Employment law expert Theresa Mak has left Jackson Lewis to join Grube Brown & Geidt, a San Francisco-based boutique formed in 2014 by a trio of ex-Paul Hastings labor and employment lawyers.

Mak’s move comes less than a year after she joined the national labor and employment giant as a partner in San Francisco from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where she spent 12 years as a senior attorney in the Bay Area. Asked about her decision to ditch Big Law, Mak said she will be able to offer clients “more bang for their buck” by being at a small firm.