Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Mar 14, 2022)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"Large law associates rake in cash as more firms match Cravath pay," Reuters
"As Salary Hikes Spread Through Law Firms, Expect Stratification and Strategic Shifts," The Legal Intelligencer
"Big Law Talent Battle: Natural Selection or Artificial Scarcity?," Bloomberg
"How GCs Can #BreaktheBias To Achieve Gender Equality in Big Law," Corporate Counsel
"Fenwick & West, Seeing Return on Investments, Grew Revenue 33% and PEP 31%," American Lawyer
"Nelson Mullins Posts 18% Revenue Increase as Litigation and Real Estate Rivaled M&A," Daily Business Review
"With Fewer Lawyers, Morrison & Foerster Sees Double-Digit Profit Growth," The Recorder
"Amid Leadership Transition, Gibson Dunn Posts 26th Straight Year of Growth," American Lawyer
"Demand Improved Across Practices at Locke Lord, Leading to a 5.8% Jump in Revenue," American Lawyer
"Kilpatrick Townsend, With Fewer Lawyers, Sees 1.9% Revenue Growth," Daily Report
"At Blank Rome, Litigation Resurgence Fueled Double-Digit Revenue, Profit Growth," Legal Intelligencer
"Reversing 2020 Results, Shearman & Sterling Grew PEP 58% in 2021 on Double-Digit Revenue Gains," American Lawyer
"Womble Bond Dickinson Grew Revenue 9.3%, Profits 12.8% In 2021," American Lawyer
"Following a Decade of Consistent Growth, Venable Continued to See Metrics Rise in 2021," American Lawyer
"King & Spalding Posts Record Revenue, Crosses Over $4M in PEP," American Lawyer
"Sky-High Demand Pushes Goodwin to More Than 30% Growth in Revenue, Profit Pool," American Lawyer
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