Clark Hill, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith and other law firms have moved to absorb several groups of attorneys at LeClairRyan before the firm shutters. 

Lawyers are racing to find new homes before the month ends and their health benefits expire. The firm has told attorneys that it doesn’t have to provide Cobra benefits to extend their health insurance coverage because it uses a “self-insured” benefit plan and the firm itself is shutting down, according to a lawyer transitioning out of the firm.