Five lawyers in Chicago and six in Southern California have left Howrey and joined up with Morgan Lewis.  In Chicago, managing partner David Clough, along with Kenneth Kliebard, the class action practice group leader, and litigator Scott Schutte were joined by two associates as they moved to Morgan Lewis.  On monday, partners Robert Gooding Jr. and Scott Garner along with four associates in Irvine, California, joined Morgan Lewis.

According to numerous reports, Winston & Strawn, after ending merger negotiations with Howrey, made individual offers to as many as three quarters of Howrey partners over the weekend.