If Howrey LLP disappears, most big law leaders will make distinctions; they’ll focus on how their organizations are different from Howrey. More interesting are the similarities, especially the universal forces that might render others vulnerable to the highly respected firm’s current plight.
First is the speed with which events can overtake seemingly secure institutions. On May 19, 2008, Legal Times hailed Howrey LLP’s chairman Robert Ruyak as one of the profession’s “Visionaries.”
In the 30 years prior, Ruyak’s career enhanced Howrey’s reputation and the business of law in Washington, D.C.. But on February 1, 2011, he and Winston & Strawn managing partner Thomas Fitzgerald together urged Howrey partners to act quickly on Winston’s offers to hire about three-quarters of the lawyers. The big law world can rapidly take a dramatic and unexpected turn.
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