Much has been said and written about the robust lateral hiring of 2021, and it was, in fact, a very busy year. For example, Firm Prospects tracked 27,245 attorneys moves in 2021, as compared to 17,383 in 2020 and 22,362 in 2019, a 56% and 22% increase, respectively. What really stands out about 2021, however,Continue reading “Record-Breaking Transactional Hiring by Law Firms in 2021”
There was a time when lateral moves by law firm partners got most of the attention from the legal media. As record numbers of associates switch law firms, however, legal publications have started to focus their attention on associate hiring. By way of example, in recent months Firm Prospects has worked with various reporters onContinue reading “Associate Hiring and Attrition at “Top 25” Law Firms”
The red hot lateral associate market has received most of the press in 2021, but Firm Prospects’ data show that attorneys are not just moving from one law firm to another. Of the 12,500+ attorney moves we have tracked so far this year, 1,133 of those moves have been to in-house roles. As shown inContinue reading “In-House Moves are Busy, too.”
Where do recent graduates (’17 – ’19) of Yale, Harvard, Stanford, University of Chicago, and Columbia end up? Check out the interactive graphs below to find out. All data provided by Firm Prospects, LLC. Law Firms As displayed in Figure 1. below, Skadden ranks in the top 5 for all schools evaluated, with almost 8%Continue reading “Destinations of Top 5 Law School Grads by Firm, Location and Practice Area”
Notwithstanding all of the impending recession chatter, and with some firms even bulking up on their bankruptcy ranks in preparation for a downturn, the lateral hiring market for law firms showed no signs of cooling in Q3 with over 4,000 moves tracked by Firm Prospects. As is usually the case, the lateral market was dominatedContinue reading “Q3 2019 – On the Move: Data Privacy”
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