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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 27, 2022

Donald W. Rees, a co-founder of the law firm of Gordon & Rees died July 17 at the age of 86. He worked at the firm for nearly 50 years and saw it grow to be the 24th largest firm in the country. The firm has 74 U.S. offices, including an office in Nashville, which it opened in August 2018. Originally from Indiana, Rees graduated from Stanford Law and worked with a law firm in Los Angeles. He later joined the San Francisco firm of Fields Gordon & Rees. In 1974, Rees and his law partner Stuart “Stu” Gordon left the firm to start their own. The firm now operates as Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani. Above the Law has more on his life and the firm has a tribute. A celebration of life is scheduled for mid-August in California.