“In today’s legal market, crossing the bridge from an in-house role back into a top law firm is becoming much more common (and lucrative!).”

“Signing bonuses are here to stay as a means for firms to offer a competitive edge to candidates.”

“If you are a law firm partner with a portable practice, there is simply too much at stake, professionally and economically, to entrust your career to an unqualified legal recruiter.”

“While a partner candidate’s book of business is undoubtedly an important component of a law firm’s evaluation process, in the vast majority of lateral partner assessments it will neither make nor break the partner candidate.”

“I have worked with hundreds of in-house lawyers over the past decade (and spent time myself as in-house counsel at an investment bank) and have found that the best in-house lawyers share five key similarities.”

“Signing bonuses were not the norm for junior and midlevel associates. At least on the corporate side, now it’s expected if you’re an associate.”