Tempted by the cost savings, and by the example provided by corporate clients, Big Law has been taking a second look at the open-floor office. Doing away with the every-lawyer-gets-a-door promise could save a lot of money, but so far most of Big Law hasn’t wanted to make that leap.
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe will instead take a shuffle step in that direction next year, when as part of a consolidation plan it creates open-floor desks and hotelling territory in its Menlo Park offices. An experiment last year yielded mixed reviews, so, at least for now, office managing partner Don Keller said any lawyer who wants an office will still get one.
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