On April 5, 2000, Sidley Austin executive committee chair Thomas Cole sent a letter to partners and clients unveiling a new business plan designed to “improve the firm’s competitive position.” The firm had already enacted part of the plan, he wrote, including lowering the firm’s retirement age and demoting nearly three dozen partners to counsel status.
“The underlying theme of all these changes was the creation of opportunities for our younger lawyers,” Cole wrote.
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