West End law firm sweeps into N.C. with new attorney

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Alan Etkin and Pam Gavin.

A West End law firm has expanded for the second time this year, with the latest move taking it out of state.

Gavin Law Offices, which handles intellectual property matters for clients, earlier this month opened an outpost in Raleigh, North Carolina, after picking up attorney Alan Etkin. It’s the firm’s first office outside of Virginia.

Founder Pam Gavin said the expansion is similar to its January push into Charlottesville when longtime solo attorney Elva Mason Holland joined the fold.

“This is very much a similar story,” Gavin said of Etkin.

Etkin, who earned his law degree from Emory University, handles a variety of business law issues for closely held corporations.

“Alan and I worked together for years. He was in house with a big client,” Gavin said. “The company he was with was sold and he was doing his own thing and I said, ‘Why don’t we tackle this together?’”

Gavin also liked the idea of having an office in Raleigh to tap into that area’s concentration of tech firms and startups, a ripe environment for the firm’s bread-and-butter IP practice.

“It’s a great market for tech and intellectual property,” she said.

The firm, founded about 15 years ago after Gavin’s stints at McGuireWoods and Reed Smith, now has an attorney headcount of seven.

Gavin said she’ll keep her eye out for future growth through similar deals with attorneys.

“I’m always plotting and planning,” she said. “I’m just going to continue to grow.”

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Alan Etkin and Pam Gavin.

A West End law firm has expanded for the second time this year, with the latest move taking it out of state.

Gavin Law Offices, which handles intellectual property matters for clients, earlier this month opened an outpost in Raleigh, North Carolina, after picking up attorney Alan Etkin. It’s the firm’s first office outside of Virginia.

Founder Pam Gavin said the expansion is similar to its January push into Charlottesville when longtime solo attorney Elva Mason Holland joined the fold.

“This is very much a similar story,” Gavin said of Etkin.

Etkin, who earned his law degree from Emory University, handles a variety of business law issues for closely held corporations.

“Alan and I worked together for years. He was in house with a big client,” Gavin said. “The company he was with was sold and he was doing his own thing and I said, ‘Why don’t we tackle this together?’”

Gavin also liked the idea of having an office in Raleigh to tap into that area’s concentration of tech firms and startups, a ripe environment for the firm’s bread-and-butter IP practice.

“It’s a great market for tech and intellectual property,” she said.

The firm, founded about 15 years ago after Gavin’s stints at McGuireWoods and Reed Smith, now has an attorney headcount of seven.

Gavin said she’ll keep her eye out for future growth through similar deals with attorneys.

“I’m always plotting and planning,” she said. “I’m just going to continue to grow.”

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