CHICAGO
Maybe not the center of the universe, but close
The cloud of doom and gloom has dissipated over Chicago’s legal market. With the economy picking up and law firms needing fresh bodies to replace the thousands laid off last year, 2010 has witnessed an increase in associate hiring. Lateral partners are being plucked from bigger firms.
OHIO
Recession-weary Ohio moves on with life
Ohio’s roughly 35,000 attorneys and the firms that employ them have adjusted to the recession in ways that literally might be described as all over the map — expanding into markets such as Kentucky, Florida, California or elsewhere in the Midwest.
