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Law Firms Fennemore aims to expand talent pool with new remote-work program

By Debra Cassens Weiss

July 11, 2024, 12:38 pm CDT

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If you have at least 10 years of experience, a portable book of business worth at least $450,000 and a desire to work at home, Fennemore Craig may be looking for you. (Image from Shutterstock)

If you have at least 10 years of experience, a portable book of business worth at least $450,000 and a desire to work at home, Fennemore Craig may be looking for you.

Fennemore said Tuesday it is looking to hire lawyers with those qualifications who live in cities outside its 19 offices as part of a new remote-work program called Fennemore Forward, according to online information and a July 9 press release.

“If you are passionate about providing exceptional legal services and seeking a flexible, supportive and forward-thinking work environment, we want to hear from you,” the law firm said in online information.

Other BigLaw firms require lawyers to show up at the office four days per week or more, while “Fennemore is pioneering a new path that embraces flexibility,” according to a press release.

The new program currently has 18 attorneys and 35 allied legal professionals, Law.com reports. It will include new hires and Fennemore lawyers who previously worked in brick-and-mortar offices, said James Goodnow, the CEO of Fennemore, in an interview with Law.com.

“If you’re a top-quality lawyer at Fennemore, we want to make it work,” Goodnow told Law.com. “And we’re looking for people with unique areas of expertise that are complementary to our practice areas. There’s a much bigger talent pool, and we think we’d be crazy not to access that.”

Lawyers in the Fennemore program will have access to the firm’s technology, paraprofessional and administrative help, conference rooms and programs such as firm events and practice-group retreats.

Other resources include associate availability to help partners with work and a deep bench of “Am Law 200 quality talent,” said Chris Wilson, managing director of Fennemore Forward, in an interview with Law.com. He previously led more than 50 remote attorneys at Taylor English Duma.

Fennemore’s 19 offices are located in California at Bakersfield, Fresno, Modesto, Oakland, Irvine (known as the Orange County office), Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Walnut Creek; in Colorado at Denver and Basalt; in Nevada at Las Vegas and Reno; in Texas at Mission (known as the McAllen office); in Arizona at Nogales, Phoenix and Tucson; and in Washington at Seattle.

Law.com and Law360 noted that another BigLaw firm, Husch Blackwell, operates another work-from-home program called the Link.

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