How to use "partners" in a sentence

"I'm one of the founding partners of Stryker, West, Dwyer, Coffey, and Nichols

Then I'll mail the tape to one of my law partners." He shrugged

Because I was never in the room with both partners, getting a thoughtful response to a story note I'd given was impossible, because neither could speak for the other and could only promise to consult when next they met at the deathbed of whatever beloved person expired that week.