Before a lateral partner is hired at Becker & Poliakoff, the firm first looks at three years of tax returns, checks references and clients, requests the lawyer’s business origination list, administers a personality profile test to make sure the person is not too malleable or too independent and examines the lawyer’s community involvement.

But even with those rigorous checks, some nonperformers may squeak through on exaggerations.

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