Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
It took the salary away as a factor, so I could focus on the other aspects of my career and where I wanted to be.
— Emily Clarke, an associate at Wilkinson Stekloff who joined the firm after a federal clerkship and a year at Milbank, in comments given to Reuters, concerning the fact that Wilkinson’s salary scale was the same as what inspired her, in part, to join the boutique firm. As a salary war unfolds in the upper echelons of legal profession, boutique firms are currently taking the lead over Biglaw firms, which may encourage more attorneys to make lateral moves.
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