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Orange County's largest law firm is the latest to tap into the region's growing medical device and pharmaceutical industry.
Costa Mesa-based Rutan & Tucker LLP, which has 128 attorneys in the county, said it formed a life sciences practice that will include nine partners and four associates to work with medical device, biotechnology and other healthcare-- related companies.
The law firm sees OC as an "up-and-coming area" in the medical device field, according to Vicki Dallas, a Rutan partner who's heading the new group. She said it made sense to coordinate efforts by various Rutan lawyers in the life sciences area.
"In the past...