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Law Firm Partner Compensation: Equity vs Non-Equity and ROI Explained

Law firm partnership has never been a simple “make partner and share profits” milestone. Today’s partnership landscape is increasingly tiered, metric-driven, and designed to manage firm profitability—often by expanding non-equity roles while concentrating equity ownership. This recent report....

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Unlocking 2026's Top Law Firm Platforms for Lateral Attorneys

Choosing the right law firm for a lateral move has never been more complex—or more consequential. Compensation is at record highs, competition for the best platforms is intense, and the gap between truly elite firms and everyone else keeps widening. For attorneys who want to maximize long-term car....

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Elite Law Firm Partner Compensation: Inside the $25M+ BigLaw Earnings Landscape

Elite rainmakers at the very top of BigLaw quietly operate in a different economic universe—and Elite Law Firm Partners: The $25M+ Compensation Landscape Report pulls back the curtain on that world. This report from BCG Attorney Search maps out how a small group of partners reach $25 million+ in a....

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2026 Attorney Salary Guide: Law Firm Pay by Practice Area & Region

The U.S. legal market is entering one of its most data-driven eras, and nowhere is this clearer than in The Definitive 2026 Guide to Attorney Salaries in the United States: Comprehensive Law Firm Compensation Data by Practice Area, Region, and Level from BCG Attorney Search. This report brings toget....

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The Legal Career Specialization Imperative: Why 'Open to Anything' Fails and Focused ....

In today’s competitive legal market, attorneys who present themselves as “open to anything” often struggle to stand out. Law firms and employers are drawn to candidates who demonstrate clear focus, specialized expertise, and a well-defined career trajectory. By positioning yourself around a sp....

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Writing Your Own Ticket

This is particularly true when you are interviewing at a firm where the practice group in which you would be working doe....

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Don’t Be Your Own Roadblock

As attorneys, we are trained to look for problems. Being lawyers means that we look at the world differently than everyo....

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What You Can Do When You Want to Change Practice Areas

We know that many different factors affect the probability of one....

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Build an Online Personal Brand – 3 Top Tips

It is very important if not critical that you build a strong online presence and brand name as a professional if you wan....

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Finding the Best Advice for Your Legal Career

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Be Bold and Take a Move of Growth

In the legal profession, we might feel lucky to be where we are at. After all, so many would-be-lawyers are working as p....

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Why and How to Work with a Legal Recruiter for Your Lateral Move

Legal market is highly competitive, and though lateral moves are currently common, with few people working their whole l....

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Why Your Firm Should Use Social Media for Social Recruiting: How to Do it Right

Across the business world, recruiting has changed drastically, responding to the styles, preferences, and culture of the....

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The View From The Top

Pretend for a moment that you are a hiring partner at a firm, and you are looking through a stack of resumes from applic....

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THE IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS PLANS

As noted in my prior articles, possessing sufficient portable business is crucial for success in the law firm market for....

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It's Not All About What You Say

Between being an attorney on the recruiting committee of my former law firm and my career as a legal recruiter, I have i....

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Clearing Conflicts: The Final Stage of Making a Law Firm Switch

Conflicts are often an afterthought in the lateral job search process, which is understandable since it is fairly rare f....

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WHAT CREDENTIALS DO THE TOP LAW FIRMS CONSIDER IN EVALUATING A LATERAL ASSOCIATE CANDIDATE?

Initially, firms look at the credentials that are both the most tangible (or easily measured) and the most accessible, a....

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How Pro Bono Can Help Your Job Search

If you plan on making a lateral move at some point in your legal career, and chances are you will make at least one or t....

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What Credentials Do the Top Law Firms Consider in Evaluating a Lateral Partner Candidate

As noted in my previous article, when top law firms are conducting initial evaluations of associate candidates they prim....

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