The Hottest Biglaw Practice Areas for Lateral Moves and More
“I am running out of words to describe how utterly bonkers the Biglaw lateral market is. I mean, yes, fire is still accurate or red hot if you prefer and yeah, it’s going to keep on going. And law firms are emptying their arsenals raises, special bonuses, signing bonuses, retention bonuses and,” reports Kathryn Rubino in Above The Law.
“Now there are some hard data points to put with the Great Lateralization. The legal data company Decipher, which provides firms with due diligence on lateral hires, as reported by ABA Journal, has quantified the lateral moves. And, the high-level numbers are eye-popping: through September 30th, 13,987 associates moved to new firms,”
