Steptoe to Close Century City Office, Move Lawyers Downtown

Sometimes to take a step forward, you have to take a step back. Or so goes the rationale among Steptoe & Johnson leadership in the greater Los Angeles legal market.

The law firm is closing its Century City office and consolidating operations downtown, its Los Angeles managing partner Jason Levin told Big Law Business in an interview on Monday. Levin estimated that the offices will be merged, as he put it, before the July 4 weekend.

“We opened a Century City office about 10 years ago as a convenience for lawyers who live on the West Side of L.A.,” said Levin. ...