Promoting Diversity in Law: A Strategic Guide for Navigating the Post-Affirmative Action Legal Landscape
Impact of the Supreme Court’s Decision on Diversity in the Legal Profession The Supreme Court’s decision ending race-conscious affirmative action in college and law school admissions has sparked a reevaluation of efforts to promote racial diversity, not just on campuses but also in the workplace more broadly. In the legal profession, as in many industries, […]
Partners Assessing a Secondary Market Move: Finding the Right Firm and Office
Back in December, we suggested that the expansion of Am Law firms into new secondary markets may have been the defining Am Law firm story of 2022, and we explained some of the many reasons why partners at Am Law firms in major cities are moving to secondary markets in unprecedented numbers. As the 2023 […]
Lateral Partner Moves to Secondary Markets: An Unprecedented Opportunity
Growth in Biglaw partnerships follows a cyclical pattern. Firms expand their partner ranks rapidly in some years and not at all in others. 2022 was a year for lateral expansion — hardly a surprise considering that client demand remained strong in most practices. The unique feature of this recent expansion wave is where firms grew: 2022 […]
More Bang for the Buck: Hiring Lateral Partners In Groups Is Gaining Popularity
Paul Hastings has been doing a lot of hiring lately. Same as many other firms, right? Actually, not quite. Paul Hastings has been in the headlines not for bringing on many new partners, but for hiring partners in groups. In March, the firm poached a group of 43 restructuring attorneys from Stroock & Stroock & […]
Evolving Partnership Economics: The Equity and Non-Equity Models Are Starting to Blur
The “partner” title holds undeniable cachet in law firms. Elevation to the partnership is treated as a key professional milestone. But in the current law firm landscape, the fact that a lawyer has been designated a partner often conveys very little about the economic arrangement between that lawyer and the firm. A few firms have […]
Introducing Gloria Sandrino
Gloria was born in Havana, Cuba, and came to the United States in 1967, at the age of nine as a political refugee, when she and her family entered the U.S. on a “Freedom Flight.” She went on to earn her B.A., magna cum laude, in English and Spanish Literature from Rutgers College, and her […]