Fast-growing California firm Rimon, which this summer opened an office in Kansas City, Missouri, after hiring a longtime Husch Blackwell intellectual property litigator, is poised to take on an eight-member IP team from Duane Morris.

The group is led by Karineh Khachatourian, who founded and previously served as managing partner of Duane Morris’ Silicon Valley office. She will be joined by fellow partners Amir Tabarrok, David Xue and Justin Zahrt, along with associate Nikolaus Woloszczuk and three staff members.