The corporate legal giant Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is opening a Boston office by hiring away a trio of Ropes & Gray LLP partners specializing in data breaches and cybersecurity, including star litigator Doug Meal.
Joining Meal at Orrick are partners Heather Egan Sussman — the co-leader of Ropes’ privacy practice group alongside Meal — and Seth Harrington. A fourth partner, Michelle Visser, has joined Orrick’s San Francisco office. Six Ropes lawyers below the partner level are also…
