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Law Practice

Mar. 12, 2015

Smaller litigation shops teaming up more, hiring less

Boutiques and small firms focusing on litigation in practice areas that typically trend in a countercyclical direction to the economy, such as white collar and securities, are hiring less full time attorneys than they did pre-recession.


By Joshua Sebold


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Boutiques and small firms focusing on litigation in practice areas that typically trend inversely to the health of the economy - such as white collar and securities - are hiring fewer full time attorneys than they did in the pre-recession world, opting instead to create "strategic alliances" with similarly sized shops and sole practitioners as they adjust to the decidedly different legal market that ...

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