bourne ▁& ▁Par ke ▁l ured ▁away ▁the ▁entire ▁corpor ate ▁tax ▁team ▁from ▁Bar rett ▁Smith , ▁approximately ▁ 3 0 ▁att or ne ys . ▁Similarly , ▁the ▁ 2 0 - strong ▁flags hip ▁white ▁col lar ▁group ▁of ▁legacy ▁Bar rett ▁Smith ▁defect ed ▁to ▁Kirk pat rick ▁& ▁Lock hart ▁shortly ▁after ▁the ▁mer ger . ▁ ▁D iss ol ution ▁The ▁firm ▁un ra ve led ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁amid ▁mount ing ▁partner ▁defe ctions ▁and ▁disc ord . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁dissol ution , ▁it ▁employed ▁ 1 2 5 ▁law y ers , ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁decrease ▁of ▁ 3 0 % ▁from ▁the ▁year ▁prior . ▁About ▁ 5 0 ▁att or ne ys ▁joined ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁office ▁of ▁the ▁Philadelphia - based ▁law ▁firm ▁Morgan , ▁Lewis ▁& ▁B ock ius . ▁The ▁firm ▁was ▁buff et ed ▁by ▁partner ▁depart ures ▁and ▁decl ining ▁reven ues ▁while ▁still ▁holding ▁the ▁large ▁commercial ▁office ▁rent ▁of ▁$ 6 ▁million ▁per ▁year ▁for ▁its ▁offices ▁at ▁ 1 6 7 5 ▁Broadway . ▁ ▁Notable ▁al umn i ▁Louis ▁M . ▁Lo eb , ▁the ▁former ▁general ▁coun sel ▁to ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁for ▁twenty ▁years . ▁James ▁Good ale , ▁the ▁former ▁general ▁coun sel ▁and ▁vice ▁chairman ▁of ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times . ▁Herbert ▁Brown ell ▁Jr ., ▁the ▁Att orney ▁General ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁President ▁D w ight ▁D . ▁Eisen h