By some measures, Bingham McCutchen's L.A. office is in trouble. One recruiter calls it "a headless horseman." Another says it's "bleeding lawyers." It ranked last on a recent associate satisfaction survey. But firm leaders say appearances can be deceiving. The firm's acquisition strategy -- seven mergers since 1997 -- results in scooping up lawyers who don't want to be at Bingham. "Not all attrition is bad attrition," says firm Chairman Jay Zimmerman. But deceiving or not, can appearances be damaging?
April 10, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
By some measures, Bingham McCutchen’s Los Angeles office is in trouble.
Less than four years after Bingham swallowed 60-lawyer Riordan & McKinzie, more than half of those lawyers have left, and overall headcount is down from 120 to just over 100. One recruiter refers to the office as “a headless horseman,” another says it’s “bleeding lawyers.” And on American Lawyer magazine’s most recent associate satisfaction survey, Bingham ranked dead last among L.A. law offices surveyed.
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