Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Mar 8, 2021)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"Perkins Coie Breaks $1B Revenue, Targets June 30 Return to Office," The American Lawyer
"Goodwin Rides Life Sciences, Private Equity and Tech to 20% Profit Growth," The American Lawyer
"Sidley's Revenue and Profits Climb as Firm Leverages Practice Mix," The American Lawyer
"Troutman Pepper's Midyear Merger Produced Revenue and Profit Gains," Daily Report
"Pandemic-Related Matters Fueled Covington's Double-Digit Revenue Growth," The National Law Journal
"In Its First Year Post-Merger, Faegre Drinker Kept Profits Steady," The Legal Intelligencer
"Litigation-Heavy O'Melveny Sees Flat Revenue, 6% Profit Increase," The American Lawyer
"Procopio Posts Record Revenue After Year of Cuts, PPP Money and Resilient Clients," The Recorder
"Bucking Pandemic Cost-Cutting Trends, Paul Weiss Still Managed Double-Digit Growth," The American Lawyer
"Saul Ewing's Expense Cuts Boosted PEP 14% Despite Flat Revenue," The Legal Intelligencer
"Hanson Bridgett Found Double-Digit PEP Growth Despite RPL Decline," The Recorder
"Australian Law Firms to Resume Pay Raises as Legal Jobs Market Heats Up," Law.com International
"Firms Rallied in Response to the Pandemic, but How Long Can That Intensity Last?," The American Lawyer
"Ropes & Gray Targets Early September for Return to Office," The American Lawyer
"The Outperformers: What Sets Big Law's Most Successful Firms Apart," The American Lawyer
"The Outperformers, Part 2: How Profitability, Comp and Culture Separate the Elites," The American Lawyer
"BigLaw Eschews Recruiting At Lower Ranked HBCU Law Schools Despite Pledge To Hire More Black Associates," TaxProf Blog
"Uncertainty Swirls Over Law Firm Budgets, as Lawyers Face 'Critical Unknowns' in 2021," Daily Report
"Law Firm Staffers Don't Want to Return to Offices. Should They Get the Choice?," The American Lawyer
"At More Than a Dozen Firms, 2020 Layoffs Were Followed by Partner Profit Windfalls," The American Lawyer
"Jill Louis of Perkins Coie's Dallas Office Joins Growing List of Women of Color Taking On Big Law Leadership Roles," Texas Lawyer
"Gibson Dunn M&A Leader Elected Firm's First Female Chair," The American Lawyer
"The Summer Associate Diversity Program as a Change Agent in Law Firms," The Legal Intelligencer
"Columbia Reigns Supreme in Big Law Hiring, But Northwestern, Cornell Came on Strong in 2020," Law.com
"The Top 50 Go-To Law Schools," Law.com
"Sneak Peek at the 2021 Go-To Law Schools: Nos. 11-20," Law.com
"Sneak Peek at the 2021 Go-To Law Schools: Nos. 21-30," Law.com
"Sneak Peek at the 2021 Go-To Law Schools: Nos. 31-40," Law.com
"Sneak Peek at the 2021 Go-To Law Schools: Nos. 41-50," Law.com
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