With soaring associate salaries, rising litigation costs and GCs' resistance to it all, something has to give. McDermott, Will & Emery plans to create a new tier of attorneys -- think of them as permanent contract associates -- to handle lower-end tasks at lower billing rates. The new hires -- the firm is looking into starting with a pilot group of 15 -- will be lawyers "with good pedigrees" who have practiced for a few years but don't want to deal with big-firm hours, says partner Robert Mallory.
November 02, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
With soaring associate salaries, rising litigation costs and general counsel’s resistance to it all, something has to give.
While some firms quietly turn to contract attorneys or even ship grunt work overseas, McDermott, Will & Emery plans to create a new tier of attorneys — think of them as permanent contract associates — to handle lower-end tasks at lower billing rates.
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