Up-and-coming lawyers increasingly want to know the answers to some hard questions, like when there is an economic downturn, what happens to me? Or if I want to work remotely most of the time, how am I going to be stitched into the fabric of the firm and how am I going to be able to build relationships with partners to get good work assignments that allow me to ascend in my career?
— Kent Zimmermann, a consultant with the Zeughauser Group, offering his thoughts on how Biglaw firms can make themselves more appealing to attorneys who may be looking to lateral.
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