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In the past month, five partners have left Alston & Bird for DLA Piper. What makes the moves more than the average lateral soap opera is the fact that the law firms are in such different places. While Alston has about 750 lawyers in six offices, DLA Piper dwells near the top of the law firm financial charts, with 3,400 lawyers working in 64 offices around the globe. DLA Piper has set out to be, as joint CEO Francis Burch Jr., puts it, "the leading global business law firm," come hell or high water.