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Here are the attorney lateral moves and placements for the week of July 15, 2019. READ MORE >

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Here are the attorney lateral moves and placements for the week of June 03, 2019. READ MORE >

Here are the attorney lateral moves and placements for the week of May 27, 2019. READ MORE >

Here are the attorney lateral moves and placements for the week of May 01, 2019. READ MORE >

Here are the attorney lateral moves and placements for the week of April 17, 2019. READ MORE >

Here are the attorney lateral moves and placements for the week of April 01, 2019. READ MORE >

Here are the attorney lateral moves and placements for the week of March 11, 2019. READ MORE >

Here are the attorney lateral moves and placements for the week of March 03, 2019. READ MORE >

Many attorneys believe that the quality of their law school, or law firm, will determine the course of their legal career. READ MORE >

Here are the attorney lateral moves and placements for the week of February 25, 2019. READ MORE >

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• The 2018 legal market was even stronger than the 2017 market. We had more candidates interviewing and getting hired in 2018 than we did in 2017. 
• The market is so strong that a majority of the candidates we placed this year were entertaining multiple offers from top firms.
• In a market this strong, the supply of attorney candidates at smaller firms—especially those in niche practice areas and niche markets—dwindles. These firms, which have not typically used recruiters in the past, came to us for help in large numbers this year. 
• Following in Milbank’s footsteps, many top firms raised salaries for associates of all levels starting in the summer of 2018. The reaction from firms’ corporate clients was mixed, with many clients expressing unhappiness about the ever-increasing cost of legal expenses, and many companies indicating they would turn to alternative legal solutions to keep costs down. 
• The uncertainty regarding how the revenue-driving clients might react to these salary raises seemed to slow down interviews and hiring in big firms significantly. The already competitive landscape for attorneys looking to lateral within the large firm space became even more so.
• Many millennials recognized that these biglaw salary increases came at a steep cost of working even harder, leading to a trend of seeking refuge in boutique or “lifestyle” law firms or simply quitting the practice of law altogether.
• To address client cost-concerns, large firms are increasingly creating staff attorney positions rather than partner-track associate positions. This is true particularly in more commoditized areas of law, such as patent prosecution and trademark.
• Senior level litigators had a very, very difficult time getting positions in larger markets. Litigation is increasingly becoming a dangerous practice area for large law firm attorneys with few opportunities for advancement.

Here are the attorney lateral moves and placements for the weeks of January 7, 2019. READ MORE >

Here are the attorney lateral moves and placements for the weeks of December 31, 2018. READ MORE >

Here are the attorney lateral moves and placements for the Weeks of December 20, 2018. READ MORE >