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“Associate role peaked in US law firms 25 years ago”

  • Writer: Kirk Hartley
    Kirk Hartley
  • May 9, 2014
  • 1 min read

Yes indeed, I remember the days in the 1980s when associates were highly in demand, and we were working 2,400 billable hours per year, plus all the non-billable time.  The generaic article is online here. A source article by Bill Henderson is here. Even more background is here, from Bill Henderson.

The demise of those days is a good thing, but more law firm change remains ahead.

 
 
 

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Since becoming a lawyer in 1983, Kirk’s 35+ years of practice have focused on advising a wide range of corporations, associations, and individuals (as both plaintiffs and defendants) on both tort and commercial law issues centered around “mass torts.”

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