Lewis Brisbois Loses Eight Lawyers After Mass Exit, Email Scrap

Three senior attorneys have left Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith in recent weeks as the firm experiences high turnover across its offices in 2023.

The departures include Dallas managing partner Chris White, Portland managing partner Eric Neiman and Walter “Pete” Swayze, the co-chair of the firm’s life sciences practice.

White, who joined Lewis Brisbois about a decade ago, in late June left with three other attorneys to join Steptoe & Johnson PLLC. Neiman, who helped launch the firm’s Portland office in 2015, left late last month to join Epstein Becker & Green, and he was joined by two other Lewis ...