Biglaw Firms Are Firing With One Hand, Hiring With The Other
They’re doing that with the one hand, while with the other hand more aggressively recruiting in higher performing groups of people.
— Kent Zimmermann, a law firm management consultant with the Zeughauser Group, in comments given to Bloomberg Law on how Biglaw firms are “cleaning up” their workforces by counseling out underperformers, while at the same time bringing on lateral associates, partners, and entire practice groups.
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