Less than a month after Stoel Rives announced its plans to close its San Francisco office, environmental and natural resources litigator Sandi Nichols has left to join Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis. Allen Matkins has about 200 attorneys practicing in six California offices. Stoel Rives plans to relocate the 14 other lawyers from San Fran to other offices. The firm specializes in land use and real estate practices, and has nine offices on the West Coast.

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