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Leap of Faith<br />
How much will Six Sigma pay off for Seyfarth Shaw?<br />
By D.M. Levine<br />
Partner Lisa Damon<br />
spearheads the firm’s<br />
Six Sigma work.<br />
Some 1,500 employ-<br />
ees are expected to be<br />
trained by year-end.<br />
michel leroy<br />
It was the height of the securities boom in 2006, and<br />
Seyfarth Shaw real estate partner Andrew Pearlstein<br />
was feeling the pressure. His client, Merrill Lynch<br />
& Co., Inc., was awash in mortgage-backed secu-<br />
rities, and insisting that the law firms working on<br />
these transactions cut their rates. “We were doing<br />
60–70 real estate finance closings a year,” Pearlstei<a title="001031013SeyfarthShaw_ELITE.pdf page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/072fc06c?page=1"> www.americanlawyer.com </a>
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