Professor Pruitt Comments on McDonough for Bee

Professor Lisa R. Pruitt commented for the Sacramento Bee on the recent announcement by McDonough Holland & Allen that the firm, Sacramento's second-largest, will be closing this fall after more than 55 years.

Professor Pruitt stated that "it's a struggle for large firms with very diverse practices" to sustain momentum, even in the largest markets, and that the combination of Sacramento's comparatively small market, a down economy, and cutbacks in legal services by businesses and public bodies might have contributed to McDonough's struggles.

Lisa R. Pruitt is a professor at the UC Davis School of Law whose recent scholarship explores the legal relevance of rural spatiality, including how it inflects dimensions of gender, race, and ethnicity.  Pruitt's work also considers rural-urban difference in transnational and international contexts, and she has written about the sociology of the legal profession and large law firms.