There is little doubt that the movement of lateral partners has been unusually fluid across the country in 2012. In its twice-weekly Churn feature and elsewhere, The Am Law Daily has covered scores of such moves since the year began. But on the West Coast, and in Silicon Valley specifically, frequent lateral movement is par for the course, sibling publication The Recorder reports.
In examining just how common such movement is within California’s high-tech hub, the Recorder’s Amy Miller considers the careers of lawyers such as William Coats, a patent litigator who heads Kaye Scholer’s Silicon Valley office and has switched firms four times since 2001.
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