An Update on the Chicago Lateral Attorney Hiring Market
Although corporate activity has retrenched from record highs in 2021, the Chicago legal economy and attorney job market remain robust, underscoring the variance between the strong labor market and the challenges of high inflation and a volatile stock market. 2021 Was a Record Year for Chicago Lateral Attorney Hiring Like other major markets, Chicago experienced […]
State Of The Chicago Legal Market
As Chicago prepares for yet another sub-20-degree weekend, the lateral market could not be more different. As we predicted last August, Chicago did indeed reach a five-year high in terms of lateral activity last year, with 509 lateral attorneys repositioning in 2014. More recently, this past January witnessed 31 lateral moves, the second-highest number of […]
The State Of The Lateral Hiring Market In Chicago
As we become further and further distanced from the recession of 2008 and 2009, the market seems to be settling into a new equilibrium state that has seen a modest uptick in the demand for legal services and a sharp rise in the volume of lateral moves since 2009. My own stomping ground, Chicago, is […]