded by Alec Cory and Edward Schwartz in 1946, originally as Cory and Schwartz. The firm's first office consisted of about 300 square feet with two cubicles at Sixth and Broadway in downtown San Diego. The firm merged with its neighbor, a firm founded by

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and, in 1952, AT Tony Procopio joined and the firm was renamed Procopio, Price, Cory, and Schwartz. Price left in 1954 to head

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while Schwartz left the firm in 1959 on to accept a judicial appointment, eventually becoming chief judge of the

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. The firm expanded in 2012 by opening a

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location in Menlo Park housing an intellectual property law group. It also has an office in Orange County. The firm opened a Washington, DC office in 2022 as its first office on the East Coast. The new office focused on patent litigation. In total, the firm now has seven offices including four in California (Silicon Valley, Orange County, and two in San Diego) along with Las Vegas, Scottsdale, and Washington, DC. In 2017, the firm was included in the Am Law 200 list for the first time. In 2020 the firm achieved a gross revenue of $125.5 million with profits per partner of $982,000. In 2023, the firm announced layoffs of 3% of attorneys and staff reflecting a decline in corporate work. However, it increased its gross revenue for the year.

Official website

* https://www.procopio.com/

References

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