Office Snapshot: Hanson Bridgett Expands on LA Success
This article was originally published by Law360 on May 8, 2025.
With its lease up and barely any elbow room for its attorneys and staff, Hanson Bridgett LLP was searching for a new office for its growing Los Angeles team.
Raffi V. Zerounian, the office's market leader, tells Law360 Pulse his goal was to find a spot “that would inspire togetherness, create an environment where people would want to come in.”
Hanson Bridgett found what it was looking for at the landmark CalEdison Building and moved its LA operation to a 15,000-square-foot space there at the start of the year, nearly doubling its footprint in the city.
The six-block move from its previous space at 777 Figueroa St. is a milestone for an office that has seen tremendous growth since it opened in a temporary space in 2014, expanding from just two lawyers to now 40 attorneys.
Andrew Giacomini, the firm's longtime former managing partner, credited Zerounian with the success of the Los Angeles office, calling him an “office builder.”
“Raffi was then and still is really passionate about building out our office in LA,” Giacomini said. “It was very important to him. He had a really good network of people down there. He proved to me over time that he could recruit. That's a pretty good recipe. He's very loyal to the firm. He leads with our values, which is important when you're doing lateral recruiting.”
