We are hearing this very story several times a week. Even in a flourishing economy, we find that senior level attorneys, especially general litigators, have a difficult time finding a new position after being let go from their firm. Without a substantial amount of portable business (at least $300,000-$500,000), many firms are unable to support [...]
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JP Morgan recently announced plans to hire 1200 to staff up its real estate lending capabilities. This is as aggressive a hedge on the recovering market as I’ve seen, in an economy where we still see nothing but mixed signals.
Banks aren’t law firms, of course, but the two industries have a great many parallels. [...]
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The market is very slowly improving. When we start receiving job orders from law firms for associates in certain practice areas we generally take that as a good sign. These practice areas include corporate, trademark, and tax. We first see the changes in the East Coast, and then it spreads throughout the [...]
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