Goodwin Procter’s chief innovation officer, Rachel Dooley, joined Kirkland & Ellis this month, becoming the latest in a string of C-suite moves that’s kicked off 2024 in Big Law.

Already firms such as Cooley and Crowell & Moring have announced C-suite hires this year, and while there tends to be something of a seasonal aspect to such moves, analysts say, it’s also part of a broader movement to increase skill sets and drive firms forward strategically and financially, at the C-level and elsewhere.