The switch to hoteling doesn’t just entail a philosophical shift away from the tried-and-tested model of permanently assigned offices for all attorneys. It also requires a technological shift to make it work.

Take Northern California midsize firm Farella Braun + Martel, which recently made the decision to eliminate fixed offices when it moves in mid-2023 to a space that’s less than one-third the size of its current 125,000 square feet.