Leaders at law firms across the country have taken to trumpeting the variety of their practice areas amid the slumping economy. The idea is that when one area is down — such as structured finance or real estate — another will boom and help prop up the firm in the meantime.

By that theory, boutique firms that specialize in one practice area should be on shaky financial ground expressly because they lack a broad spectrum of services.

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