Editor's Note: This story is adapted from ALM's Mid-Market Report. For more business of law coverage exclusively geared toward midsize firms, sign up for a free trial subscription to ALM's weekly newsletter, The Mid-Market Report.

Leaders at Swift Currie learned more than they wanted to know about recruiting for the business development position when the firm's longtime chief left several years ago.

Michele Golivesky, business development director, departed the Atlanta-based midsize firm after 12 years in 2011 before returning in 2016. Managing partner Terry Brantley said the firm learned during that time that such professionals are “highly sought after if they're good at what they do.”