Summary: Get the lowdown on the state of the law firm hiring market for the summer of 2017.
Summer has proved to be an interesting time for the legal industry. The market has remained steady with a few surprises in some regions of practice areas picking up steam or completely drying out. Litigation, Corporate, Real Estate, and Labor & Employment tend to be the most common top practice areas. Bankruptcy is still pretty much non-existent. Be sure to check the full report to get details since some areas are focused on hiring partners with large books of business while other areas want lateral hires with specific years of experience.
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San Francisco
Top Practice Areas: Corporate & Finance, Employment & Labor, Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Real Estate
Silicon Valley
Top Practice Areas: Corporate & Corporate Finance, Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Technology Transactions, Data Privacy, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation/ERISA, Employment & Labor, Real Estate, Tax, Trusts & Estates
San Diego
Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Corporate, Labor & Employment, Patent Prosecution
Los Angeles
Top Practice Areas: Corporate, Employment & Labor, Family Law, Litigation, Real Estate, Patent Prosecution, Entertainment, Environmental, Executive Compensation/Employee Benefits/ERISA, Healthcare, Tax, Patent Litigation, Trademark, Trusts & Estates,
Orange County
Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Corporate, Labor & Employment,
Seattle
Top Practice Areas: Litigation, ERISA/Executive Compensation/Employee Benefits, Corporate, Labor & Employment, Patent Prosecution, Real Estate
Portland
Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Labor & Employment, Corporate
Phoenix
Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Corporate & Corporate Finance, Labor & Employment. Real Estate
Denver
Top Practice Areas: Corporate, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Real Estate, Intellectual Property, Environmental & Energy
Las Vegas
Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Labor & Employment
Chicago
Top Practice Areas: Corporate & Corporate Finance, Litigation, Healthcare, Intellectual Property
Indianapolis
Indianapolis has had a pretty slow summer. Partners with over $1 million in portable business will see greater chances of success. The law firms in this region are less concerned with lateral associates.
Wisconsin
This region wants to see at least $750,000 in portable business with partners. For associates, the top practice areas are intellectual property, corporate, labor & employment, healthcare, and trusts & estates.
Minneapolis/Saint Paul
Top Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Employment Law, and Litigation
Saint Louis
Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Patent Prosecution, and Intellectual Property.
Michigan
Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Corporate & Transactional, Tax, and Employment & Labor
Ohio
The right candidate can find a position in just about any practice area in Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus.
Boston
Top Practice Areas: Corporate, Intellectual Property, Litigation, and Real Estate
Washington D.C.
Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Corporate, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, ERISA, Healthcare, Real Estate, and Tax
New York
Top Practice Areas: Corporate, Fund Formation, and Real Estate
Philadelphia
Top Practice Areas: Corporate, Real Estate, and Intellectual Property
Kansas City/Missouri
Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Corporate, and ERISA/Wealth Management
Atlanta
Top Practice Areas: Corporate, Real Estate, Healthcare, Trademark, Employment, Intellectual Property, and Litigation
North Carolina
Top Practice Areas: Intellectual Property and Corporate
Texas
Top Practice Areas: Finance, Corporate, Energy and Project Finance, Labor & Employment, and Patent Prosecution
Louisiana
Top Practice Areas: Litigation
Tennessee
Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Intellectual Property, Healthcare, and Corporate
Florida
Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Real Estate, and Trusts & Estates
Are there any practice areas that surprised you? Tell us in the comments below.
Read the full Summer 2017 State of the Legal Market here.
To learn more about previous market reports, read these articles: