Vinson & Elkins partners Robert Schick and Morgan Copeland Jr. of Houston left V&E on Feb. 3 to open litigation boutique Schick & Copeland on Feb. 4.

“Bob and I have talked about building our own litigation boutique since we were associates many years ago. It’s been a longstanding dream of ours, and we have finally decided to pull the trigger and do it,” Copeland said.